`cargo` has enabled the new format by default[1] and this causes the `cbindgen` to fail to parse the dependencies. 1. https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/7579 It fails at https://github.com/eqrion/cbindgen/blob/master/src/bindgen/cargo/cargo.rs#L125 as the new format does not has the version annotated on the same line.