diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 61fd4544..0db5a3cb 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ vulkan = ["gfx-backend-vulkan"]
 no-slow-safety-checks = []
 
 [dependencies]
-gfx-hal = "0.5"
+gfx-hal = "0.8"
 gfx-backend-empty = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 gfx-backend-gl = { version = "0.5", features = ["glutin"], default_features = false, optional = true }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/descriptor/Cargo.toml b/descriptor/Cargo.toml
index 3771d0d4..d4b9fc90 100644
--- a/descriptor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/descriptor/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ categories = ["rendering"]
 description = "Rendy's descriptor allocator"
 
 [dependencies]
-gfx-hal = "0.5"
+gfx-hal = "0.8"
 log = "0.4.11"
 relevant = { version = "0.4.2", features = ["log"] }
 smallvec = "1.5.1"
diff --git a/memory/Cargo.toml b/memory/Cargo.toml
index 22d32b54..7a704cea 100644
--- a/memory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/memory/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ description = "Rendy's memory manager"
 serde-1 = ["serde", "gfx-hal/serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
-gfx-hal = "0.5"
+gfx-hal = "0.8"
 log = "0.4.11"
 hibitset = { version = "0.6.3", default-features = false }
 relevant = { version = "0.4.2", features = ["log"] }