diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dd7ff68..5810aeb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -419,9 +419,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syslog"
-version = "6.0.1"
+version = "6.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "978044cc68150ad5e40083c9f6a725e6fd02d7ba1bcf691ec2ff0d66c0b41acc"
+checksum = "7434e95bcccce1215d30f4bf84fe8c00e8de1b9be4fb736d747ca53d36e7f96f"
 dependencies = [
  "error-chain",
  "hostname",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a7e8e7..7ff2421 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ regex = "1.7.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 
 # logging
-syslog = "^6.0.1"
+syslog = "^6.1.0"
 log = "0.4.19"
 stderrlog = "0.5.3"