diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 63c60fb7..5049417c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ time = { version = "0.2.11", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 percent-encoding = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 
 # dependencies for secure (private/signed) functionality
-aes-gcm = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
+aes-gcm = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true, features = ["force-soft"] } # remove `force-soft` when MSRV 1.49+
 hmac = { version = "0.11.0", optional = true }
 sha2 = { version = "0.9.0", optional = true }
 base64 = { version = "0.13", optional = true }