diff --git a/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml
index 98e98dc9ee3..4a9d4944a5d 100644
--- a/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ zbus = { version = "4.2.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 atomicwrites = { git = "https://github.com/jackpot51/rust-atomicwrites" }
 calloop = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
 notify = "6.0.0"
-ron = "0.8.0"
+ron = "0.9.0-alpha.0"
 serde = "1.0.152"
 cosmic-config-derive = { path = "../cosmic-config-derive/", optional = true }
 iced = { path = "../iced/", default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml b/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml
index 0e6c5c2085f..2034197e1a4 100644
--- a/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cosmic-theme/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.129", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.64", optional = true, features = [
     "preserve_order",
 ] }
-ron = "0.8"
+ron = "0.9.0-alpha.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 csscolorparser = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["serde"] }
 cosmic-config = { path = "../cosmic-config/", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/examples/config/Cargo.toml b/examples/config/Cargo.toml
index 98b49b0fac8..40e118adee7 100644
--- a/examples/config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/config/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 cosmic-config = { path = "../../cosmic-config" }
-ron = "0.8.0"
+ron = "0.9.0-alpha.0"