diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c269e9e..573706c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "background-jobs"
 description = "Background Jobs implemented with actix and futures"
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.3"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
 authors = ["asonix <asonix@asonix.dog>"]
 repository = "https://git.asonix.dog/Aardwolf/background-jobs"
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ members = [
 default = ["background-jobs-actix"]
 
 [dependencies.background-jobs-core]
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.0"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.3"
 path = "jobs-core"
 
 [dependencies.background-jobs-actix]
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.1"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.3"
 path = "jobs-actix"
 optional = true
diff --git a/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml b/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml
index a80595b..f1aef37 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "background-jobs-actix"
 description = "in-process jobs processor based on Actix"
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.3"
 license-file = "../LICENSE"
 authors = ["asonix <asonix@asonix.dog>"]
 repository = "https://git.asonix.dog/Aardwolf/background-jobs"
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 actix-rt = "1.1.0"
 anyhow = "1.0"
+async-mutex = "1.0.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.24"
-background-jobs-core = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.0", path = "../jobs-core", features = ["with-actix"] }
+background-jobs-core = { version = "0.8.0-alpha.3", path = "../jobs-core", features = ["with-actix"] }
 chrono = "0.4"
 log = "0.4"
 num_cpus = "1.10.0"
diff --git a/jobs-actix/src/server.rs b/jobs-actix/src/server.rs
index 31f53de..0a150df 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/src/server.rs
+++ b/jobs-actix/src/server.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use actix_rt::{
     time::{interval_at, Instant},
 };
 use anyhow::Error;
+use async_mutex::Mutex;
 use background_jobs_core::{NewJobInfo, ReturnJobInfo, Stats, Storage};
 use log::{error, trace};
 use std::{
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ use std::{
     sync::Arc,
     time::Duration,
 };
-use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 type WorkerQueue = VecDeque<Box<dyn Worker + Send>>;
 
diff --git a/jobs-core/Cargo.toml b/jobs-core/Cargo.toml
index 1b5c2a3..e45a6c5 100644
--- a/jobs-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jobs-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "background-jobs-core"
 description = "Core types for implementing an asynchronous jobs processor"
-version = "0.8.0-alpha.2"
+version = "0.8.0-alpha.3"
 license-file = "../LICENSE"
 authors = ["asonix <asonix@asonix.dog>"]
 repository = "https://git.asonix.dog/Aardwolf/background-jobs"
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ with-actix = ["actix-rt", "tokio"]
 [dependencies]
 actix-rt = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
 anyhow = "1.0"
+async-mutex = "1.0.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.24"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
-futures = "0.3.4"
 log = "0.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "0.2.13", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+futures = "0.3.4"
diff --git a/jobs-core/src/storage.rs b/jobs-core/src/storage.rs
index 2c3f557..6697faa 100644
--- a/jobs-core/src/storage.rs
+++ b/jobs-core/src/storage.rs
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ pub trait Storage: Clone + Send {
 /// A default, in-memory implementation of a storage mechanism
 pub mod memory_storage {
     use super::{JobInfo, Stats};
+    use async_mutex::Mutex;
     use chrono::Utc;
-    use futures::lock::Mutex;
     use std::{collections::HashMap, convert::Infallible, sync::Arc};
     use uuid::Uuid;