diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e7c8f1c1..a6ccdbe6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ hex = "0.2"
 rustc-serialize = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.2.14", optional = true }
 openssl = { version = ">= 0.6.4, < 0.8", optional = true }
-serde_json = { version = ">= 0.6, < 0.8", optional = true }
+serde_json = { version = ">= 0.6, < 0.9", optional = true }
 time = { version = "0.1.14", optional = true }
 unix_socket = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = ">= 0.1, < 0.3", optional = true }