diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f2528c303..c1835254e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-imap"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da93622739d458dd9a6abc1abf0e38e81965a5824a3b37f9500437c82a8bb572"
+checksum = "b538b767cbf9c162a6c5795d4b932bd2c20ba10b5a91a94d2b2b6886c1dce6a8"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel",
  "base64 0.21.2",
- "byte-pool",
+ "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "futures",
  "imap-proto",
@@ -544,16 +544,6 @@ version = "3.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3e2c3daef883ecc1b5d58c15adae93470a91d425f3532ba1695849656af3fc1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byte-pool"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c2f1b21189f50b5625efa6227cf45e9d4cfdc2e73582df2b879e9689e78a7158"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-queue",
- "stable_deref_trait",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
 version = "1.13.1"
@@ -924,16 +914,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "scopeguard",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-queue"
-version = "0.3.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d1cfb3ea8a53f37c40dea2c7bedcbd88bdfae54f5e2175d6ecaff1c988353add"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.16"
@@ -4596,12 +4576,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "stable_deref_trait"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9cabd3b71..c9a2c9790 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ratelimit = { path = "./deltachat-ratelimit" }
 
 anyhow = "1"
 async-channel = "1.8.0"
-async-imap = { version = "0.9.0", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-tokio"] }
+async-imap = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-tokio"] }
 async-native-tls = { version = "0.5", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-tokio"] }
 async-smtp = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-tokio"] }
 async_zip = { version = "0.0.12", default-features = false, features = ["deflate", "fs"] }