diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 468b26f16..94254db8a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ glib = "0.16"
 glib-sys = "0.16"
 gtk = "0.16"
 gdk = "0.16"
-gdk-sys = "0.16"
+gdk-sys = "0.18"
 gdkx11-sys = "0.16"
 gdkwayland-sys = "0.16.0"
 gdk-pixbuf = "0.16"