diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0a35518c..e90d943c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ dangerous_configuration = []
 log = "0.3.7"
 env_logger = "0.4.2"
 mio = "0.6"
-docopt = "0.7"
-rustc-serialize = "0.3"
+docopt = "0.8"
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_derive = "1.0"
 webpki-roots = "0.11"
 ct-logs = "0.1"
 regex = "0.2"
diff --git a/examples/tlsclient.rs b/examples/tlsclient.rs
index 39ddac9d..0cf59f3f 100644
--- a/examples/tlsclient.rs
+++ b/examples/tlsclient.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ use std::io::{Read, Write, BufReader};
 
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-extern crate rustc_serialize;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate docopt;
 use docopt::Docopt;
 
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ Options:
     --help, -h          Show this screen.
 ";
 
-#[derive(Debug, RustcDecodable)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 struct Args {
     flag_port: Option<u16>,
     flag_http: bool,
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ fn main() {
     let args: Args = Docopt::new(USAGE)
         .and_then(|d| Ok(d.help(true)))
         .and_then(|d| Ok(d.version(Some(version))))
-        .and_then(|d| d.decode())
+        .and_then(|d| d.deserialize())
         .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.exit());
 
     if args.flag_verbose {
diff --git a/examples/tlsserver.rs b/examples/tlsserver.rs
index 7f7ff906..ea195006 100644
--- a/examples/tlsserver.rs
+++ b/examples/tlsserver.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use std::net;
 use std::io::{Write, Read, BufReader};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-extern crate rustc_serialize;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate docopt;
 use docopt::Docopt;
 
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ Options:
     --help, -h          Show this screen.
 ";
 
-#[derive(Debug, RustcDecodable)]
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 struct Args {
     cmd_echo: bool,
     cmd_http: bool,
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ fn main() {
     let args: Args = Docopt::new(USAGE)
         .and_then(|d| Ok(d.help(true)))
         .and_then(|d| Ok(d.version(Some(version))))
-        .and_then(|d| d.decode())
+        .and_then(|d| d.deserialize())
         .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.exit());
 
     if args.flag_verbose {