diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1bec1f4..7c44af4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ wasm32-compat     = ["blosc2-rs/deactivate-zlib-optim"]
 [dependencies]
 libc           = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 snap           = { version = "^1", optional = true }
-brotli         = { version = "^7", default-features = false, features = ["std", "ffi-api"], optional = true }
+brotli         = { version = "^8", default-features = false, features = ["std", "ffi-api"], optional = true }
 bzip2          = { version = ">=0.4,<0.6", optional = true }
 lz4            = { version = "^1", optional = true }
 flate2         = { version = "^1", optional = true }