diff --git a/dynomite/Cargo.toml b/dynomite/Cargo.toml
index c6acd57..2615ed2 100644
--- a/dynomite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dynomite/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros"] }
 lambda_http = "0.4.0"
-lambda_runtime = "0.4.0"
+lambda_runtime = "0.7.2"
 trybuild = "1.0"
 rustversion = "1.0"
 dynomite-derive = { version = "0.10.0", path = "../dynomite-derive" } # required by trybuild