diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ab950e7d5..bd6103d7a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ssl = ["tiny_http/ssl"]
 rustls = ["tiny_http/ssl-rustls"]
 
 [dependencies]
-base64 = "0.13"
+base64 = "0.22"
 brotli = { version = "3.3.2", optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 filetime = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/src/input/basic_http_auth.rs b/src/input/basic_http_auth.rs
index 4244ef22d..461b35663 100644
--- a/src/input/basic_http_auth.rs
+++ b/src/input/basic_http_auth.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //! - In order to read a plain text body, see
 //!   [the `plain_text_body` function](fn.plain_text_body.html).
 
-use base64;
+use base64::{Engine as _, prelude::BASE64_STANDARD};
 use Request;
 
 /// Credentials returned by `basic_http_auth`.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub fn basic_http_auth(request: &Request) -> Option<HttpAuthCredentials> {
         return None;
     }
 
-    let authvalue = match split.next().and_then(|val| base64::decode(val).ok()) {
+    let authvalue = match split.next().and_then(|val| BASE64_STANDARD.decode(val).ok()) {
         Some(v) => v,
         None => return None,
     };
diff --git a/src/websocket/mod.rs b/src/websocket/mod.rs
index e89f95892..32d7e6da1 100644
--- a/src/websocket/mod.rs
+++ b/src/websocket/mod.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub use self::websocket::Message;
 pub use self::websocket::SendError;
 pub use self::websocket::Websocket;
 
-use base64;
+use base64::{Engine as _, prelude::BASE64_STANDARD};
 use sha1_smol::Sha1;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::error;
@@ -246,5 +246,5 @@ fn convert_key(input: &str) -> String {
     sha1.update(input.as_bytes());
     sha1.update(b"258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11");
 
-    base64::encode_config(&sha1.digest().bytes(), base64::STANDARD)
+    BASE64_STANDARD.encode(&sha1.digest().bytes())
 }