diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index e2ca3996738..9f28784ae6a 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fnv = "1.0"
 futures = { version = "0.3.1", features = ["executor", "thread-pool"] }
 futures-timer = "3"
 lazy_static = "1.2"
-libsecp256k1 = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
+libsecp256k1 = { version = "0.7.1", optional = true }
 log = "0.4"
 multiaddr = { version = "0.13.0" }
 multihash = { version = "0.14", default-features = false, features = ["std", "multihash-impl", "identity", "sha2"] }