diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0c86cd1b8..ce0f7bec6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ serde_cbor = "0.11.1"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_plain = "1"
 siphasher = "0.3"
-syslog = "4.0"
+syslog = "6"
 tar = "0.4"
 termcolor = "1.1.2"
 thiserror = "1.0"
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 286922b57..1b596b6fc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
  librust-serde-json-1+default-dev,
  librust-serde-plain-1+default-dev,
  librust-siphasher-0.3+default-dev,
- librust-syslog-4+default-dev,
+ librust-syslog-6+default-dev,
  librust-tar-0.4+default-dev,
  librust-termcolor-1+default-dev (>= 1.1.2-~~),
  librust-thiserror-1+default-dev,