diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 468b26f16..ac7948762 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ windows-implement = "0.48.0"
 ]
 
 [target."cfg(any(target_os = \"linux\", target_os = \"dragonfly\", target_os = \"freebsd\", target_os = \"openbsd\", target_os = \"netbsd\"))".dependencies]
-cairo-rs = "0.16"
+cairo-rs = "0.18"
 gio = "0.16"
 glib = "0.16"
 glib-sys = "0.16"