diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 142b86ca..ff987eb6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1697,7 +1697,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "rumqttc"
 version = "0.12.0"
 dependencies = [
- "async-channel",
  "async-tungstenite",
  "bytes 1.1.0",
  "color-backtrace",
diff --git a/rumqttc/Cargo.toml b/rumqttc/Cargo.toml
index aa157ab7..3717c74b 100644
--- a/rumqttc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rumqttc/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ rustls-pemfile = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
 async-tungstenite = { version = "0.16.1", default-features = false, features = ["tokio-rustls-native-certs"], optional = true }
 ws_stream_tungstenite = { version = "0.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["tokio_io"], optional = true }
 pollster = "0.2"
-async-channel = "1.5"
 log = "0.4"
 thiserror = "1.0.21"
 http = "^0.2"
diff --git a/rumqttc/src/client.rs b/rumqttc/src/client.rs
index a8c769a7..ba73c00a 100644
--- a/rumqttc/src/client.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/src/client.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use crate::mqttbytes::{self, v4::*, QoS};
 use crate::{ConnectionError, Event, EventLoop, MqttOptions, Request};
 
-use async_channel::{SendError, Sender, TrySendError};
+use flume::{SendError, Sender, TrySendError};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use std::mem;
 use tokio::runtime;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
         let mut publish = Publish::new(topic, qos, payload);
         publish.retain = retain;
         let publish = Request::Publish(publish);
-        self.request_tx.send(publish).await?;
+        self.request_tx.send_async(publish).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
         let ack = get_ack_req(publish);
 
         if let Some(ack) = ack {
-            self.request_tx.send(ack).await?;
+            self.request_tx.send_async(ack).await?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
         let mut publish = Publish::from_bytes(topic, qos, payload);
         publish.retain = retain;
         let publish = Request::Publish(publish);
-        self.request_tx.send(publish).await?;
+        self.request_tx.send_async(publish).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
     pub async fn subscribe<S: Into<String>>(&self, topic: S, qos: QoS) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
         let subscribe = Subscribe::new(topic.into(), qos);
         let request = Request::Subscribe(subscribe);
-        self.request_tx.send(request).await?;
+        self.request_tx.send_async(request).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
     {
         let subscribe = Subscribe::new_many(topics)?;
         let request = Request::Subscribe(subscribe);
-        self.request_tx.send(request).await?;
+        self.request_tx.send_async(request).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
     pub async fn unsubscribe<S: Into<String>>(&self, topic: S) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
         let unsubscribe = Unsubscribe::new(topic.into());
         let request = Request::Unsubscribe(unsubscribe);
-        self.request_tx.send(request).await?;
+        self.request_tx.send_async(request).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
     /// Sends a MQTT disconnect to the eventloop
     pub async fn disconnect(&self) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
         let request = Request::Disconnect;
-        self.request_tx.send(request).await?;
+        self.request_tx.send_async(request).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl AsyncClient {
 
     /// Stops the eventloop right away
     pub async fn cancel(&self) -> Result<(), ClientError> {
-        self.cancel_tx.send(()).await?;
+        self.cancel_tx.send_async(()).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/rumqttc/src/eventloop.rs b/rumqttc/src/eventloop.rs
index e65619b3..cbb683f9 100644
--- a/rumqttc/src/eventloop.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/src/eventloop.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::tls;
 use crate::{Incoming, MqttOptions, MqttState, Outgoing, Packet, Request, StateError, Transport};
 
 use crate::mqttbytes::v4::*;
-use async_channel::{bounded, Receiver, Sender};
+use flume::{bounded, Receiver, Sender};
 #[cfg(feature = "websocket")]
 use async_tungstenite::tokio::connect_async;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "use-rustls", feature = "websocket"))]
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
             // After collision with pkid 1        -> [1b ,2, x, 4, 5].
             // 1a is saved to state and event loop is set to collision mode stopping new
             // outgoing requests (along with 1b).
-            o = self.requests_rx.recv(), if !inflight_full && !pending && !collision => match o {
+            o = self.requests_rx.recv_async(), if !inflight_full && !pending && !collision => match o {
                 Ok(request) => {
                     self.state.handle_outgoing_packet(request)?;
                     network.flush(&mut self.state.write).await?;
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
                 Ok(self.state.events.pop_front().unwrap())
             }
             // cancellation requests to stop the polling
-            _ = self.cancel_rx.recv() => {
+            _ = self.cancel_rx.recv_async() => {
                 Err(ConnectionError::Cancel)
             }
         }
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async fn connect_or_cancel(
     // resolved. Returns with an error if connections fail continuously
     select! {
         o = connect(options) => o,
-        _ = cancel_rx.recv() => {
+        _ = cancel_rx.recv_async() => {
             Err(ConnectionError::Cancel)
         }
     }
diff --git a/rumqttc/src/lib.rs b/rumqttc/src/lib.rs
index d1cf4af6..d47154cf 100644
--- a/rumqttc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/src/lib.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ mod state;
 mod tls;
 pub mod v5;
 
-pub use async_channel::{SendError, Sender, TrySendError};
+pub use flume::{SendError, Sender, TrySendError};
 pub use client::{AsyncClient, Client, ClientError, Connection};
 pub use eventloop::{ConnectionError, Event, EventLoop};
 pub use mqttbytes::v4::*;
diff --git a/rumqttc/tests/broker.rs b/rumqttc/tests/broker.rs
index dc788c0e..1f8c9c18 100644
--- a/rumqttc/tests/broker.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/tests/broker.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::{task, time};
 
-use async_channel::{bounded, Receiver, Sender};
+use flume::{bounded, Receiver, Sender};
 use bytes::BytesMut;
 use rumqttc::{Event, Incoming, Outgoing, Packet};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt};
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl Broker {
                 }
 
                 let packet = Packet::Publish(publish);
-                tx.send(packet).await.unwrap();
+                tx.send_async(packet).await.unwrap();
                 time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(delay)).await;
             }
         });
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ impl Broker {
     /// Selects between outgoing and incoming packets
     pub async fn tick(&mut self) -> Event {
         select! {
-            request = self.outgoing_rx.recv() => {
+            request = self.outgoing_rx.recv_async() => {
                 let request = request.unwrap();
                 let outgoing = self.framed.write(request).await.unwrap();
                 Event::Outgoing(outgoing)
diff --git a/rumqttc/tests/reliability.rs b/rumqttc/tests/reliability.rs
index feb78b9c..55e7b80a 100644
--- a/rumqttc/tests/reliability.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/tests/reliability.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ async fn start_requests(count: u8, qos: QoS, delay: u64, requests_tx: Sender<Req
 
         let publish = Publish::new(topic, qos, payload);
         let request = Request::Publish(publish);
-        let _ = requests_tx.send(request).await;
+        let _ = requests_tx.send_async(request).await;
         time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(delay)).await;
     }
 }