diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 96191200..48e70382 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ checksum = "0e4cec68f03f32e44924783795810fa50a7035d8c8ebe78580ad7e6c703fba38"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cadence"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c57523ff87f22fc96f07f5f379af387fdd86009242a17d805a3278540cde94a"
+checksum = "e45b9cdf75cdddb0877f8af74c345d06b0c8a924c5115d2467d94d7e4bdf9180"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-channel",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cab9ed37..b384480d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ version = "0.21"
 optional = true
 
 [dependencies.cadence]
-version =  "0.20"
+version =  "0.21"
 optional = true
 
 [dependencies.capnp]