diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 06fd0a37..4ce20c9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ keywords = ["jwt", "web", "api", "token", "json"]
 
 [dependencies]
 error-chain = { version = "0.10", default-features = false }
-serde_json = "0.9"
-serde_derive = "0.9"
-serde = "0.9"
+serde_json = "1.0"
+serde_derive = "1.0"
+serde = "1.0"
 ring = { version = "0.7", features = ["rsa_signing", "dev_urandom_fallback"] }
 base64 = "0.4"
 untrusted = "0.3"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6fbdb7fd..d67bf779 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Add the following to Cargo.toml:
 
 ```toml
 jsonwebtoken = "2"
-serde_derive = "0.9"
+serde_derive = "1.0"
 ```
 
 ## How to use
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1f517cc8..e323eab9 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub use crypto::{
 pub use validation::Validation;
 
 
-use serde::de::Deserialize;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::ser::Serialize;
 
 use errors::{Result, ErrorKind};
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ macro_rules! expect_two {
 /// // Claims is a struct that implements Deserialize
 /// let token_data = decode::<Claims>(&token, "secret", Algorithm::HS256, &Validation::default());
 /// ```
-pub fn decode<T: Deserialize>(token: &str, key: &[u8], algorithm: Algorithm, validation: &Validation) -> Result<TokenData<T>> {
+pub fn decode<T: DeserializeOwned>(token: &str, key: &[u8], algorithm: Algorithm, validation: &Validation) -> Result<TokenData<T>> {
     let (signature, signing_input) = expect_two!(token.rsplitn(2, '.'));
 
     if validation.validate_signature && !verify(signature, signing_input, key, algorithm)? {
diff --git a/src/serialization.rs b/src/serialization.rs
index fe7529e2..12d5e5de 100644
--- a/src/serialization.rs
+++ b/src/serialization.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use base64;
-use serde::de::Deserialize;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::ser::Serialize;
 use serde_json::{from_str, to_string, Value};
 use serde_json::map::Map;
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use header::Header;
 
 /// The return type of a successful call to decode
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct TokenData<T: Deserialize> {
+pub struct TokenData<T> {
     pub header: Header,
     pub claims: T
 }
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ pub fn to_jwt_part<T: Serialize>(input: &T) -> Result<String> {
 }
 
 /// Decodes from base64 and deserializes from JSON to a struct
-pub fn from_jwt_part<B: AsRef<str>, T: Deserialize>(encoded: B) -> Result<T> {
+pub fn from_jwt_part<B: AsRef<str>, T: DeserializeOwned>(encoded: B) -> Result<T> {
     let decoded = base64::decode_config(encoded.as_ref(), base64::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)?;
     let s = String::from_utf8(decoded)?;
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub fn from_jwt_part<B: AsRef<str>, T: Deserialize>(encoded: B) -> Result<T> {
 }
 
 /// Decodes from base64 and deserializes from JSON to a struct AND a hashmap
-pub fn from_jwt_part_claims<B: AsRef<str>, T: Deserialize>(encoded: B) -> Result<(T, Map<String, Value>)> {
+pub fn from_jwt_part_claims<B: AsRef<str>, T: DeserializeOwned>(encoded: B) -> Result<(T, Map<String, Value>)> {
     let decoded = base64::decode_config(encoded.as_ref(), base64::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)?;
     let s = String::from_utf8(decoded)?;