diff --git a/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.lock b/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.lock
index 441335d..e9f0f80 100644
--- a/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.lock
+++ b/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.lock
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+ "libloading 0.7.0",
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+dependencies = [
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+ "unicode-width",
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+ "fxhash",
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+ "codespan-reporting",
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+dependencies = [
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- "tracing",
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@@ -1678,20 +1686,21 @@ dependencies = [
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  "gpu-descriptor",
+ "log",
  "naga",
  "parking_lot",
+ "profiling",
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  "smallvec",
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- "tracing",
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 ]
diff --git a/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.toml b/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.toml
index ae4b918..454ec88 100644
--- a/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 implot = { path = "../../" }
 
-wgpu = "0.7"
+wgpu = "0.8.1"
 winit = "0.24" # opening windows and handling input
 futures = "^0.3.5" # executing async functions using blocking executor
 imgui = "=0.7.0"
 imgui-winit-support = "=0.7.0" # connection of input (keys) to imgui
 #imgui-wgpu = "=0.13.0" # imgui backend for drawing using wgpu
-imgui-wgpu = "=0.14.0"
+imgui-wgpu = "=0.15.1"
 examples-shared = { path = "../examples-shared" }
diff --git a/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/src/support/mod.rs b/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/src/support/mod.rs
index a7460ef..f8f9ab0 100644
--- a/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/src/support/mod.rs
+++ b/implot-examples/implot-wgpu-demo/src/support/mod.rs
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ impl System {
 
                     let mut rpass = encoder.begin_render_pass(&wgpu::RenderPassDescriptor {
                         label: None,
-                        color_attachments: &[wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor {
-                            attachment: &frame.output.view,
+                        color_attachments: &[wgpu::RenderPassColorAttachment {
+                            view: &frame.output.view,
                             resolve_target: None,
                             ops: wgpu::Operations {
                                 load: wgpu::LoadOp::Clear(wgpu::Color {