diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index ea8119ddf..2fbba3d93 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/uutils/uucore"
 readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["cross-platform", "uutils", "core", "library"]
 categories = ["os"]
+edition = "2018"
 
 [badges]
 appveyor = { repository = "uutils/uucore" }
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml
index 6403c4b28..8048f02f2 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/src/uucore_procs/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/uutils/uucore/uucore_procs"
 # readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["cross-platform", "proc-macros", "uucore", "uutils"]
 # categories = ["os"]
+edition = "2018"
 
 [lib]
 proc-macro = true