diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 81d0a23f..e76dd129 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hex 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "inotify 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "inotify 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio 0.6.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "net2 0.2.33 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum hex 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "023b39be39e3a2da62a94feb433e91e8bcd37676fbc8bea371daf52b7a769a3e"
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-"checksum inotify 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c45f8a4a890357e626ac878be77e43d9a29ca17f67c477517c26ee108d32d973"
+"checksum inotify 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0b86518372d66fd7286c0b7b312d65037315bc6a8b67de124c6f6bb9223ed209"
 "checksum inotify-sys 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e74a1aa87c59aeff6ef2cc2fa62d41bc43f54952f55652656b18a02fd5e356c0"
 "checksum iovec 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b2b3ea6ff95e175473f8ffe6a7eb7c00d054240321b84c57051175fe3c1e075e"
 "checksum itertools 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "87fa75c9dea7b07be3138c49abbb83fd4bea199b5cdc76f9804458edc5da0d6e"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 265d2d0b..c4a0ab98 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.45"
 privdrop = "0.3.3"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
-inotify = "0.8.0"
+inotify = "0.8.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index eecf34b7..552192c5 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "futures 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hex 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "inotify 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "inotify 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio 0.6.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "net2 0.2.33 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum hex 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "023b39be39e3a2da62a94feb433e91e8bcd37676fbc8bea371daf52b7a769a3e"
 "checksum humantime 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "df004cfca50ef23c36850aaaa59ad52cc70d0e90243c3c7737a4dd32dc7a3c4f"
-"checksum inotify 0.8.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c45f8a4a890357e626ac878be77e43d9a29ca17f67c477517c26ee108d32d973"
+"checksum inotify 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0b86518372d66fd7286c0b7b312d65037315bc6a8b67de124c6f6bb9223ed209"
 "checksum inotify-sys 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e74a1aa87c59aeff6ef2cc2fa62d41bc43f54952f55652656b18a02fd5e356c0"
 "checksum iovec 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b2b3ea6ff95e175473f8ffe6a7eb7c00d054240321b84c57051175fe3c1e075e"
 "checksum itoa 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "501266b7edd0174f8530248f87f99c88fbe60ca4ef3dd486835b8d8d53136f7f"