diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9db0e53c..06d956bc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pem = ["openssl"]
 [dependencies]
 hex = "0.4"
 protobuf="2"
-secp256k1 = "0.21"
+secp256k1 = "0.27"
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["getrandom"]}
 sha2 = "0.10"
 zmq = "0.9"