diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 69b73619c..1b0a5c957 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.60", optional = true, default-features = false, feature
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_test = "1.0"
 
-[target.'cfg(loom)'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(loom)'.dev-dependencies]
 loom = "0.3"