diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index 2ab8c8629..e79c13ca1 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "CHANGELOG.md"]
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["compat"] }
 futures01 = { package = "futures", version = "0.1" }
 tokio-compat = "0.1"
-tokio = { version = "0.2", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.1", features = ["full"] }
 
 [features]
 test-helpers = []