diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 988524f..2ab378b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # When updating this, the reminder to update the minimum supported
         # Rust version in Cargo.toml and .clippy.toml.
-        rust: ['1.36']
+        rust: ['1.39']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install Rust
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 24f1e7e..f21492e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ keywords = ["condvar", "eventcount", "wake", "blocking", "park"]
 categories = ["asynchronous", "concurrency"]
 exclude = ["/.*"]
 
+[dependencies]
+parking = "2.0.0"
+
 [dev-dependencies]
-futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 waker-fn = "1"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 20047be..0290a48 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,10 +73,11 @@ use std::ptr::{self, NonNull};
 use std::sync::atomic::{self, AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard};
 use std::task::{Context, Poll, Waker};
-use std::thread::{self, Thread};
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use std::usize;
 
+use parking::Unparker;
+
 /// Inner state of [`Event`].
 struct Inner {
     /// The number of notified entries, or `usize::MAX` if all of them have been notified.
@@ -598,6 +599,7 @@ impl EventListener {
             None => unreachable!("cannot wait twice on an `EventListener`"),
             Some(entry) => entry,
         };
+        let (parker, unparker) = parking::pair();
 
         // Set this listener's state to `Waiting`.
         {
@@ -612,14 +614,14 @@ impl EventListener {
                     return true;
                 }
                 // Otherwise, set the state to `Waiting`.
-                _ => e.state.set(State::Waiting(thread::current())),
+                _ => e.state.set(State::Waiting(unparker)),
             }
         }
 
         // Wait until a notification is received or the timeout is reached.
         loop {
             match deadline {
-                None => thread::park(),
+                None => parker.park(),
 
                 Some(deadline) => {
                     // Check for timeout.
@@ -634,7 +636,7 @@ impl EventListener {
                     }
 
                     // Park until the deadline.
-                    thread::park_timeout(deadline - now);
+                    parker.park_timeout(deadline - now);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -776,7 +778,7 @@ enum State {
     Polling(Waker),
 
     /// A thread is blocked on it.
-    Waiting(Thread),
+    Waiting(Unparker),
 }
 
 impl State {
@@ -792,7 +794,7 @@ impl State {
 
 /// An entry representing a registered listener.
 struct Entry {
-    /// THe state of this listener.
+    /// The state of this listener.
     state: Cell<State>,
 
     /// Previous entry in the linked list.
@@ -928,7 +930,9 @@ impl List {
                         State::Notified(_) => {}
                         State::Created => {}
                         State::Polling(w) => w.wake(),
-                        State::Waiting(t) => t.unpark(),
+                        State::Waiting(t) => {
+                            t.unpark();
+                        }
                     }
 
                     // Update the counter.
@@ -957,7 +961,9 @@ impl List {
                         State::Notified(_) => {}
                         State::Created => {}
                         State::Polling(w) => w.wake(),
-                        State::Waiting(t) => t.unpark(),
+                        State::Waiting(t) => {
+                            t.unpark();
+                        }
                     }
 
                     // Update the counter.