diff --git a/package.yaml b/package.yaml
index 98d6707aa..f340b2806 100644
--- a/package.yaml
+++ b/package.yaml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ dependencies:
   - network
   - network-bsd
   - unliftio
-  - unliftio-pool
+  - unliftio-pool>=0.4
   - mime-mail
   - aeson-pretty
   - resourcet
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ dependencies:
   - constraints
   - memory
   - pqueue
-  - deepseq
+  - deepseq>=1.5
+  - resource-pool
   - multiset
   - retry
   - generic-lens
diff --git a/src/Ldap/Client/Pool.hs b/src/Ldap/Client/Pool.hs
index 47eb4147c..1c9526199 100644
--- a/src/Ldap/Client/Pool.hs
+++ b/src/Ldap/Client/Pool.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Gregor Kleen <gregor.kleen@ifi.lmu.de>
+-- SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Stephan Barth <stephan.barth@uniworx.de>, 2022 Gregor Kleen <gregor.kleen@ifi.lmu.de>
 --
 -- SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import qualified Ldap.Client as Ldap
 
 import UnliftIO.Pool
 import UnliftIO.Async.Utils
+import Data.Pool.Internal (PoolConfig(..))
 
 import Control.Monad.Logger
 import Data.Time.Clock (NominalDiffTime)
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ import Data.Fixed (Nano)
 
 import Network.Connection
 
-
 type LdapPool = Pool LdapExecutor
 data LdapExecutor = LdapExecutor
   { ldapExec :: forall a m. (Typeable a, MonadUnliftIO m) => (Ldap -> m a) -> m (Either LdapPoolError a)
@@ -143,7 +143,15 @@ createLdapPool host port stripes timeoutConn (round . (* 1e6) -> timeoutAct) lim
       atomically . void $ tryPutTMVar ldapDestroy ()
       wait ldapAsync
   withRunInIO $ \runInIO ->
-    createPool (runInIO mkExecutor) delExecutor stripes timeoutConn limit
+    -- pool configuration has changed on a newer version; it only supports 1 ressource per stripe now and hence only takes 1 parameter; multiply of the old parameters to get the same behaviour
+    --createPool (runInIO mkExecutor) delExecutor stripes timeoutConn limit
+    newPool (PoolConfig
+      { createResource = runInIO mkExecutor
+      , freeResource =  delExecutor
+      , poolCacheTTL = realToFrac timeoutConn
+      , poolMaxResources = stripes * limit
+      , poolNumStripes = Nothing
+      })
   where
     withTimeout :: forall m' a. (MonadUnliftIO m', MonadThrow m') => m' a -> m' a
     withTimeout = maybe (throwM LdapPoolTimeout) return <=< timeout timeoutAct
diff --git a/src/Utils/Failover.hs b/src/Utils/Failover.hs
index 26b695471..73a10d91a 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Failover.hs
+++ b/src/Utils/Failover.hs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import Control.Monad.Trans.Except (ExceptT, runExceptT)
 import Control.Monad.State.Strict (runState)
 import Control.Monad.Logger
 
-import Control.Concurrent.STM.TVar (stateTVar)
+--import Control.Concurrent.STM.TVar (stateTVar)
 
 import Data.Fixed