diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09c8e0b215..b35159ce64 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ base64 = { version = "0.13.0", optional = true }
 cookie = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
 either = { version = "1.6", optional = true }
 gotham_middleware_diesel = { version = "0.4.0", optional = true }
-jsonwebtoken = { version = "7.2", optional = true }
+jsonwebtoken = { version = "=8.0.0-beta.7", optional = true }
 lazy-regex = { version = "2.2.1", optional = true }
 openapi_type = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.11.1", optional = true }