diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5e055b1f..550f85eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        rust_version: ['1.56.1', 'stable', 'nightly']
+        rust_version: ['1.60.0', 'stable', 'nightly']
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macOS-latest]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
diff --git a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/Cargo.toml b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/Cargo.toml
index e24aaf27..5927abfa 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ push-gateway = ["async-runtime", "hyper/client", "tracing"]
 [dependencies]
 metrics = { version = "^0.20", path = "../metrics" }
 metrics-util = { version = "^0.14", path = "../metrics-util", default-features = false, features = ["recency", "registry", "summary"] }
-parking_lot = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
 thiserror = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 quanta = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false }
 indexmap = { version = "1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs
index 2e5bd6ce..16ff7af0 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs
+++ b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/builder.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::future::Future;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr};
 #[cfg(any(feature = "http-listener", feature = "push-gateway"))]
 use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::RwLock;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "http-listener", feature = "push-gateway"))]
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ use hyper::{
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 #[cfg(feature = "http-listener")]
 use ipnet::IpNet;
-use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use quanta::Clock;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "http-listener", feature = "push-gateway"))]
 use tokio::runtime;
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ impl PrometheusBuilder {
                                     let body = body
                                         .map_err(|_| ())
                                         .map(|mut b| b.copy_to_bytes(b.remaining()))
-                                        .map(|b| (&b[..]).to_vec())
+                                        .map(|b| b[..].to_vec())
                                         .and_then(|s| String::from_utf8(s).map_err(|_| ()))
                                         .unwrap_or_else(|_| {
                                             String::from("<failed to read response body>")
diff --git a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/recorder.rs b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/recorder.rs
index 6d746dfe..42582c61 100644
--- a/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/recorder.rs
+++ b/metrics-exporter-prometheus/src/recorder.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{PoisonError, RwLock};
 
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use metrics::{Counter, Gauge, Histogram, Key, KeyName, Recorder, SharedString, Unit};
 use metrics_util::registry::{Recency, Registry};
-use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use quanta::Instant;
 
 use crate::common::Snapshot;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl Inner {
                 // is not recent enough and should be/was deleted from the registry, we also need to
                 // delete it on our side as well.
                 let (name, labels) = key_to_parts(&key, Some(&self.global_labels));
-                let mut wg = self.distributions.write();
+                let mut wg = self.distributions.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
                 let delete_by_name = if let Some(by_name) = wg.get_mut(&name) {
                     by_name.remove(&labels);
                     by_name.is_empty()
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ impl Inner {
 
             let (name, labels) = key_to_parts(&key, Some(&self.global_labels));
 
-            let mut wg = self.distributions.write();
+            let mut wg = self.distributions.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
             let entry = wg
                 .entry(name.clone())
                 .or_insert_with(IndexMap::new)
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ impl Inner {
             histogram.get_inner().clear_with(|samples| entry.record_samples(samples));
         }
 
-        let distributions = self.distributions.read().clone();
+        let distributions =
+            self.distributions.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).clone();
 
         Snapshot { counters, gauges, distributions }
     }
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ impl Inner {
         let Snapshot { mut counters, mut distributions, mut gauges } = self.get_recent_metrics();
 
         let mut output = String::new();
-        let descriptions = self.descriptions.read();
+        let descriptions = self.descriptions.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
 
         for (name, mut by_labels) in counters.drain() {
             if let Some(desc) = descriptions.get(name.as_str()) {
@@ -215,7 +216,8 @@ impl PrometheusRecorder {
 
     fn add_description_if_missing(&self, key_name: &KeyName, description: SharedString) {
         let sanitized = sanitize_metric_name(key_name.as_str());
-        let mut descriptions = self.inner.descriptions.write();
+        let mut descriptions =
+            self.inner.descriptions.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
         descriptions.entry(sanitized).or_insert(description);
     }
 }
diff --git a/metrics-tracing-context/Cargo.toml b/metrics-tracing-context/Cargo.toml
index 83ddddcb..b842144c 100644
--- a/metrics-tracing-context/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metrics-tracing-context/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = [
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.3"
-parking_lot = "0.12"
+parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", defautl-features = false }
 tracing = { version = "0.1.29", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["registry"] }
diff --git a/metrics-util/Cargo.toml b/metrics-util/Cargo.toml
index 32ff9042..b74b557c 100644
--- a/metrics-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metrics-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ crossbeam-utils = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, optional = true }
 portable-atomic = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 aho-corasick = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, optional = true, features = ["std"] }
 indexmap = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-parking_lot = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, optional = true }
 quanta = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 sketches-ddsketch = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 radix_trie = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
@@ -89,5 +88,5 @@ layers = ["layer-filter", "layer-router"]
 layer-filter = ["aho-corasick"]
 layer-router = ["radix_trie"]
 summary = ["sketches-ddsketch"]
-recency = ["parking_lot", "registry", "quanta"]
-registry = ["portable-atomic", "crossbeam-epoch", "crossbeam-utils", "handles", "hashbrown", "num_cpus", "parking_lot"]
+recency = ["registry", "quanta"]
+registry = ["portable-atomic", "crossbeam-epoch", "crossbeam-utils", "handles", "hashbrown", "num_cpus"]
diff --git a/metrics-util/src/registry/mod.rs b/metrics-util/src/registry/mod.rs
index b4e2b29f..1267c91d 100644
--- a/metrics-util/src/registry/mod.rs
+++ b/metrics-util/src/registry/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 //! High-performance metrics storage.
 
