diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index 4515cf56ec5..f70e058f32d 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ libc = { version="0.2.15, <= 0.2.66", optional=true } ## libc: initial utmp supp
 # When compiling for WASI, we use nightly Rust for now anyway to get access to
 # some interesting but not yet stable functions.
 # Ignore MinSRV to get dependency versions that actually support WASI.
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "wasi").dependencies']
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "wasi")'.dependencies]
 time = { version="0.1.44", optional=true }
 libc = { version="0.2.69", optional=true }