diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index d9842f0..7e43a15 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ calamine = "0.26"
 # Document parsing
 pdf-extract = "0.10"
 docx-rs = "0.4.20"
-notify = { version = "7", features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
+notify = { version = "8", features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
 notify-debouncer-full = "0.4"  # Bundles notify 7 + an event debouncer that preserves Remove kinds (issue #38)
 
 # PII detection