diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 76c8d9729b..65a2298e12 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ keywords = ["websocket", "websockets", "rfc6455"]
 license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
-hyper = ">=0.7, <0.9"
+hyper = ">=0.7, <0.10"
 unicase = "1.0.1"
 openssl = "0.7.6"
-url = "0.5.0"
+url = "1.0"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3.16"
 bitflags = "0.3.3"
 rand = "0.3.12"
diff --git a/src/ws/util/url.rs b/src/ws/util/url.rs
index d05c03a7ac..c143906e7e 100644
--- a/src/ws/util/url.rs
+++ b/src/ws/util/url.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Utility functions for dealing with URLs
 
-use url::Url;
+use url::{Url, Position};
 use url::Host as UrlHost;
 use hyper::header::Host;
 use result::{WebSocketResult, WSUrlErrorKind};
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl ToWebSocketUrlComponents for (UrlHost, u16, String, bool) {
 	/// Convert a Host, port, resource name and secure flag to WebSocket URL components.
 	fn to_components(&self) -> WebSocketResult<(Host, String, bool)> {
 		(Host {
-			hostname: self.0.serialize(),
+			hostname: self.0.to_string(),
 			port: Some(self.1)
 		}, self.2.clone(), self.3).to_components()
 	}
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ impl<'a> ToWebSocketUrlComponents for (UrlHost, u16, &'a str, bool) {
 	/// Convert a Host, port, resource name and secure flag to WebSocket URL components.
 	fn to_components(&self) -> WebSocketResult<(Host, String, bool)> {
 		(Host {
-			hostname: self.0.serialize(),
+			hostname: self.0.to_string(),
 			port: Some(self.1)
 		}, self.2, self.3).to_components()
 	}
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ pub fn parse_url(url: &Url) -> WebSocketResult<(Host, String, bool)> {
     // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#parse-a-websocket-url's-components
 
     // Step 4
-    if url.fragment != None {
+    if url.fragment().is_some() {
         return Err(From::from(WSUrlErrorKind::CannotSetFragment));
     }
 
-    let secure = match url.scheme.as_ref() {
+    let secure = match url.scheme() {
         // step 5
         "ws" => false,
         "wss" => true,
@@ -110,17 +110,11 @@ pub fn parse_url(url: &Url) -> WebSocketResult<(Host, String, bool)> {
         _ => return Err(From::from(WSUrlErrorKind::InvalidScheme)),
     };
 
-    let host = url.host().unwrap().serialize(); // Step 6
-    let port = url.port_or_default(); // Steps 7 and 8
+    let host = url.host_str().unwrap().to_owned(); // Step 6
+    let port = url.port_or_known_default(); // Steps 7 and 8
 
-    let mut resource = "/".to_owned(); // step 10
-    resource.push_str(url.path().unwrap().join("/").as_ref()); // step 9
-
-    // Step 11
-    if let Some(ref query) = url.query {
-        resource.push('?');
-        resource.push_str(query);
-    }
+    // steps 9, 10, 11
+    let resource = url[Position::BeforePath..Position::AfterQuery].to_owned();
 
     // Step 12
     Ok((Host { hostname: host, port: port }, resource, secure))