diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index d3de6c941c..cb2f199119 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "0.2.12", features = ["full"] }
 
 # env-logger example
-env_logger = "0.7"
+env_logger = "0.8"
 
 # tower examples
 tower = "0.3"
diff --git a/tracing-log/Cargo.toml b/tracing-log/Cargo.toml
index b109c114ad..0b5ffa01c0 100644
--- a/tracing-log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-log/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ trace-logger = []
 tracing-core = { path = "../tracing-core", version = "0.2"}
 log = { version = "0.4" }
 lazy_static = "1.3.0"
-env_logger = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
+env_logger = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tracing = { path = "../tracing", version = "0.2"}