diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index edd817293d..e698eb6db4 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,13 +10,21 @@ futures = "0.3.6"
 openssl = "0.10.32"
 rustyline = "9"
 rustyline-derive = "0.6"
-scylla = {path = "../scylla", features = ["ssl", "cloud", "chrono", "time", "num-bigint-03", "num-bigint-04", "bigdecimal-04"]}
-tokio = {version = "1.1.0", features = ["full"]}
-tracing = { version = "0.1.25" , features = ["log"] }
+scylla = { path = "../scylla", features = [
+    "ssl",
+    "cloud",
+    "chrono",
+    "time",
+    "num-bigint-03",
+    "num-bigint-04",
+    "bigdecimal-04",
+] }
+tokio = { version = "=1.37", features = ["full"] }
+tracing = { version = "0.1.25", features = ["log"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.14", features = ["env-filter"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 time = { version = "0.3.22" }
-uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v1"]}
+uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v1"] }
 tower = "0.4"
 stats_alloc = "0.1"
 clap = { version = "3.2.4", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/scylla-cql/Cargo.toml b/scylla-cql/Cargo.toml
index b81ecb69c9..e66f8b97ac 100644
--- a/scylla-cql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/scylla-cql/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 scylla-macros = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../scylla-macros" }
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
 bytes = "1.0.1"
-tokio = { version = "1.12", features = ["io-util", "time"] }
+tokio = { version = "=1.37", features = ["io-util", "time"] }
 secrecy = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
 snap = "1.0"
 uuid = "1.0"
diff --git a/scylla-proxy/Cargo.toml b/scylla-proxy/Cargo.toml
index 694fb32a58..134d606fd1 100644
--- a/scylla-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/scylla-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ scylla-cql = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../scylla-cql" }
 byteorder = "1.3.4"
 bytes = "1.2.0"
 futures = "0.3.6"
-tokio = { version = "1.12", features = [
+tokio = { version = "=1.37", features = [
     "net",
     "time",
     "io-util",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ rand = "0.8.5"
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 ntest = "0.9.0"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.14", features = ["env-filter"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.12", features = ["signal"] }
+tokio = { version = "=1.37", features = ["signal"] }
 
 [lints.rust]
 unreachable_pub = "warn"
diff --git a/scylla/Cargo.toml b/scylla/Cargo.toml
index 5c4667c95e..39910a666d 100644
--- a/scylla/Cargo.toml
+++ b/scylla/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ bytes = "1.0.1"
 futures = "0.3.6"
 hashbrown = "0.14"
 histogram = "0.6.9"
-tokio = { version = "1.34", features = [
+tokio = { version = "=1.37", features = [
     "net",
     "time",
     "io-util",
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bigdecimal-04 = { package = "bigdecimal", version = "0.4" }
 scylla-proxy = { version = "0.0.3", path = "../scylla-proxy" }
 ntest = "0.9.0"
 criterion = "0.4"                                                      # Note: v0.5 needs at least rust 1.70.0
-tokio = { version = "1.27", features = ["test-util"] }
+tokio = { version = "=1.37", features = ["test-util"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.14", features = ["env-filter"] }
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 rand_chacha = "0.3.1"