diff --git a/crates/shim-protos/Cargo.toml b/crates/shim-protos/Cargo.toml
index 94cd7d43..a79e71a1 100644
--- a/crates/shim-protos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/shim-protos/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ protobuf = "3.1"
 # 0.8.1 introduces a breaking change in the API.
 # https://github.com/containerd/ttrpc-rust/pull/197
 # https://github.com/containerd/ttrpc-rust/pull/209
-ttrpc = "=0.8.0"
+ttrpc = "=0.8.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 ttrpc-codegen = "0.4"