diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b2234e..4924d2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "mimalloc",
  "mio",
- "net2",
  "parking_lot",
  "privdrop",
  "quickcheck",
  "quickcheck_macros",
  "rand",
  "serde",
+ "socket2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml b/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
index b89eaab..7d0f639 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aquatic_udp/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ histogram = "0.6"
 indexmap = "1"
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 mio = { version = "0.7", features = ["udp", "os-poll", "os-util"] }
-net2 = "0.2"
 parking_lot = "0.10"
 privdrop = "0.3"
 rand = { version = "0.7", features = ["small_rng"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+socket2 = { version = "0.3", features = ["reuseport"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 quickcheck = "0.9"
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
index 2f4233e..f327d30 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib/network.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ use std::vec::Drain;
 use crossbeam_channel::{Sender, Receiver};
 use mio::{Events, Poll, Interest, Token};
 use mio::net::UdpSocket;
-use net2::{UdpSocketExt, UdpBuilder};
-use net2::unix::UnixUdpBuilderExt;
+use socket2::{Socket, Domain, Type, Protocol};
 
 use bittorrent_udp::types::IpVersion;
 use bittorrent_udp::converters::{response_to_bytes, request_from_bytes};
@@ -91,22 +90,20 @@ pub fn run_socket_worker(
 
 
 fn create_socket(config: &Config) -> ::std::net::UdpSocket {
-    let mut builder = &{
-        if config.network.address.is_ipv4(){
-            UdpBuilder::new_v4().expect("socket: build")
-        } else {
-            UdpBuilder::new_v6().expect("socket: build")
-        }
-    };
+    let socket = if config.network.address.is_ipv4(){
+        Socket::new(Domain::ipv4(), Type::dgram(), Some(Protocol::udp()))
+    } else {
+        Socket::new(Domain::ipv6(), Type::dgram(), Some(Protocol::udp()))
+    }.expect("create socket");
 
-    builder = builder.reuse_port(true)
+    socket.set_reuse_port(true)
         .expect("socket: set reuse port");
 
-    let socket = builder.bind(&config.network.address)
-        .expect(&format!("socket: bind to {}", &config.network.address));
-
     socket.set_nonblocking(true)
         .expect("socket: set nonblocking");
+
+    socket.bind(&config.network.address.into())
+        .expect(&format!("socket: bind to {}", &config.network.address));
     
     let recv_buffer_size = config.network.socket_recv_buffer_size;
     
@@ -120,7 +117,7 @@ fn create_socket(config: &Config) -> ::std::net::UdpSocket {
         }
     }
 
-    socket
+    socket.into_udp_socket()
 }