diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d95dcb3a9..cde7f02a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ libz-sys = ">=1.1.15"
 bio-types = ">=0.9"
 byteorder = "1.3"
 custom_derive = "0.1"
-derive-new = "0.5"
+derive-new = "0.7"
 hts-sys = {version = "2.1.4", default-features = false, features = ["bindgen"]}
 ieee754 = "0.2"
 lazy_static = "1.4"