diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 469ab1433..39cfe58d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ futures = { git = "https://github.com/alexcrichton/futures-rs" }
 log = "0.3"
 mio = { git = "https://github.com/carllerche/mio" }
 scoped-tls = "0.1.0"
-slab = "0.2.0"
+slab = { git = "https://github.com/carllerche/slab" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.3"
diff --git a/src/event_loop/mod.rs b/src/event_loop/mod.rs
index 9e339e26c..fe64a87b5 100644
--- a/src/event_loop/mod.rs
+++ b/src/event_loop/mod.rs
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ impl Loop {
             events: mio::Events::with_capacity(1024),
             tx: Arc::new(tx),
             rx: rx,
-            io_dispatch: RefCell::new(Slab::new_starting_at(0, SLAB_CAPACITY)),
-            task_dispatch: RefCell::new(Slab::new_starting_at(0, SLAB_CAPACITY)),
-            timeouts: RefCell::new(Slab::new_starting_at(0, SLAB_CAPACITY)),
+            io_dispatch: RefCell::new(Slab::with_capacity(SLAB_CAPACITY)),
+            task_dispatch: RefCell::new(Slab::with_capacity(SLAB_CAPACITY)),
+            timeouts: RefCell::new(Slab::with_capacity(SLAB_CAPACITY)),
             timer_wheel: RefCell::new(TimerWheel::new()),
             _future_registration: future_pair.0,
             future_readiness: Arc::new(MySetReadiness(future_pair.1)),
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ impl Loop {
         };
         let mut dispatch = self.io_dispatch.borrow_mut();
         if dispatch.vacant_entry().is_none() {
-            let amt = dispatch.count();
-            dispatch.grow(amt);
+            let amt = dispatch.len();
+            dispatch.reserve_exact(amt);
         }
         let entry = dispatch.vacant_entry().unwrap();
         try!(self.io.register(source,
@@ -430,8 +430,8 @@ impl Loop {
     fn add_timeout(&self, at: Instant) -> io::Result<(usize, Instant)> {
         let mut timeouts = self.timeouts.borrow_mut();
         if timeouts.vacant_entry().is_none() {
-            let len = timeouts.count();
-            timeouts.grow(len);
+            let len = timeouts.len();
+            timeouts.reserve_exact(len);
         }
         let entry = timeouts.vacant_entry().unwrap();
         let timeout = self.timer_wheel.borrow_mut().insert(at, entry.index());
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ impl Loop {
         let unpark = {
             let mut dispatch = self.task_dispatch.borrow_mut();
             if dispatch.vacant_entry().is_none() {
-                let len = dispatch.count();
-                dispatch.grow(len);
+                let len = dispatch.len();
+                dispatch.reserve_exact(len);
             }
             let entry = dispatch.vacant_entry().unwrap();
             let token = TOKEN_START + 2 * entry.index() + 1;
diff --git a/src/timer_wheel.rs b/src/timer_wheel.rs
index 21250f334..4751b3144 100644
--- a/src/timer_wheel.rs
+++ b/src/timer_wheel.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! A timer wheel implementation
 
-use std::mem;
+use std::{mem, usize};
 use std::time::{Instant, Duration};
 
 use slab::Slab;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub struct Timeout {
     slab_idx: usize,
 }
 
-const EMPTY: usize = 0;
+const EMPTY: usize = usize::MAX;
 const LEN: usize = 256;
 const MASK: usize = LEN - 1;
 const TICK_MS: u64 = 100;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl<T> TimerWheel<T> {
     pub fn new() -> TimerWheel<T> {
         TimerWheel {
             wheel: vec![Slot { head: EMPTY, next_timeout: None }; LEN],
-            slab: Slab::new_starting_at(1, 256),
+            slab: Slab::with_capacity(256),
             start: Instant::now(),
             cur_wheel_tick: 0,
             cur_slab_idx: EMPTY,
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ impl<T> TimerWheel<T> {
 
         // Next, make sure there's enough space in the slab for the timeout.
         if self.slab.vacant_entry().is_none() {
-            let amt = self.slab.count();
-            self.slab.grow(amt);
+            let amt = self.slab.len();
+            self.slab.reserve_exact(amt);
         }
 
         // Insert ourselves at the head of the linked list in the wheel.