diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2a7ebb81..21a68151 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
 # perf testing
 alloc_counter = { version = "0.0.4", optional = true }
-colored = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
+colored = { version = "3.0", optional = true }
 getopts = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 jemallocator = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 perfcnt = { version = "0.8", optional = true }