diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 920cac4..663afcb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,11 +21,16 @@ appveyor = { repository = "mgeisler/version-sync" }
 codecov = { repository = "mgeisler/version-sync" }
 
 [dependencies]
-pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
+# This crate is compatible with Rust 2018, i.e., Rustc version 1.31.0.
+# Version requirements of dependencies can be bumped as long as the
+# dependencies compile with that compiler version. Some versions
+# requirements below an upper limit to indicate when the dependency
+# stops compiling with a Rust 2018 compatible compiler.
+pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.4, <0.5", default-features = false }
 semver-parser = "0.9"
 syn = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1.0", features = ["span-locations"] }
 toml = "0.5"
-url = "1.0"
+url = "1.0, <2.0"
 itertools = "0.8"
 regex = "1.1"