diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff3af77..2637290 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ tokio.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tikv-jemallocator = "0.6"
-axum = "0.7"
+axum = "0.8"
 # re-import tokio to enable all its features. This is required to
 # successfully compile the test snipptes that are part of the documentation
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/example/Cargo.toml b/example/Cargo.toml
index fbb10f1..96e2956 100644
--- a/example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/example/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 jemalloc_pprof = { path = ".." }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-axum = "0.7.2"
+axum = "0.8.1"
 [target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
 tikv-jemallocator = { version = "0.6", features = ["profiling", "stats", "unprefixed_malloc_on_supported_platforms", "background_threads"] }