diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5fc020a..f4c51ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 
 # these create implicit dependencies called `sled` and `rocksdb`
 sled = { version = "0.34", optional = true }
-rocksdb = { version = "0.21", optional = true }
+rocksdb = { version = "0.24", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 trybuild = "1"