diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 895e2bbea0..37e5e63268 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ amethyst_renderer = { path = "amethyst_renderer", version = "0.10.0" }
 amethyst_input = { path = "amethyst_input", version = "0.6.0" }
 amethyst_ui = { path = "amethyst_ui", version = "0.5.0" }
 amethyst_utils = { path = "amethyst_utils", version = "0.5.0" }
-crossbeam-channel = "0.3.1"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5.1"
 derivative = "1.0"
 fern = { version = "0.5", features = ["colored"] }
 log = { version = "0.4.6", features = ["serde"] }