diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5cc92e1..8db401e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -899,15 +899,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "134af885d758d645f0f0505c9a8b3f9bf8a348fd822e112ab5248138348f1722"
+checksum = "50dae83881bc9b0403dd5b44ea9deed3e939856cc8722d5be37f0d6e5c6d53dd"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio-macros",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bc37d5c..b95fd46 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.24"
 anyhow = "1.0.39"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 futures-util = "0.3.13"
-tokio = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["net", "time", "rt"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.8.4", features = ["net", "time", "rt"] }
 tracing = "0.1.25"
 itoa = "0.4.7"
 parking_lot = "0.11.1"
diff --git a/minion-cli/Cargo.toml b/minion-cli/Cargo.toml
index 0c5f7c6..5db9649 100644
--- a/minion-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/minion-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 minion = {path = ".."}
 libc = "0.2.91"
-tokio = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.8.4", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2.17"
 clap = "3.0.0-beta.2"
diff --git a/minion-ffi/Cargo.toml b/minion-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 0c41e8a..e56486c 100644
--- a/minion-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/minion-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 minion = {path = ".."}
-tokio = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["rt", "time"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.8.4", features = ["rt", "time"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cbindgen = { version = "0.18.0", default-features = false }
diff --git a/minion-tests/Cargo.toml b/minion-tests/Cargo.toml
index 68e1ce0..3147c93 100644
--- a/minion-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/minion-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ minion = {path = "..", features = ["internal_dev"]}
 clap = "3.0.0-beta.2"
 nix = "0.20.0"
 tempfile = "3.2.0"
-tokio = { version = "1.4.0", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.8.4", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2.17"
 tracing = "0.1.25"