diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1d9f7334..282700a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ version = "0.12.0-alpha.1"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-http = "0.1.20"
+http = "0.2.0"
 percent-encoding = { version = "2.1.0", optional = true }
 ruma-api-macros = { version = "=0.9.0-alpha.1", path = "ruma-api-macros", optional = true }
 ruma-identifiers = "0.14.0"