diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 50c807665..ccfca57a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1398,9 +1398,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db8716a166f290ff49dabc18b44aa407cb7c6dbe1aa0971b44b8a24b0ca35aae"
+checksum = "bb0d2e7be6ae3a5fa87eed5fb451aff96f2573d2694942e40543ae0bbe19c796"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fe1a43da9..f9ecc56c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ log = { version = "0.4.11", features = ["std"] }
 # see: https://github.com/svartalf/rust-battery/issues/33
 battery = { version = "0.7.8", optional = true }
 path-slash = "0.1.3"
-unicode-segmentation = "1.7.0"
+unicode-segmentation = "1.7.1"
 gethostname = "0.2.1"
 once_cell = "1.5.2"
 chrono = "0.4"