diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f3b3489a5..cf4fff70e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e16e44ab292b1dddfdaf7be62cfd8877df52f2f3fde5858d95bab606be259f20"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
- "libloading 0.8.0",
+ "libloading 0.7.4",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "330c60081dcc4c72131f8eb70510f1ac07223e5d4163db481a04a0befcffa412"
 dependencies = [
- "libloading 0.8.0",
+ "libloading 0.7.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1481,9 +1481,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d580318f95776505201b28cf98eb1fa5e4be3b689633ba6a3e6cd880ff22d8cb"
+checksum = "c571b676ddfc9a8c12f1f3d3085a7b163966a8fd8098a90640953ce5f6170161"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
@@ -3270,7 +3270,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "khronos-egl",
  "libc",
- "libloading 0.8.0",
+ "libloading 0.8.1",
  "log",
  "metal",
  "naga",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8794c68e1..57c13b46a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ rustc-hash = "1.1.0"
 glam = "0.24.2"
 image = { version = "0.24", default-features = false, features = ["png"] }
 # libloading 0.8 switches from `winapi` to `windows-sys`; permit either
-libloading = ">=0.7,<0.9"
+libloading = ">=0.7, <0.9"
 libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 nanorand = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["wyrand"] }
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
index 18e63b3d4..236ecc33c 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-hal/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ gpu-descriptor = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
 smallvec = { version = "1", optional = true, features = ["union"] }
 
 khronos-egl = { version = "4.1", features = ["dynamic"], optional = true }
-libloading = { version = ">=0.7,<0.9", optional = true }
+libloading = { version = ">=0.7, <0.9", optional = true }
 renderdoc-sys = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "emscripten")'.dependencies]
 khronos-egl = { version = "4.1", features = ["static", "no-pkg-config"] }
 #Note: it's unused by emscripten, but we keep it to have single code base in egl.rs
-libloading = { version = ">=0.7,<0.9", optional = true }
+libloading = { version = ">=0.7, <0.9", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 # backend: Dx12