diff --git a/acme_common/Cargo.toml b/acme_common/Cargo.toml
index 28010f1..a87d2b3 100644
--- a/acme_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/acme_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ openssl_vendored = ["crypto_openssl", "openssl/vendored", "openssl-sys/vendored"
 
 [dependencies]
 attohttpc = { version = "0.24", default-features = false }
-base64 = "0.20"
+base64 = "0.21"
 daemonize = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.10"
 glob = "0.3"
diff --git a/acme_common/src/lib.rs b/acme_common/src/lib.rs
index c36ab09..c10c0e9 100644
--- a/acme_common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/acme_common/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use base64::Engine;
 use daemonize::Daemonize;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
@@ -9,12 +10,6 @@ pub mod logs;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;
 
-const URL_SAFE_NO_PAD: base64::engine::fast_portable::FastPortable =
-    base64::engine::fast_portable::FastPortable::from(
-        &base64::alphabet::URL_SAFE,
-        base64::engine::fast_portable::NO_PAD,
-    );
-
 macro_rules! exit_match {
     ($e: expr) => {
         match $e {
@@ -45,11 +40,11 @@ pub fn to_idna(domain_name: &str) -> Result<String, error::Error> {
 }
 
 pub fn b64_encode<T: ?Sized + AsRef<[u8]>>(input: &T) -> String {
-    base64::encode_engine(input, &URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)
+    base64::engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.encode(input)
 }
 
 pub fn b64_decode<T: ?Sized + AsRef<[u8]>>(input: &T) -> Result<Vec<u8>, error::Error> {
-    let res = base64::decode_engine(input, &URL_SAFE_NO_PAD)?;
+    let res = base64::engine::general_purpose::URL_SAFE_NO_PAD.decode(input)?;
     Ok(res)
 }