diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 71b8b23..61471f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ee49baf6cb617b853aa8d93bf420db2383fab46d314482ca2803b40d5fde979b"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e4cec68f03f32e44924783795810fa50a7035d8c8ebe78580ad7e6c703fba38"
+checksum = "b700ce4376041dcd0a327fd0097c41095743c4c8af8887265942faf1100bd040"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "calloop"
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-integer",
  "num-traits",
  "time",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ checksum = "03d86534ed367a67548dc68113a0f5db55432fdfbb6e6f9d77704397d95d5780"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_users",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall 0.2.8",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -817,22 +817,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "69a039c3498dc930fe810151a34ba0c1c70b02b8625035592e74432f678591f2"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fuchsia-zircon"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2e9763c69ebaae630ba35f74888db465e49e259ba1bc0eda7d06f4a067615d82"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "fuchsia-zircon-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "fuchsia-zircon-sys"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3dcaa9ae7725d12cdb85b3ad99a434db70b468c09ded17e012d86b5c1010f7a7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.1.31"
@@ -927,7 +911,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
  "memchr",
- "pin-project-lite 0.2.6",
+ "pin-project-lite",
  "pin-utils",
  "proc-macro-hack",
  "proc-macro-nested",
@@ -1015,7 +999,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.11.1",
  "wayland-client",
  "wayland-egl",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
  "winit",
 ]
 
