diff --git a/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml b/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml
index d11180a3..ec1ef547 100644
--- a/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ workspace = "../../"
 [dependencies]
 rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
-serde = "*"
-serde_derive = "*"
-serde_json = "*"
+serde = "0.8"
+serde_derive = "0.8"
+serde_json = "0.8"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
 path = "../../contrib"
diff --git a/examples/json/Cargo.toml b/examples/json/Cargo.toml
index af4edb1b..a8ef8ad3 100644
--- a/examples/json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/json/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ workspace = "../../"
 [dependencies]
 rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
-serde = "*"
-serde_json = "*"
-serde_derive = "*"
+serde = "0.8"
+serde_json = "0.8"
+serde_derive = "0.8"
 lazy_static = "*"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 7b76b3e0..0abe953b 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ license = "MIT/Apache-2.0"
 term-painter = "^0.2"
 log = "^0.3"
 url = "^1"
-toml = "^0.2"
+hyper = { version = "=0.9.14", default-features = false }
+toml = { version = "^0.2", default-features = false }
 # cookie = "^0.3"
 
-[dependencies.hyper]
-version = "^0.9"
-default-features = false
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 lazy_static = "0.2"
 rocket_codegen = { version = "0.1.5", path = "../codegen" }