diff --git a/protoc-rust/Cargo.toml b/protoc-rust/Cargo.toml
index d83a1ab3f..9f524cd58 100644
--- a/protoc-rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protoc-rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ bench = false
 protoc = { path = "../protoc", version = "=2.2.2" }
 protobuf = { path = "../protobuf", version = "=2.2.2" }
 protobuf-codegen = { path = "../protobuf-codegen", version = "=2.2.2" }
-tempdir  = "~0.3"
+tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/protoc-rust/src/lib.rs b/protoc-rust/src/lib.rs
index 1118e2ad7..e576851c1 100644
--- a/protoc-rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/protoc-rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-extern crate tempdir;
+extern crate tempfile;
 
 extern crate protoc;
 extern crate protobuf;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn run(args: Args) -> Result<()> {
     let protoc = protoc::Protoc::from_env_path();
     protoc.check()?;
 
-    let temp_dir = tempdir::TempDir::new("protoc-rust")?;
+    let temp_dir = tempfile::Builder::new().prefix("protoc-rust").tempdir()?;
     let temp_file = temp_dir.path().join("descriptor.pbbin");
     let temp_file = temp_file.to_str().expect("utf-8 file name");