diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9ee44d02f..4879ed258 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.15"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f08584ea3..8dd745b96 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ wc       = { optional=true, path="src/wc" }
 who      = { optional=true, path="src/who" }
 whoami   = { optional=true, path="src/whoami" }
 yes      = { optional=true, path="src/yes" }
+#
+# * transitive dependency via 'failure'; pin to <= v0.3.30 to avoid increasing MinSRV to v1.33.0
+backtrace = ">= 0.3.3, <= 0.3.30"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 time = "0.1.42"