diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9a281523c..e860b01cf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1661,6 +1661,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "remove_dir_all"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "882f368737489ea543bc5c340e6f3d34a28c39980bd9a979e47322b26f60ac40"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "num_cpus",
+ "rayon",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "retain_mut"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -1942,7 +1955,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
- "remove_dir_all",
+ "remove_dir_all 0.5.3",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
@@ -2831,7 +2844,7 @@ name = "uu_rm"
 version = "0.0.13"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 3.1.8",
- "remove_dir_all",
+ "remove_dir_all 0.7.0",
  "uucore",
  "walkdir",
  "winapi 0.3.9",
diff --git a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
index 630f3a294..77d221e39 100644
--- a/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/rm/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/rm.rs"
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "3.1", features = ["wrap_help", "cargo"] }
 walkdir = "2.2"
-remove_dir_all = "0.5.1"
+remove_dir_all = "0.7.0"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.11", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["fs"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]