diff --git a/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml b/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml
index 88944eb8..67426ab6 100644
--- a/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/hot_reload_tide/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ tide = "0.16.0"
 async-std = { version = "1.6.0", features = ["attributes"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = "1.0.115"
-notify = { version = "6.1.1", features = ["serde"], path = "../../notify" }
+notify = { path = "../../notify", features = ["serde"] }
 
 # required to prevent mixing with workspace
 # hack to prevent cargo audit from catching this