diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b3fa7110..badd91ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5153,7 +5153,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "directories",
  "failure",
  "flume",
- "futures",
+ "futures-util",
  "hostname",
  "lazy_static",
  "nix 0.24.1",
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/client_api_connection.rs b/veilid-cli/src/client_api_connection.rs
index 1c722cd2..37b77555 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/client_api_connection.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/client_api_connection.rs
@@ -198,8 +198,10 @@ impl ClientApiConnection {
         // Create the VAT network
         cfg_if! {
             if #[cfg(feature="rt-async-std")] {
+                use futures::AsyncReadExt;
                 let (reader, writer) = stream.split();
             } else if #[cfg(feature="rt-tokio")] {
+                pub use tokio_util::compat::*;
                 let (reader, writer) = stream.into_split();
                 let reader = reader.compat();
                 let writer = writer.compat_write();
diff --git a/veilid-server/Cargo.toml b/veilid-server/Cargo.toml
index 277bb1b8..b117048c 100644
--- a/veilid-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ cfg-if = "^1"
 serde = "^1"
 serde_derive = "^1"
 serde_yaml = "^0"
-futures = "^0"
+futures-util = { version = "^0", default_features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 url = "^2"
 ctrlc = "^3"
 lazy_static = "^1"
diff --git a/veilid-server/src/client_api.rs b/veilid-server/src/client_api.rs
index cd3310d2..348deb1d 100644
--- a/veilid-server/src/client_api.rs
+++ b/veilid-server/src/client_api.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ use capnp::capability::Promise;
 use capnp_rpc::{pry, rpc_twoparty_capnp, twoparty, RpcSystem};
 use cfg_if::*;
 use failure::*;
-use futures::FutureExt as FuturesFutureExt;
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures_util::{future::try_join_all, FutureExt as FuturesFutureExt, StreamExt};
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
@@ -304,7 +303,7 @@ impl ClientApi {
                 stream.set_nodelay(true)?;
                 cfg_if! {
                     if #[cfg(feature="rt-async-std")] {
-                        use futures::AsyncReadExt;
+                        use futures_util::AsyncReadExt;
                         let (reader, writer) = stream.split();
                     } else if #[cfg(feature="rt-tokio")] {
                         use tokio_util::compat::*;
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ impl ClientApi {
         let bind_futures = bind_addrs
             .iter()
             .map(|addr| self.clone().handle_incoming(*addr, client.clone()));
-        let bind_futures_join = futures::future::try_join_all(bind_futures);
+        let bind_futures_join = try_join_all(bind_futures);
         self.inner.borrow_mut().join_handle = Some(spawn_local(bind_futures_join));
     }
 }
diff --git a/veilid-server/src/unix.rs b/veilid-server/src/unix.rs
index 8a937d5a..331e64eb 100644
--- a/veilid-server/src/unix.rs
+++ b/veilid-server/src/unix.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::settings::Settings;
 use crate::tools::*;
 use crate::veilid_logs::*;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
 use signal_hook::consts::signal::*;
 use signal_hook_async_std::Signals;
 use std::io::Read;