diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 61bce06b0b9e..b6ab8244cfd8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -69,12 +69,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "docopt"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy_static 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "lazy_static 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rustc-serialize 0.3.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 1.0.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_derive 1.0.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "strsim 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -196,11 +197,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
-version = "0.2.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
@@ -398,11 +394,6 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "rustc-serialize"
-version = "0.3.24"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-
-[[package]]
 name = "safemem"
 version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
@@ -446,14 +437,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "snowpatch"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "docopt 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "docopt 0.8.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "git2 0.6.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.10.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper-openssl 0.2.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mime 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rustc-serialize 0.3.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -653,7 +643,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum cfg-if 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d4c819a1287eb618df47cc647173c5c4c66ba19d888a6e50d605672aed3140de"
 "checksum cmake 0.1.29 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "56d741ea7a69e577f6d06b36b7dff4738f680593dc27a701ffa8506b73ce28bb"
 "checksum curl-sys 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f46e49c7125131f5afaded06944d6888b55cbdf8eba05dae73c954019b907961"
-"checksum docopt 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ab32ea6e284d87987066f21a9e809a73c14720571ef34516f0890b3d355ccfd8"
+"checksum docopt 0.8.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d8acd393692c503b168471874953a2531df0e9ab77d0b6bbc582395743300a4a"
 "checksum dtoa 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "09c3753c3db574d215cba4ea76018483895d7bff25a31b49ba45db21c48e50ab"
 "checksum env_logger 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3ddf21e73e016298f5cb37d6ef8e8da8e39f91f9ec8b0df44b7deb16a9f8cd5b"
 "checksum foreign-types 0.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
@@ -668,7 +658,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum itoa 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8324a32baf01e2ae060e9de58ed0bc2320c9a2833491ee36cd3b4c414de4db8c"
 "checksum kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
 "checksum language-tags 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a91d884b6667cd606bb5a69aa0c99ba811a115fc68915e7056ec08a46e93199a"
-"checksum lazy_static 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "76f033c7ad61445c5b347c7382dd1237847eb1bce590fe50365dcb33d546be73"
 "checksum lazy_static 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c8f31047daa365f19be14b47c29df4f7c3b581832407daabe6ae77397619237d"
 "checksum libc 0.2.36 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1e5d97d6708edaa407429faa671b942dc0f2727222fb6b6539bf1db936e4b121"
 "checksum libgit2-sys 0.6.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6eeae66e7b1c995de45cb4e65c5ab438a96a7b4077e448645d4048dc753ad357"
@@ -694,7 +683,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum regex 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "744554e01ccbd98fff8c457c3b092cd67af62a555a43bfe97ae8a0451f7799fa"
 "checksum regex-syntax 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8e931c58b93d86f080c734bfd2bce7dd0079ae2331235818133c8be7f422e20e"
 "checksum remove_dir_all 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b5d2f806b0fcdabd98acd380dc8daef485e22bcb7cddc811d1337967f2528cf5"
-"checksum rustc-serialize 0.3.24 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dcf128d1287d2ea9d80910b5f1120d0b8eede3fbf1abe91c40d39ea7d51e6fda"
 "checksum safemem 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e27a8b19b835f7aea908818e871f5cc3a5a186550c30773be987e155e8163d8f"
 "checksum serde 1.0.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "db99f3919e20faa51bb2996057f5031d8685019b5a06139b1ce761da671b8526"
 "checksum serde_derive 1.0.27 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f4ba7591cfe93755e89eeecdbcc668885624829b020050e6aec99c2a03bd3fd0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09f9002fd14e..fac05c25837f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ name = "snowpatch"
 hyper = "0.10"
 hyper-openssl = "0.2"
 git2 = "0.6"
-rustc-serialize = "0.3"
 url = "1.6"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 mime = "0.3"
 toml = "0.4"
 tempdir = "0.3"
-docopt = "0.7"
+docopt = "0.8"
 log = "0.3"
 env_logger = "0.4"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b1b143babdcc..c568b5b50d30 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 extern crate hyper;
 extern crate hyper_openssl;
-extern crate rustc_serialize;
 extern crate git2;
 extern crate tempdir;
 extern crate docopt;
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ Options:
   -h, --help                Output this help text.
 ";
 
-#[derive(RustcDecodable)]
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct Args {
     arg_config_file: String,
     flag_count: u16,
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ fn main() {
         env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"));
 
     let args: Args = Docopt::new(USAGE)
-        .and_then(|d| d.version(Some(version)).decode())
+        .and_then(|d| d.version(Some(version)).deserialize())
         .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.exit());
 
     let settings = settings::parse(&args.arg_config_file);
