diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index b33c85f1..b5dbe8e3 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ futures = "0.3.21"
 tokio = { version = "1.20.0", features = ["full"] }
 
 # env-logger example
-env_logger = "0.8.4"
+env_logger = "0.10.0"
 
 # tower examples
 tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/tracing-log/Cargo.toml b/tracing-log/Cargo.toml
index 61e68b37..442733b6 100644
--- a/tracing-log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-log/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ log-tracer = []
 tracing-core = { path = "../tracing-core", version = "0.2"}
 log = "0.4.17"
 once_cell = "1.13.0"
-env_logger = { version = "0.8.4", optional = true }
+env_logger = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tracing = { path = "../tracing", version = "0.2"}