diff --git a/ruma-serde/Cargo.toml b/ruma-serde/Cargo.toml
index 8a000dfa..ab97a49b 100644
--- a/ruma-serde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ruma-serde/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
+form_urlencoded = "1.0.0"
 js_int = { version = "0.1.7", features = ["serde"] }
 itoa = "0.4.6"
 serde = { version = "1.0.113", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.55"
-url = "2.1.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 matches = "0.1.8"
diff --git a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/de.rs b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/de.rs
index b49378ff..94ef4aef 100644
--- a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/de.rs
+++ b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/de.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ use std::{
     io::Read,
 };
 
+use form_urlencoded::{parse, Parse as UrlEncodedParse};
 use serde::{
     de::{self, value::MapDeserializer, Error as de_Error, IntoDeserializer},
     forward_to_deserialize_any,
 };
-use url::form_urlencoded::{parse, Parse as UrlEncodedParse};
 
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use serde::de::value::Error;
diff --git a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser.rs b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser.rs
index 58089d7d..ba46f3d7 100644
--- a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser.rs
+++ b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ mod value;
 
 use std::{borrow::Cow, error, fmt, str};
 
+use form_urlencoded::{Serializer as UrlEncodedSerializer, Target as UrlEncodedTarget};
 use serde::ser;
-use url::form_urlencoded::{Serializer as UrlEncodedSerializer, Target as UrlEncodedTarget};
 
 /// Serializes a value into a `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` `String` buffer.
 ///
diff --git a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/pair.rs b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/pair.rs
index 15be8343..d9b1b577 100644
--- a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/pair.rs
+++ b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/pair.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{borrow::Cow, mem};
 
+use form_urlencoded::{Serializer as UrlEncodedSerializer, Target as UrlEncodedTarget};
 use serde::ser;
-use url::form_urlencoded::{Serializer as UrlEncodedSerializer, Target as UrlEncodedTarget};
 
 use super::{key::KeySink, part::PartSerializer, value::ValueSink, Error};
 
diff --git a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/value.rs b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/value.rs
index 3ab373ff..a9f138ef 100644
--- a/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/value.rs
+++ b/ruma-serde/src/urlencoded/ser/value.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::str;
 
+use form_urlencoded::{Serializer as UrlEncodedSerializer, Target as UrlEncodedTarget};
 use serde::ser;
-use url::form_urlencoded::{Serializer as UrlEncodedSerializer, Target as UrlEncodedTarget};
 
 use super::{
     part::{PartSerializer, Sink},
diff --git a/ruma-serde/tests/url_deserialize.rs b/ruma-serde/tests/url_deserialize.rs
index 0a9a9622..2be5fc2e 100644
--- a/ruma-serde/tests/url_deserialize.rs
+++ b/ruma-serde/tests/url_deserialize.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+use form_urlencoded::Serializer as Encoder;
 use matches::assert_matches;
 use ruma_serde::urlencoded;
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use url::form_urlencoded::Serializer as Encoder;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
 struct NewType<T>(T);
diff --git a/ruma-serde/tests/url_serialize.rs b/ruma-serde/tests/url_serialize.rs
index e1b7eafb..3813bac0 100644
--- a/ruma-serde/tests/url_serialize.rs
+++ b/ruma-serde/tests/url_serialize.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+use form_urlencoded::Serializer as Encoder;
 use matches::assert_matches;
 use ruma_serde::urlencoded::{self, ser::Error};
 use serde::Serialize;
-use url::form_urlencoded::Serializer as Encoder;
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 struct NewType<T>(T);