diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 46574a155..7a2c67eb1 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 {deps,
     [{jsx, "2.10.0"},
-     {cowboy, "2.7.0"},
      {gproc, "0.8.0"},
+     {cowboy, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/cowboy", {tag, "2.8.1"}}},
      {esockd, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/esockd", {tag, "5.6.0"}}},
      {ekka, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/ekka", {tag, "0.7.1"}}},
      {gen_rpc, {git, "https://github.com/emqx/gen_rpc", {tag, "2.4.1"}}},