diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d7cb9fc..0ce2eb3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "electrum-client"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.10.0-rc.2"
 authors = ["Alekos Filini <alekos.filini@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 homepage = "https://github.com/MagicalBitcoin/rust-electrum-client"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "^0.4"
-bitcoin = { version = "^0.27", features = ["use-serde"] }
+bitcoin = { version = "^0.28.0-rc.2", features = ["use-serde"] }
 serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "^1.0" }