diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ee4b6df..c682b6ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ All notable changes to MiniJinja are documented here.
 - CLI moved from `serde_yml` to `serde_yaml`.  #684
 - Improved undefined error reporting.  Undefined values will now in most
   cases point to exactly where the error happened.  #686
+- Allow newer notify dependency versions (up to 8.x) for the autoreload
+  crate.  #688
 
 ## 2.6.0
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index df1ec821..5799ad9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5f7b0a21988c1bf877cf4759ef5ddaac04c1c9fe808c9142ecb78ba97d97a28a"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-utils",
  "ahash",
  "base64",
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "brotli",
  "bytes",
  "bytestring",
@@ -450,9 +450,9 @@ checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b048fb63fd8b5923fc5aa7b340d8e156aec7ec02f0c78fa8a6ddc2613f6f71de"
+checksum = "8f68f53c83ab957f72c32642f3868eec03eb974d1fb82e453128456482613d36"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0bf760ebf69878d9fd8f110c89703d90ce35095324d1f1edcb595c63945ee757"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "ignore",
  "walkdir",
 ]
@@ -1532,11 +1532,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "inotify"
-version = "0.10.2"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fdd168d97690d0b8c412d6b6c10360277f4d7ee495c5d0d5d5fe0854923255cc"
+checksum = "f37dccff2791ab604f9babef0ba14fbe0be30bd368dc541e2b08d07c8aa908f3"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "inotify-sys",
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -1577,15 +1577,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "instant"
-version = "0.1.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0242819d153cba4b4b05a5a8f2a7e9bbf97b6055b2a002b395c96b5ff3c0222"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "invalid-value"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1707,7 +1698,7 @@ version = "0.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall",
 ]
@@ -2036,7 +2027,7 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ab2156c4fce2f8df6c499cc1c763e4394b7482525bf2a9701c9d79d215f519e4"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
@@ -2062,11 +2053,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "notify"
-version = "7.0.0"
+version = "8.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c533b4c39709f9ba5005d8002048266593c1cfaf3c5f0739d5b8ab0c6c504009"
+checksum = "2fee8403b3d66ac7b26aee6e40a897d85dc5ce26f44da36b8b73e987cc52e943"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "filetime",
  "fsevent-sys",
  "inotify",
@@ -2076,17 +2067,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "mio",
  "notify-types",
  "walkdir",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "notify-types"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7393c226621f817964ffb3dc5704f9509e107a8b024b489cc2c1b217378785df"
-dependencies = [
- "instant",
-]
+checksum = "5e0826a989adedc2a244799e823aece04662b66609d96af8dff7ac6df9a8925d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
@@ -2528,7 +2516,7 @@ version = "0.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b6dfecf2c74bce2466cabf93f6664d6998a69eb21e39f4207930065b27b771f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2663,7 +2651,7 @@ version = "0.38.39"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "375116bee2be9ed569afe2154ea6a99dfdffd257f533f187498c2a8f5feaf4ee"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -2676,7 +2664,7 @@ version = "14.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7803e8936da37efd9b6d4478277f4b2b9bb5cdb37a113e8d63222e58da647e63"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "clipboard-win",
  "fd-lock",
diff --git a/minijinja-autoreload/Cargo.toml b/minijinja-autoreload/Cargo.toml
index 3aa6aaba..e75870e3 100644
--- a/minijinja-autoreload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/minijinja-autoreload/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ watch-fs = ["notify"]
 
 [dependencies]
 minijinja = { version = "2.6.0", path = "../minijinja", default-features = false }
-notify = { version = ">=5.0.0,<8.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
+notify = { version = ">=5.0.0,<9.0.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["macos_fsevent"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 minijinja = { version = "2.6.0", path = "../minijinja", features = ["loader"] }