diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c570e0c3c8..ba9a201b91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ra_parser 0.1.0",
  "ra_text_edit 0.1.0",
- "rowan 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rowan 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-hash 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc_lexer 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rowan"
-version = "0.8.2"
+version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "rustc-hash 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum regex-syntax 0.6.12 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "11a7e20d1cce64ef2fed88b66d347f88bd9babb82845b2b858f3edbf59a4f716"
 "checksum relative-path 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bedde000f40f2921ce439ea165c9c53fd629bfa115140c72e22aceacb4a21954"
 "checksum remove_dir_all 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4a83fa3702a688b9359eccba92d153ac33fd2e8462f9e0e3fdf155239ea7792e"
-"checksum rowan 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3eb10a10a48f0f809a217bcf074b85a03dcf79831bae80e7f1a043d0897463e2"
+"checksum rowan 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6d03d4eff7a4e8dcc362e4c06bb2b1b33af4bcd64336c7f40a31a05850336b6c"
 "checksum rustc-demangle 0.1.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4c691c0e608126e00913e33f0ccf3727d5fc84573623b8d65b2df340b5201783"
 "checksum rustc-hash 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7540fc8b0c49f096ee9c961cda096467dce8084bec6bdca2fc83895fd9b28cb8"
 "checksum rustc_lexer 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c86aae0c77166108c01305ee1a36a1e77289d7dc6ca0a3cd91ff4992de2d16a5"
diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/Cargo.toml b/crates/ra_syntax/Cargo.toml
index b6ebb129d0..c5a3d19998 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ doctest = false
 
 [dependencies]
 itertools = "0.8.0"
-rowan = "0.8.0"
+rowan = "0.9.0"
 rustc_lexer = "0.1.0"
 rustc-hash = "1.0.1"
 arrayvec = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs b/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs
index e4061e9947..2b2b295f9d 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/src/algo.rs
@@ -214,8 +214,7 @@ fn with_children(
     new_children: Vec<NodeOrToken<rowan::GreenNode, rowan::GreenToken>>,
 ) -> SyntaxNode {
     let len = new_children.iter().map(|it| it.text_len()).sum::<TextUnit>();
-    let new_node =
-        rowan::GreenNode::new(rowan::cursor::SyntaxKind(parent.kind() as u16), new_children);
+    let new_node = rowan::GreenNode::new(rowan::SyntaxKind(parent.kind() as u16), new_children);
     let new_root_node = parent.replace_with(new_node);
     let new_root_node = SyntaxNode::new_root(new_root_node);
 
diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/src/parsing/reparsing.rs b/crates/ra_syntax/src/parsing/reparsing.rs
index 65b8aa10d0..06bdda11d2 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/src/parsing/reparsing.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/src/parsing/reparsing.rs
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ fn reparse_token<'node>(
                 }
             }
 
-            let new_token =
-                GreenToken::new(rowan::cursor::SyntaxKind(token.kind().into()), text.into());
+            let new_token = GreenToken::new(rowan::SyntaxKind(token.kind().into()), text.into());
             Some((token.replace_with(new_token), token.text_range()))
         }
         _ => None,
diff --git a/crates/ra_syntax/src/syntax_node.rs b/crates/ra_syntax/src/syntax_node.rs
index 041c6ea8d6..b3eb5da637 100644
--- a/crates/ra_syntax/src/syntax_node.rs
+++ b/crates/ra_syntax/src/syntax_node.rs
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@ pub enum RustLanguage {}
 impl Language for RustLanguage {
     type Kind = SyntaxKind;
 
-    fn kind_from_raw(raw: rowan::cursor::SyntaxKind) -> SyntaxKind {
+    fn kind_from_raw(raw: rowan::SyntaxKind) -> SyntaxKind {
         SyntaxKind::from(raw.0)
     }
 
-    fn kind_to_raw(kind: SyntaxKind) -> rowan::cursor::SyntaxKind {
-        rowan::cursor::SyntaxKind(kind.into())
+    fn kind_to_raw(kind: SyntaxKind) -> rowan::SyntaxKind {
+        rowan::SyntaxKind(kind.into())
     }
 }
 
 pub type SyntaxNode = rowan::SyntaxNode<RustLanguage>;
 pub type SyntaxToken = rowan::SyntaxToken<RustLanguage>;
-pub type SyntaxElement = rowan::NodeOrToken<SyntaxNode, SyntaxToken>;
+pub type SyntaxElement = rowan::SyntaxElement<RustLanguage>;
 pub type SyntaxNodeChildren = rowan::SyntaxNodeChildren<RustLanguage>;
 pub type SyntaxElementChildren = rowan::SyntaxElementChildren<RustLanguage>;