diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dd36ae9..f0fad33 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1484,21 +1484,6 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.32"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b147ee9d1f6d097cef9ce628cd2ee62288d963e16fb287bd9286455b241382d"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-executor",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-sink",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -1506,7 +1491,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07bbe89c50d7a535e539b8c17bc0b49bdb77747034daa8087407d655f3f7cc1d"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1515,23 +1499,6 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7e3450815272ef58cec6d564423f6e755e25379b217b0bc688e295ba24df6b1d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.32"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "baf29c38818342a3b26b5b923639e7b1f4a61fc5e76102d4b1981c6dc7a7579d"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-io"
-version = "0.3.32"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cecba35d7ad927e23624b22ad55235f2239cfa44fd10428eecbeba6d6a717718"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -1561,13 +1528,10 @@ version = "0.3.32"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "389ca41296e6190b48053de0321d02a77f32f8a5d2461dd38762c0593805c6d6"
 dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
- "futures-io",
  "futures-macro",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
- "memchr",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "slab",
 ]
@@ -2411,7 +2375,7 @@ name = "maps-validation"
 version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-nats",
- "futures",
+ "futures-util",
  "heck",
  "rbx_asset",
  "rbx_binary",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c390c6f..cc88b5a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 async-nats = "0.46.0"
+futures-util = "0.3.31"
 rbx_asset = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["gzip", "rustls-tls"], default-features = false, registry = "strafesnet" }
 rbx_binary = "2.0.1"
 rbx_dom_weak = "4.1.0"
diff --git a/validation/Cargo.toml b/validation/Cargo.toml
index bf92b7d..58fbde9 100644
--- a/validation/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validation/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-nats.workspace = true
-futures = "0.3.31"
+futures-util.workspace = true
 rbx_asset.workspace = true
 rbx_binary.workspace = true
 rbx_dom_weak.workspace = true
diff --git a/validation/src/main.rs b/validation/src/main.rs
index cfc3670..442fe0f 100644
--- a/validation/src/main.rs
+++ b/validation/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
 
 mod download;
 mod grpc;
diff --git a/validation/src/release_submissions_batch.rs b/validation/src/release_submissions_batch.rs
index 50cfcbf..9dda599 100644
--- a/validation/src/release_submissions_batch.rs
+++ b/validation/src/release_submissions_batch.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures_util::stream::iter as stream_iter;
+use futures_util::StreamExt;
 
 use crate::download::download_asset_version;
 use crate::nats_types::ReleaseSubmissionsBatchRequest;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ async fn release_inner(
 	.collect();
 
 	// fut_download
-	let fut_download=futures::stream::iter(asset_versions)
+	let fut_download=stream_iter(asset_versions)
 	.map(|(index,asset_version)|async move{
 		let modes=download_fut(cloud_context,asset_version).await;
 		(index,modes)
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ async fn release_inner(
 	}
 
 	// concurrently dispatch results
-	let release_results:Vec<_> =futures::stream::iter(
+	let release_results:Vec<_> =stream_iter(
 		release_info
 		.Submissions
 		.into_iter()
diff --git a/validation/src/validator.rs b/validation/src/validator.rs
index 68e0766..664f44f 100644
--- a/validation/src/validator.rs
+++ b/validation/src/validator.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use futures::TryStreamExt;
+use futures_util::stream::iter as stream_iter;
+use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use rust_grpc::validator::Policy;
 
 use crate::download::download_asset_version;
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ impl crate::message_handler::MessageHandler{
 		}
 
 		// send all script hashes to REST endpoint and retrieve the replacements
-		futures::stream::iter(script_map.iter_mut().map(Ok))
+		stream_iter(script_map.iter_mut().map(Ok))
 		.try_for_each_concurrent(Some(SCRIPT_CONCURRENCY),|(source,NamePolicy{policy,name})|async{
 			// get the hash
 			let hash=hash_source(source.as_str());