@@ -1025,7 +1009,7 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "git+https://github.com/Kethku/glutin?branch=new-keyboard-all#72e148c299afe3570ab1990c553b03b4d7fdadf2"
 dependencies = [
  "gl_generator",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1184,16 +1168,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "kernel32-sys"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.2.8",
- "winapi-build",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "khronos_api"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -1225,7 +1199,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "351a32417a12d5f7e82c368a66781e307834dae04c6ce0cd4456d52989229883"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1235,7 +1209,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6f84d96438c15fcd6c3f244c8fce01d1e2b9c6b5623e9c711dc9286d8fc92d6a"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1353,25 +1327,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg 1.0.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mio"
-version = "0.6.23"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4afd66f5b91bf2a3bc13fad0e21caedac168ca4c707504e75585648ae80e4cc4"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 0.1.10",
- "fuchsia-zircon",
- "fuchsia-zircon-sys",
- "iovec",
- "kernel32-sys",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "miow 0.2.2",
- "net2",
- "slab",
- "winapi 0.2.8",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.7.11"
@@ -1380,9 +1335,9 @@ checksum = "cf80d3e903b34e0bd7282b218398aec54e082c840d9baf8339e0080a0c542956"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "miow 0.3.7",
+ "miow",
  "ntapi",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1394,42 +1349,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam 0.8.0",
  "crossbeam-queue 0.3.1",
  "log",
- "mio 0.7.11",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "mio-named-pipes"
-version = "0.1.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0840c1c50fd55e521b247f949c241c9997709f23bd7f023b9762cd561e935656"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "mio 0.6.23",
- "miow 0.3.7",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "mio-uds"
-version = "0.6.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "afcb699eb26d4332647cc848492bbc15eafb26f08d0304550d5aa1f612e066f0"
-dependencies = [
- "iovec",
- "libc",
- "mio 0.6.23",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "miow"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ebd808424166322d4a38da87083bfddd3ac4c131334ed55856112eb06d46944d"
-dependencies = [
- "kernel32-sys",
- "net2",
- "winapi 0.2.8",
- "ws2_32-sys",
+ "mio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1438,7 +1358,7 @@ version = "0.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b9f1c5b025cda876f66ef43a113f91ebc9f4ccef34843000e0adf6ebbab84e21"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1552,9 +1472,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "skia-safe",
  "swash",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "which 4.1.0",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
  "winit",
  "winres",
 ]
@@ -1567,17 +1488,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.72",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "net2"
-version = "0.2.37"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "391630d12b68002ae1e25e8f974306474966550ad82dac6886fb8910c19568ae"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 0.1.10",
- "libc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -1634,7 +1544,7 @@ version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f6bb902e437b6d86e03cce10a7e2af662292c5dfef23b65899ea3ac9354ad44"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1723,16 +1633,17 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nvim-rs"
-version = "0.1.1-alpha.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/kethku/nvim-rs#109feea9e345fcbb2674384b0d6914ba4b8fc61e"
+version = "0.2.1-alpha.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/KillTheMule/nvim-rs?branch=master#a121a29ffc829ab50337d66abcd2bd4d5144c270"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "futures 0.3.15",
  "log",
- "pin-project",
+ "parity-tokio-ipc",
  "rmp",
  "rmpv",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1768,6 +1679,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "ttf-parser",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parity-tokio-ipc"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9981e32fb75e004cc148f5fb70342f393830e0a4aa62e3cc93b50976218d42b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures 0.3.15",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "rand",
+ "tokio",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.10.2"
@@ -1800,7 +1725,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall 0.1.57",
  "smallvec",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1814,7 +1739,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "redox_syscall 0.2.8",
  "smallvec",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1849,12 +1774,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.72",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "257b64915a082f7811703966789728173279bdebb956b143dbcd23f6f970a777"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.6"
@@ -2106,7 +2025,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "spin",
  "untrusted",
  "web-sys",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2468,7 +2387,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca8a50ef2360fbd1eeb0ecd46795a87a19024eb4b53c5dc916ca1fd95fe62438"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2497,25 +2416,22 @@ checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "0.2.25"
+version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6703a273949a90131b290be1fe7b039d0fc884aa1935860dfcbe056f28cd8092"
+checksum = "4b7b349f11a7047e6d1276853e612d152f5e8a352c61917887cc2169e2366b4c"
 dependencies = [
- "bytes 0.5.6",
- "fnv",
- "iovec",
- "lazy_static",
+ "autocfg 1.0.1",
+ "bytes 1.0.1",
  "libc",
  "memchr",
- "mio 0.6.23",
- "mio-named-pipes",
- "mio-uds",
+ "mio",
  "num_cpus",
- "pin-project-lite 0.1.12",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot 0.11.1",
+ "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "slab",
  "tokio-macros",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2531,15 +2447,30 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e44da00bfc73a25f814cd8d7e57a68a5c31b74b3152a0a1d1f590c97ed06265a"
+checksum = "54473be61f4ebe4efd09cec9bd5d16fa51d70ea0192213d754d2d500457db110"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.26",
  "quote 1.0.9",
  "syn 1.0.72",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-util"
+version = "0.6.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1caa0b0c8d94a049db56b5acf8cba99dc0623aab1b26d5b5f5e2d945846b3592"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes 1.0.1",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "log",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.5.8"
@@ -2656,7 +2587,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "808cf2735cd4b6866113f648b791c6adc5714537bc222d9347bb203386ffda56"
 dependencies = [
  "same-file",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
@@ -2857,12 +2788,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi"
-version = "0.2.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -2873,12 +2798,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winapi-build"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d315eee3b34aca4797b2da6b13ed88266e6d612562a0c46390af8299fc699bc"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -2891,7 +2810,7 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "70ec6ce85bb158151cae5e5c87f95a8e97d2c0c4b001223f33a334e3ce5de178"
 dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2916,7 +2835,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "memmap2 0.2.3",
- "mio 0.7.11",
+ "mio",
  "mio-misc",
  "nameof",
  "ndk",
@@ -2930,7 +2849,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "smithay-client-toolkit",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "wayland-client",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
+ "winapi",
  "x11-dl",
  "xkbcommon-dl",
 ]
@@ -2944,16 +2863,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ws2_32-sys"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.2.8",
- "winapi-build",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "x11-dl"
 version = "2.18.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ee5a524..0ad241c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ derive-new = "0.5"
 rmpv = "0.4.4"
 rust-embed = { version = "5.2.0", features = ["debug-embed"] }
 image = "0.22.3"
-nvim-rs = { git = "https://github.com/kethku/nvim-rs", features = ["use_tokio"] }
-tokio = { version = "0.2.9", features = ["blocking", "process", "time", "tcp"] }
+nvim-rs = { git = "https://github.com/KillTheMule/nvim-rs", branch = "master", features = ["use_tokio"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.1.1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio-util = "*"
 async-trait = "0.1.18"
 crossfire = "0.1"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/src/bridge/create.rs b/src/bridge/create.rs
index ca2d2a5..d8138f5 100644
--- a/src/bridge/create.rs
+++ b/src/bridge/create.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use tokio::{
     task::JoinHandle,
 };
 
-use nvim_rs::compat::tokio::TokioAsyncReadCompatExt;
 use nvim_rs::{error::LoopError, neovim::Neovim, Handler};
+use tokio_util::compat::TokioAsyncReadCompatExt;
 
 use crate::bridge::{TxWrapper, WrapTx};
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ where
 {
     let stream = TcpStream::connect(addr).await?;
     let (reader, writer) = split(stream);
-    let (neovim, io) = Neovim::<TxWrapper>::new(reader.compat_read(), writer.wrap_tx(), handler);
+    let (neovim, io) = Neovim::<TxWrapper>::new(reader.compat(), writer.wrap_tx(), handler);
     let io_handle = spawn(io);
 
     Ok((neovim, io_handle))
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ where
         .stdout
         .take()
         .ok_or_else(|| Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, "Can't open stdout"))?
-        .compat_read();
+        .compat();
     let stdin = child
         .stdin
         .take()