diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 150b609..68b8924 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -966,9 +966,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "freedesktop-desktop-entry"
-version = "0.7.19"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "528df05c8ed0bfd569c7018914ba1995be2a133ba9ead17628ddb0ff94b86331"
+checksum = "28273c5c6b97a5f07724f6652f064c0c7f637f9aa5e7c09c83bc3bc4ad4ea245"
 dependencies = [
  "bstr",
  "gettext-rs",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 18e3eae..538c2fa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ xdg-mime = "^0.4.0"
 #gtk = { version = "0.16.2" }
 
 # to find application .desktop files
-freedesktop-desktop-entry = "0.7.0"
+freedesktop-desktop-entry = "0.8.0"
 
 # to find icon theme and icon;
 freedesktop-icons = "0.4.0"