diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3fb5a7e2..aea4ed1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ flume = { version = "0.11", default-features = false } # channel between threads
 if-addrs = { version = "0.10", features = ["link-local"] } # get local IP addresses
 log = { version = "0.4", optional = true }             # logging
 polling = "2.1"                                        # select/poll sockets
-socket2 = { version = "0.4", features = ["all"] }      # socket APIs
+socket2 = { version = "0.5.5", features = ["all"] }      # socket APIs
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 fastrand = "1.8"