diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index dfcfe65..676e0c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,19 +2,14 @@ name: CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches-ignore: [
-        # We don't need to run on renovate PRs.
-        "renovate/**",
-        # This is the branch the merge queue creates.
-        "gh-readonly-queue/**",
-      ]
+    branches: [trunk]
   pull_request:
 
 env:
   RUSTFLAGS: -D warnings
   RUSTDOCFLAGS: -D warnings
   CI_RUST_VERSION: "1.85"
-  MSRV: "1.65"
+  MSRV: "1.71"
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -49,6 +44,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Install cargo-nextest
+        uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
+
       - name: install rust
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: test
         shell: bash
         if: matrix.name != 'stable wasm'
-        run: cargo test --all-features --target ${{ matrix.target }}
+        run: cargo nextest run --all-features --target ${{ matrix.target }}
 
   msrv:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -86,6 +84,13 @@ jobs:
           rustup override set ${{ env.MSRV }}
           cargo -V
 
+      - name: downgrade dependencies
+        run: |
+          set -e
+
+          # 2.12.0 bumps MSRV to 1.82.
+          cargo update -p indexmap --precise 2.11.0
+
       - name: check msrv
         run: |
           set -e
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7a5417..c731bb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ and this project adheres to cargo's version of [Semantic Versioning](https://sem
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-Released 2025-04-26
+#### Changes
+- MSRV updated to `1.71`.
 
 ## v0.3.1
 
+Released 2025-04-26
+
 #### Changes
 
 - Updated dependencies.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 600fa82..47fbf98 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/BVE-Reborn/switchyard"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0 OR Zlib"
 keywords = []
 categories = []
-rust-version = "1.65"
+rust-version = "1.71"
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "scheduling"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ slotmap = "1"
 affinity = "0.1.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.6"
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread"] }
 criterion = "0.6"
 flume = "0.11"
 futures-executor = "0.3"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab8dd3b..f7a552b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ let yard = Switchyard::new(one_to_one(thread_info(), Some("thread-name")), || Ce
 yard.spawn_local(0, |data| async move { data.set(10) });
 ```
 
-## MSRV
-1.65
+## MSRV71
 
 Future MSRV bumps will be breaking changes.
 
diff --git a/benches/scheduling.rs b/benches/scheduling.rs
index c6952bd..9770e22 100644
--- a/benches/scheduling.rs
+++ b/benches/scheduling.rs
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ pub fn wide(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
     group.throughput(Throughput::Elements(count as u64));
 
-    group.bench_function("async-std", |b| {
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+    group.bench_function("tokio", |b| {
         b.iter_batched(
             future_creation,
             |input| {
-                let handle_vec: Vec<_> = input.into_iter().map(|fut| async_std::task::spawn(fut)).collect();
-                futures_executor::block_on(async move {
+                let handle_vec: Vec<_> = input.into_iter().map(|fut| rt.spawn(fut)).collect();
+                rt.block_on(async move {
                     for handle in handle_vec {
-                        handle.await;
+                        handle.await.unwrap();
                     }
                 })
             },
@@ -60,24 +62,26 @@ pub fn chain(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
     group.throughput(Throughput::Elements(count as u64));
 
-    group.bench_function("async-std", |b| {
+    let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
+
+    group.bench_function("tokio", |b| {
         b.iter_batched(
             || {
                 let receiver = receiver.clone();
-                let mut head = async_std::task::spawn(async move {
+                let mut head = rt.spawn(async move {
                     receiver.recv_async().await.unwrap();
                 });
                 for _ in 0..count {
                     let old_head = head;
-                    head = async_std::task::spawn(async move {
-                        old_head.await;
+                    head = rt.spawn(async move {
+                        old_head.await.unwrap();
                     });
                 }
                 head
             },
             |input| {
                 sender.send(()).unwrap();
-                futures_executor::block_on(input)
+                rt.block_on(async { input.await.unwrap() })
             },
             BatchSize::PerIteration,
         )