diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 78aca5bcc..c95c6ce87 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3191,7 +3191,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "ark-serialize",
  "async-compatibility-layer",
- "async-lock 3.4.0",
+ "async-lock 2.8.0",
  "async-std",
  "async-trait",
  "atomic_store",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b2a34250..c97747cc1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ ark-serialize = "0.4.2"
 async-compatibility-layer = { version = "1.1", default-features = false, features = [
 	"logging-utils",
 ] }
-async-lock = "3.3.0"
+async-lock = "2.8"
 async-std = { version = "1.9.0", features = ["unstable", "attributes"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 bincode = "1.3"