diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cf4de534d..0d2854dfb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acee9fd5073ab6b045a275b3e709c163dd36c90685219cb21804a147b58dba43"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
+ "axum-core 0.2.9",
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "bitflags",
  "bytes",
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
  "itoa 1.0.3",
- "matchit",
+ "matchit 0.5.0",
  "memchr",
  "mime",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -263,6 +263,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08b108ad2665fa3f6e6a517c3d80ec3e77d224c47d605167aefaa5d7ef97fa48"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core 0.3.0",
+ "base64 0.13.1",
+ "bitflags",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "hyper",
+ "itoa 1.0.3",
+ "matchit 0.7.0",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_path_to_error",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sha-1",
+ "sync_wrapper",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-tungstenite",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-core"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -279,6 +315,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79b8558f5a0581152dc94dcd289132a1d377494bdeafcd41869b3258e3e2ad92"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "mime",
+ "rustversion",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.66"
@@ -881,7 +934,7 @@ version = "1.102.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-channel",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.6.1",
  "deltachat",
  "env_logger 0.10.0",
  "futures",
@@ -2065,6 +2118,12 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73cbba799671b762df5a175adf59ce145165747bb891505c43d09aefbbf38beb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchit"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b87248edafb776e59e6ee64a79086f65890d3510f2c656c000bf2a7e8a0aea40"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "md-5"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -3155,6 +3214,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_path_to_error"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "184c643044780f7ceb59104cef98a5a6f12cb2288a7bc701ab93a362b49fd47d"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -3617,9 +3685,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "343bc9466d3fe6b0f960ef45960509f84480bf4fd96f92901afe7ff3df9d3a62"
+checksum = "c20c8dbed6283a09604c3e69b4b7eeb54e298b8a600d4d5ecb5ad39de609f1d0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-service"
@@ -4190,7 +4258,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-channel",
  "async-mutex",
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.5.17",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "log",
diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
index ba810a733..76f819984 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ sanitize-filename = "0.4"
 walkdir = "2.3.2"
 
 # optional dependencies
-axum = { version = "0.5.17", optional = true, features = ["ws"] }
+axum = { version = "0.6.1", optional = true, features = ["ws"] }
 env_logger = { version = "0.10.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]