diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 10f7152be..7b391efd5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jsonrpc-core = "18.0.0"
 log = "0.4.6"
 parking_lot = "0.11.0"
 rlp = "0.5"
-secp256k1 = { version = "0.20", features = ["recovery"], optional = true }
+secp256k1 = { version = "0.26", features = ["recovery"], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.90", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.39"
 tiny-keccak = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["keccak"] }