diff --git a/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml
index 918721feb..4018ba623 100644
--- a/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 proc-macro = true
 
 [dependencies]
-proc-macro2 = "1.0"
+proc-macro2 = "1.0.81"
 quote = "1.0.36"
 uuhelp_parser = { path = "../uuhelp_parser", version = "0.0.26" }