diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ce0877e..b8998536 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog], and this project adheres to
 [Semantic Versioning].
 
+# Unreleased
+
+- **changed**: Updated `tower` from `0.4` to `0.5`.
+
 # 0.7.1 (31. July 2024)
 
 - **added**: Crate feature `tls-rustls-no-provider`, which enables no `rustls::crypto::CryptoProvider`.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4c46e357..594dab93 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ tower-service = "0.3"
 http-body-util = "0.1"
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.2", features = ["server-auto", "tokio"] }
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 
 # optional dependencies
 ## rustls
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ serial_test = "3.1"
 axum = "0.7"
 hyper = { version = "1.4", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["add-extension"] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
diff --git a/minimal-versions/Cargo.toml b/minimal-versions/Cargo.toml
index ddd88314..2ae08623 100644
--- a/minimal-versions/Cargo.toml
+++ b/minimal-versions/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ tls-openssl = ["axum-server/tls-openssl"]
 
 [dependencies]
 axum-server = { path = ".." }
-# `tower` v0.4.0 incorrectly only requires `tower-layer` v0.3.0
-tower-layer = "0.3.1"
+# `tower` v0.5.0 incorrectly only requires `tower-layer` v0.3.0
+tower-layer = "0.3.3"