diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92ee137..64cd93e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "apalis-core"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.1"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4af49df8b7f9aeacae0323afba50719026dcf105b65cc27e8d3602e2c1fcb846"
+checksum = "4eaeaf854bb8573f6ce9aeef76da85a0263c4d4e9436734da5ef199263627e24"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 93358f8..5ac2f66 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ serde = ["dep:serde", "chrono/serde", "apalis-core/serde"]
 english = ["dep:english-to-cron", "dep:cron"]
 
 [dependencies]
-apalis-core = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.1", default-features = false, features = [
+apalis-core = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.5", default-features = false, features = [
     "sleep",
 ] }
 cron = { version = "0.15.0", optional = true }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ optional = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["full"] }
-apalis-core = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.1", default-features = false, features = [
+apalis-core = { version = "1.0.0-alpha.5", default-features = false, features = [
     "json",
 ] }