diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6a701b3d..5b52f8b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin",
  "uart_16550",
  "volatile",
- "x86_64 0.8.0",
+ "x86_64 0.8.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "x86_64"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a16d71284451a78134cae89ad63d5a0b0cc4b3aa663399f6a9dad74155228c61"
+checksum = "f21672dcbed52bc09eea030d189600c0189c66c97bc5b31779eb780e064a201f"
 dependencies = [
  "array-init",
  "bit_field",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a8f60164..ae67fe5a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ harness = false
 bootloader = { version = "0.8.0", features = ["map_physical_memory"]}
 volatile = "0.2.6"
 spin = "0.5.2"
-x86_64 = "0.8.0"
+x86_64 = "0.8.1"
 uart_16550 = "0.2.0"
 pic8259_simple = "0.1.1"
 pc-keyboard = "0.3.1"