diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1a31335..bea8c60 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "erased-serde"
+version = "0.3.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c138974f9d5e7fe373eb04df7cae98833802ae4b11c24ac7039a21d5af4b26c"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -760,6 +769,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty-fork"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -896,9 +911,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slog"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8347046d4ebd943127157b94d63abb990fcf729dc4e9978927fdf4ac3c998d06"
+checksum = "9b3b8565691b22d2bdfc066426ed48f837fc0c5f2c8cad8d9718f7f99d6995c1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "erased-serde",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde_core",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slog-async"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff2ee7e..f850715 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ version = "1.0"
 features = [ "derive", "rc" ]
 
 [dependencies.slog]
-version = "2.7"
+version = "2.8"
 features = [ "max_level_trace", "release_max_level_debug" ]
 
 [dependencies.tokio]