diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc2e1e632..313d989d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ kanata-tcp-protocol = { path = "tcp_protocol", version = "0.1120.1" }
 arboard = "3.4"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
-karabiner-driverkit = "0.3.0"
+# Drafted for the upstream driverkit v0.4.0 release; keep this staged until the release is published.
+karabiner-driverkit = "0.4.0"
 objc = "0.2.7"
 core-graphics = "0.24.0"
 open = { version = "5", optional = true }