diff --git a/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml b/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml
index 562d1a50e..a0bebde72 100644
--- a/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zcash_client_backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ subtle = "2"
 zcash_primitives = { version = "0.2", path = "../zcash_primitives" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-protobuf-codegen-pure = "2"
+protobuf-codegen-pure = "2.14"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand_core = "0.5"
diff --git a/zcash_client_backend/build.rs b/zcash_client_backend/build.rs
index 41e021444..d1014dbed 100644
--- a/zcash_client_backend/build.rs
+++ b/zcash_client_backend/build.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 use protobuf_codegen_pure;
 
 fn main() {
-    protobuf_codegen_pure::run(protobuf_codegen_pure::Args {
-        out_dir: "src/proto",
-        input: &["proto/compact_formats.proto"],
-        includes: &["proto"],
-        customize: Default::default(),
-    })
-    .expect("protoc");
+    protobuf_codegen_pure::Codegen::new()
+        .out_dir("src/proto")
+        .inputs(&["proto/compact_formats.proto"])
+        .includes(&["proto"])
+        .run()
+        .expect("Protobuf codegen failed");
 }