diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0b298351e..d675beb91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2164,15 +2164,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.24.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f866317acbd3a240710c63f065ffb1e4fd466259045ccb504130b7f668f35c6"
+checksum = "195cdbc1741b8134346d515b3a56a1c94b0912758009cfd53f99ea0f57b065fc"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
- "cc",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "memoffset",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3015,9 +3013,9 @@ checksum = "a0a5f7c728f5d284929a1cccb5bc19884422bfe6ef4d6c409da2c41838983fcf"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustyline"
-version = "9.1.2"
+version = "10.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "db7826789c0e25614b03e5a54a0717a86f9ff6e6e5247f92b369472869320039"
+checksum = "1d1cd5ae51d3f7bf65d7969d579d502168ef578f289452bd8ccc91de28fda20e"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -3030,7 +3028,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix",
  "radix_trie",
  "scopeguard",
- "smallvec",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
  "utf8parse",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7d44a3ba1..8ba45572d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ rand = "0.8"
 regex = "1.6"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.27", features = ["sqlcipher"] }
 rust-hsluv = "0.1"
-rustyline = { version = "9", optional = true }
+rustyline = { version = "10", optional = true }
 sanitize-filename = "0.4"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/examples/repl/main.rs b/examples/repl/main.rs
index 1c35fe181..ffe1f20dd 100644
--- a/examples/repl/main.rs
+++ b/examples/repl/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ use deltachat::securejoin::*;
 use deltachat::{EventType, Events};
 use log::{error, info, warn};
 use rustyline::completion::{Completer, FilenameCompleter, Pair};
-use rustyline::config::OutputStreamType;
 use rustyline::error::ReadlineError;
 use rustyline::highlight::{Highlighter, MatchingBracketHighlighter};
 use rustyline::hint::{Hinter, HistoryHinter};
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ async fn start(args: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), Error> {
         .history_ignore_space(true)
         .completion_type(CompletionType::List)
         .edit_mode(EditMode::Emacs)
-        .output_stream(OutputStreamType::Stdout)
         .build();
     let mut selected_chat = ChatId::default();
 
@@ -325,7 +323,7 @@ async fn start(args: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), Error> {
             highlighter: MatchingBracketHighlighter::new(),
             hinter: HistoryHinter {},
         };
-        let mut rl = Editor::with_config(config);
+        let mut rl = Editor::with_config(config)?;
         rl.set_helper(Some(h));
         rl.bind_sequence(KeyEvent::alt('N'), Cmd::HistorySearchForward);
         rl.bind_sequence(KeyEvent::alt('P'), Cmd::HistorySearchBackward);