 mod storage;
-use std::{hash::BuildHasherDefault, iter::repeat};
+use std::{
+    hash::BuildHasherDefault,
+    iter::repeat,
+    sync::{PoisonError, RwLock},
+};
 
 use hashbrown::{hash_map::RawEntryMut, HashMap};
 use metrics::{Key, KeyHasher};
-use parking_lot::RwLock;
 pub use storage::{AtomicStorage, Storage};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "recency")]
@@ -143,13 +146,13 @@ where
     /// does not ensure that callers will see the registry as entirely empty at any given point.
     pub fn clear(&self) {
         for shard in &self.counters {
-            shard.write().clear();
+            shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).clear();
         }
         for shard in &self.gauges {
-            shard.write().clear();
+            shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).clear();
         }
         for shard in &self.histograms {
-            shard.write().clear();
+            shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).clear();
         }
     }
 
@@ -164,13 +167,13 @@ where
         let (hash, shard) = self.get_hash_and_shard_for_counter(key);
 
         // Try and get the handle if it exists, running our operation if we succeed.
-        let shard_read = shard.read();
+        let shard_read = shard.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
         if let Some((_, v)) = shard_read.raw_entry().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key) {
             op(v)
         } else {
             // Switch to write guard and insert the handle first.
             drop(shard_read);
-            let mut shard_write = shard.write();
+            let mut shard_write = shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
             let v = if let Some((_, v)) = shard_write.raw_entry().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key)
             {
                 v
@@ -198,13 +201,13 @@ where
         let (hash, shard) = self.get_hash_and_shard_for_gauge(key);
 
         // Try and get the handle if it exists, running our operation if we succeed.
-        let shard_read = shard.read();
+        let shard_read = shard.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
         if let Some((_, v)) = shard_read.raw_entry().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key) {
             op(v)
         } else {
             // Switch to write guard and insert the handle first.
             drop(shard_read);
-            let mut shard_write = shard.write();
+            let mut shard_write = shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
             let v = if let Some((_, v)) = shard_write.raw_entry().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key)
             {
                 v
@@ -232,13 +235,13 @@ where
         let (hash, shard) = self.get_hash_and_shard_for_histogram(key);
 
         // Try and get the handle if it exists, running our operation if we succeed.
-        let shard_read = shard.read();
+        let shard_read = shard.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
         if let Some((_, v)) = shard_read.raw_entry().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key) {
             op(v)
         } else {
             // Switch to write guard and insert the handle first.
             drop(shard_read);
-            let mut shard_write = shard.write();
+            let mut shard_write = shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
             let v = if let Some((_, v)) = shard_write.raw_entry().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key)
             {
                 v
@@ -260,7 +263,7 @@ where
     /// Returns `true` if the counter existed and was removed, `false` otherwise.
     pub fn delete_counter(&self, key: &K) -> bool {
         let (hash, shard) = self.get_hash_and_shard_for_counter(key);
-        let mut shard_write = shard.write();
+        let mut shard_write = shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
         let entry = shard_write.raw_entry_mut().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key);
         if let RawEntryMut::Occupied(entry) = entry {
             let _ = entry.remove_entry();
@@ -275,7 +278,7 @@ where
     /// Returns `true` if the gauge existed and was removed, `false` otherwise.
     pub fn delete_gauge(&self, key: &K) -> bool {
         let (hash, shard) = self.get_hash_and_shard_for_gauge(key);
-        let mut shard_write = shard.write();
+        let mut shard_write = shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
         let entry = shard_write.raw_entry_mut().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key);
         if let RawEntryMut::Occupied(entry) = entry {
             let _ = entry.remove_entry();
@@ -290,7 +293,7 @@ where
     /// Returns `true` if the histogram existed and was removed, `false` otherwise.
     pub fn delete_histogram(&self, key: &K) -> bool {
         let (hash, shard) = self.get_hash_and_shard_for_histogram(key);
-        let mut shard_write = shard.write();
+        let mut shard_write = shard.write().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
         let entry = shard_write.raw_entry_mut().from_key_hashed_nocheck(hash, key);
         if let RawEntryMut::Occupied(entry) = entry {
             let _ = entry.remove_entry();
@@ -312,7 +315,7 @@ where
         F: FnMut(&K, &S::Counter),
     {
         for subshard in self.counters.iter() {
-            let shard_read = subshard.read();
+            let shard_read = subshard.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
             for (key, counter) in shard_read.iter() {
                 collect(key, counter);
             }
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@ where
         F: FnMut(&K, &S::Gauge),
     {
         for subshard in self.gauges.iter() {
-            let shard_read = subshard.read();
+            let shard_read = subshard.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
             for (key, gauge) in shard_read.iter() {
                 collect(key, gauge);
             }
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ where
         F: FnMut(&K, &S::Histogram),
     {
         for subshard in self.histograms.iter() {
-            let shard_read = subshard.read();
+            let shard_read = subshard.read().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
             for (key, histogram) in shard_read.iter() {
                 collect(key, histogram);
             }
diff --git a/metrics-util/src/registry/recency.rs b/metrics-util/src/registry/recency.rs
index ed8ed13d..0ccf014a 100644
--- a/metrics-util/src/registry/recency.rs
+++ b/metrics-util/src/registry/recency.rs
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 //! observed, to build a complete picture that allows deciding if a given metric has gone "idle" or
 //! not, and thus whether it should actually be deleted.
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, PoisonError};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, ops::DerefMut};
 
 use metrics::{Counter, CounterFn, Gauge, GaugeFn, Histogram, HistogramFn};
-use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use quanta::{Clock, Instant};
 
 use crate::Hashable;
@@ -311,7 +310,7 @@ where
     {
         if let Some(idle_timeout) = self.idle_timeout {
             if self.mask.matches(kind) {
-                let mut guard = self.inner.lock();
+                let mut guard = self.inner.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
                 let (clock, entries) = guard.deref_mut();
 
                 let now = clock.now();