diff --git a/examples/axum/Cargo.toml b/examples/axum/Cargo.toml
index ec175354f6c778440ce2be099de1a309ca11bee2..eedd715d598bd8be819cf3e113006554948dd5b3 100644
--- a/examples/axum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/axum/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "axum-example"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = "0.7"
+axum = "0.8"
 tokio = "1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "hermit")'.dependencies]