diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bb62b7afe..3026e95d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1334,14 +1334,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "semver"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "semver-parser 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -1473,7 +1465,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "getopts 0.2.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itertools 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "semver 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "semver 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "uucore 0.0.1",
 ]
 
@@ -2195,7 +2187,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum rustc-demangle 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "76d7ba1feafada44f2d38eed812bd2489a03c0f5abb975799251518b68848649"
 "checksum rustc_version 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a54aa04a10c68c1c4eacb4337fd883b435997ede17a9385784b990777686b09a"
 "checksum same-file 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cfb6eded0b06a0b512c8ddbcf04089138c9b4362c2f696f3c3d76039d68f3637"
-"checksum semver 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3fdd61b85a0fa777f7fb7c454b9189b2941b110d1385ce84d7f76efdf1606a85"
 "checksum semver 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1d7eb9ef2c18661902cc47e535f9bc51b78acd254da71d375c2f6720d9a40403"
 "checksum semver-parser 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "388a1df253eca08550bef6c72392cfe7c30914bf41df5269b68cbd6ff8f570a3"
 "checksum serde 1.0.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4763b773978e495252615e814d2ad04773b2c1f85421c7913869a537f35cb406"
diff --git a/src/sort/Cargo.toml b/src/sort/Cargo.toml
index fbf6870fc..615193e5a 100644
--- a/src/sort/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/sort/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ path = "sort.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 getopts = "0.2.14"
-semver = "0.7.0"
+semver = "0.9.0"
 itertools = "0.6.0"
 
 [dependencies.uucore]