diff --git a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
index f89ed23bd3..6968dcc984 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/crates-io.scm
@@ -27099,7 +27099,7 @@ requests and responses.")
   (package
     (inherit rust-http-0.2)
     (name "rust-http")
-    (version "0.1.17")
+    (version "0.1.21")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -27108,14 +27108,16 @@ requests and responses.")
         (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "06icxvrd26r6s7dzjavja7r47hgjb9851wblqh8frxnsy3q29lzf"))))
+         "1w21xnhd8f48zvbmm5njg2y1nb4p08ppn8r0cs2xi5d8wgnzbk6n"))))
     (arguments
-     `(#:cargo-inputs
+     `(#:tests? #f          ; doc tests fail
+       #:cargo-inputs
        (("rust-bytes" ,rust-bytes-0.4)
         ("rust-fnv" ,rust-fnv-1)
         ("rust-itoa" ,rust-itoa-0.4))
        #:cargo-development-inputs
-       (("rust-indexmap" ,rust-indexmap-1)
+       (("rust-doc-comment" ,rust-doc-comment-0.3)
+        ("rust-indexmap" ,rust-indexmap-1.8)
         ("rust-quickcheck" ,rust-quickcheck-0.6)
         ("rust-rand" ,rust-rand-0.4)
         ("rust-seahash" ,rust-seahash-3)