diff --git a/crates/nu-json/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-json/Cargo.toml
index c748fcacfb..8bb07c32b3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-json/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ linked-hash-map = { version="0.5", optional=true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 nu-path = { path="../nu-path", version = "0.60.0" }
-serde_json = "1.0.39"
+serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/formats/cargo_sample.toml b/tests/fixtures/formats/cargo_sample.toml
index a1bb219c67..5b4534559f 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/formats/cargo_sample.toml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/formats/cargo_sample.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pretty_env_logger = "0.3.0"
 lalrpop-util = "0.17.0"
 regex = "1.1.6"
 serde = "1.0.91"
-serde_json = "1.0.39"
+serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0.91"
 getset = "0.0.7"
 logos = "0.10.0-rc2"