diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a6693dc8..0819b428 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ path = "src/sdl2_mixer/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "0.3.2"
 sdl2 = "0.12"
-sdl2-sys = "0.7"
+sdl2-sys = "0.8"
 libc = "0.2"
 
 # [dependencies.sdl2]