diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 91be92c9..4375d58b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2691,9 +2691,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typed-path"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "deb9adcf07a4ad4233bc70d3a609dd1cc831da1f8d851cf62d6327769d08179f"
+checksum = "bbb9d13b8242894ff21f9990082b90a6410a43dcc6029ac4227a1467853ba781"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "typenum"
diff --git a/tough/Cargo.toml b/tough/Cargo.toml
index 15c35592..8dfff961 100644
--- a/tough/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tough/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 serde_plain = "1"
 snafu = "0.7"
 tempfile = "3"
-typed-path = "0.4"
+typed-path = "0.6"
 untrusted = "0.7"
 url = "2"
 walkdir = "2"
diff --git a/tough/src/target_name.rs b/tough/src/target_name.rs
index b9ec4b10..5afc7259 100644
--- a/tough/src/target_name.rs
+++ b/tough/src/target_name.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 use snafu::{ensure, OptionExt};
 use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::str::FromStr;
+use typed_path::constants::unix::SEPARATOR_STR;
 use typed_path::{Component, UnixPath, UnixPathBuf};
 
 /// Represents the name of a target in the repository. Path-like constructs are resolved (e.g.
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ fn clean_name(name: &str) -> Result<String> {
             // If the first component isn't the main separator ( unix `/`, windows '\' )
             // then there is a bug or behavior change in absolutize_from.
             ensure!(
-                first_component == typed_path::unix::SEPARATOR_STR.as_bytes(),
+                first_component == SEPARATOR_STR.as_bytes(),
                 error::TargetNameRootMissingSnafu { name }
             );