diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b18e6b955..7da76f42e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "chrono",
  "criterion",
+ "crossbeam-queue",
  "deltachat_derive",
  "email",
  "encoded-words",
@@ -928,7 +929,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
- "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pgp",
  "pretty_env_logger",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 916aa8eaa..5f928ff98 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ backtrace = "0.3"
 base64 = "0.21"
 bitflags = "1.3"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features=false, features = ["clock", "std"] }
+crossbeam-queue = "0.3"
 email = { git = "https://github.com/deltachat/rust-email", branch = "master" }
 encoded-words = { git = "https://github.com/async-email/encoded-words", branch = "master" }
 escaper = "0.1"
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ num_cpus = "1.15"
 num-derive = "0.3"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 once_cell = "1.17.0"
-parking_lot = "0.12"
 percent-encoding = "2.2"
 pgp = { version = "0.9", default-features = false }
 pretty_env_logger = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/sql.rs b/src/sql.rs
index 718fa5cee..32f1cdff2 100644
--- a/src/sql.rs
+++ b/src/sql.rs
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ impl Sql {
     pub(crate) async fn get_conn(&self) -> Result<PooledConnection> {
         let lock = self.pool.read().await;
         let pool = lock.as_ref().context("no SQL connection")?;
-        let conn = pool.get();
+        let conn = pool.get().await;
 
         Ok(conn)
     }
diff --git a/src/sql/pool.rs b/src/sql/pool.rs
index 477b7d57f..8e8f9602c 100644
--- a/src/sql/pool.rs
+++ b/src/sql/pool.rs
@@ -4,18 +4,19 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 
-use parking_lot::{Condvar, Mutex};
+use crossbeam_queue::ArrayQueue;
 use rusqlite::Connection;
+use tokio::sync::Notify;
 
 /// Inner connection pool.
 struct InnerPool {
     /// Available connections.
-    connections: Mutex<Vec<Connection>>,
+    connections: ArrayQueue<Connection>,
 
-    /// Conditional variable to notify about added connections.
+    /// Notifies about added connections.
     ///
     /// Used to wait for available connection when the pool is empty.
-    cond: Condvar,
+    notify: Notify,
 }
 
 impl InnerPool {
@@ -23,10 +24,8 @@ impl InnerPool {
     ///
     /// The connection could be new or returned back.
     fn put(&self, connection: Connection) {
-        let mut connections = self.connections.lock();
-        connections.push(connection);
-        drop(connections);
-        self.cond.notify_one();
+        self.connections.force_push(connection);
+        self.notify.notify_one();
     }
 }
 
@@ -81,25 +80,26 @@ impl Pool {
     /// Creates a new connection pool.
     pub fn new(connections: Vec<Connection>) -> Self {
         let inner = Arc::new(InnerPool {
-            connections: Mutex::new(connections),
-            cond: Condvar::new(),
+            connections: ArrayQueue::new(connections.len()),
+            notify: Notify::new(),
         });
+        for connection in connections {
+            inner.connections.force_push(connection);
+        }
         Pool { inner }
     }
 
     /// Retrieves a connection from the pool.
-    pub fn get(&self) -> PooledConnection {
-        let mut connections = self.inner.connections.lock();
-
+    pub async fn get(&self) -> PooledConnection {
         loop {
-            if let Some(conn) = connections.pop() {
+            if let Some(conn) = self.inner.connections.pop() {
                 return PooledConnection {
                     pool: Arc::downgrade(&self.inner),
                     conn: Some(conn),
                 };
             }
 
-            self.inner.cond.wait(&mut connections);
+            self.inner.notify.notified().await;
         }
     }
 }