diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1b09cef..2ffbf3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -332,15 +332,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-channel"
-version = "0.5.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33480d6946193aa8033910124896ca395333cae7e2d1113d1fef6c3272217df2"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.20"
@@ -1115,7 +1106,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "clap",
  "criterion",
- "crossbeam-channel",
  "hmac",
  "indicatif",
  "num_cpus",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cba76a9..0abec3b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ zip = "2.1.6"
 pbkdf2 = "0.12.2" # parallel version did not help the performance
 hmac = { version = "0.12.1", features = ["reset"] }
 sha1 = "0.10.6"
-crossbeam-channel = "0.5.13"
 clap = { version = "4.5.13", features = ["cargo"] }
 indicatif = "0.17.8"
 thiserror = "1.0.63"
diff --git a/src/password_finder.rs b/src/password_finder.rs
index 5f822e2..be1e684 100644
--- a/src/password_finder.rs
+++ b/src/password_finder.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ use crate::password_reader::password_reader_count;
 use crate::password_worker::password_checker;
 use crate::zip_utils::validate_zip;
 use crate::{GenPasswords, PasswordFile};
-use crossbeam_channel::{Receiver, Sender};
 use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressDrawTarget, ProgressStyle};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::mpsc::{sync_channel, Receiver, SyncSender};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ pub fn password_finder(
             .println("Archive encrypted with ZipCrypto - expect a much faster throughput"),
     }
 
-    let (send_found_password, receive_found_password): (Sender<String>, Receiver<String>) =
-        crossbeam_channel::bounded(1);
+    let (send_found_password, receive_found_password): (SyncSender<String>, Receiver<String>) =
+        sync_channel(1);
 
     // stop signals to shut down threads
     let stop_workers_signal = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
diff --git a/src/password_worker.rs b/src/password_worker.rs
index df139ac..0c0d15c 100644
--- a/src/password_worker.rs
+++ b/src/password_worker.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ use crate::password_finder::Strategy;
 use crate::password_gen::password_generator_iter;
 use crate::password_reader::password_dictionary_reader_iter;
 use crate::zip_utils::AesInfo;
-use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
 use hmac::Hmac;
 use indicatif::ProgressBar;
 use sha1::Sha1;
 use std::io::{BufReader, Cursor, Read, Seek};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::mpsc::SyncSender;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::thread::JoinHandle;
 use std::{fs, thread};
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub fn password_checker(
     file_number: usize,
     aes_info: Option<AesInfo>,
     strategy: Strategy,
-    send_password_found: Sender<String>,
+    send_password_found: SyncSender<String>,
     stop_signal: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     progress_bar: ProgressBar,
 ) -> JoinHandle<()> {