diff --git a/bridges/relays/ethereum/Cargo.toml b/bridges/relays/ethereum/Cargo.toml
index 5570e9fe0877..2aff3d95ad99 100644
--- a/bridges/relays/ethereum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bridges/relays/ethereum/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Classpath-exception-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 ansi_term = "0.12"
-async-std = "1.7.0"
+async-std = "1.8.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.42"
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", features = ["yaml"] }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3.4" }
diff --git a/bridges/relays/substrate/Cargo.toml b/bridges/relays/substrate/Cargo.toml
index f4ac7723298d..41b7d5ad7e34 100644
--- a/bridges/relays/substrate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bridges/relays/substrate/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later WITH Classpath-exception-2.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-async-std = "1.7.0"
+async-std = "1.8.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.42"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.3.4" }
 futures = "0.3.8"