diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b90b0a4..54c94c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,14 +10,17 @@ keywords = ["io", "async", "non-blocking", "futures"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/plabayo/tokio-graceful"
 
+[target.'cfg(loom)'.dependencies]
+loom = "0.7"
+
 [dependencies]
-pin-project-lite = "0.2.13"
-slab = "0.4.9"
+pin-project-lite = "0.2"
+slab = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "signal", "sync", "macros", "time"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = [ "server", "tcp", "http1", "http2" ] }
-rand = "0.8.5"
+rand = "0.8"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["net", "rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "test-util"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/waitgroup.rs b/examples/waitgroup.rs
index 8cecd90..7c9b650 100644
--- a/examples/waitgroup.rs
+++ b/examples/waitgroup.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async fn main() {
         // NOTE: you can also manually create
         // a guard using `shutdown.guard()` and spawn
         // you async tasks manually in case you do not wish to run these
-        // using `tokio::spawn`.
+        // using `tokio_graceful::sync::spawn` (Tokio by default).
         let sleep = tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(countdown));
         shutdown.spawn_task(async move {
             sleep.await;
diff --git a/src/guard.rs b/src/guard.rs
index 527015e..f8cc248 100644
--- a/src/guard.rs
+++ b/src/guard.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 use std::{future::Future, mem::ManuallyDrop};
 
-use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
-
 use crate::{
-    sync::{Arc, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+    sync::{Arc, AtomicUsize, JoinHandle, Ordering},
     trigger::{Receiver, Sender},
 };
 
@@ -58,53 +56,44 @@ impl ShutdownGuard {
         self.0.cancelled().await
     }
 
-    /// Returns a Tokio [`JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
+    /// Returns a [`crate::sync::JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
     /// to wait for the spawned task to complete. See
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`] for more information.
-    ///
-    /// [`JoinHandle`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/struct.JoinHandle.html
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/fn.spawn.html
+    /// [`crate::sync::spawn`] for more information.
     pub fn spawn_task<T>(&self, task: T) -> JoinHandle<T::Output>
     where
         T: Future + Send + 'static,
         T::Output: Send + 'static,
     {
         let guard = self.clone();
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
+        crate::sync::spawn(async move {
             let output = task.await;
             drop(guard);
             output
         })
     }
 
-    /// Returns a Tokio [`JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
+    /// Returns a Tokio [`crate::sync::JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
     /// to wait for the spawned task (future) to complete. See
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`] for more information.
+    /// [`crate::sync::spawn`] for more information.
     ///
     /// In contrast to [`ShutdownGuard::spawn_task`] this method consumes the guard,
     /// ensuring the guard is dropped once the task future is fulfilled.
-    ///
-    /// [`JoinHandle`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/struct.JoinHandle.html
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/fn.spawn.html
     /// [`ShutdownGuard::spawn_task`]: crate::ShutdownGuard::spawn_task
     pub fn into_spawn_task<T>(self, task: T) -> JoinHandle<T::Output>
     where
         T: Future + Send + 'static,
         T::Output: Send + 'static,
     {
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
+        crate::sync::spawn(async move {
             let output = task.await;
             drop(self);
             output
         })
     }
 
-    /// Returns a Tokio [`JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
+    /// Returns a Tokio [`crate::sync::JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
     /// to wait for the spawned task (fn) to complete. See
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`] for more information.
-    ///
-    /// [`JoinHandle`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/struct.JoinHandle.html
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/fn.spawn.html
+    /// [`crate::sync::spawn`] for more information.
     pub fn spawn_task_fn<F, T>(&self, task: F) -> JoinHandle<T::Output>
     where
         F: FnOnce(ShutdownGuard) -> T + Send + 'static,
@@ -112,18 +101,15 @@ impl ShutdownGuard {
         T::Output: Send + 'static,
     {
         let guard = self.clone();
-        tokio::spawn(async move { task(guard).await })
+        crate::sync::spawn(async move { task(guard).await })
     }
 
-    /// Returns a Tokio [`JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
+    /// Returns a Tokio [`crate::sync::JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
     /// to wait for the spawned task (fn) to complete. See
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`] for more information.
+    /// [`crate::sync::spawn`] for more information.
     ///
     /// In contrast to [`ShutdownGuard::spawn_task_fn`] this method consumes the guard,
     /// ensuring the guard is dropped once the task future is fulfilled.
-    ///
-    /// [`JoinHandle`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/struct.JoinHandle.html
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/fn.spawn.html
     /// [`ShutdownGuard::spawn_task_fn`]: crate::ShutdownGuard::spawn_task_fn
     pub fn into_spawn_task_fn<F, T>(self, task: F) -> JoinHandle<T::Output>
     where
@@ -131,7 +117,7 @@ impl ShutdownGuard {
         T: Future + Send + 'static,
         T::Output: Send + 'static,
     {
-        tokio::spawn(async move { task(self).await })
+        crate::sync::spawn(async move { task(self).await })
     }
 
     /// Downgrades the guard to a [`WeakShutdownGuard`],
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 102c54a..8e847c3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ mod tests {
         let shutdown = Shutdown::new(async {
             rx.await.unwrap();
         });
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
+        crate::sync::spawn(async move {
             tx.send(()).unwrap();
         });
         shutdown.shutdown().await;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ mod tests {
         let shutdown = Shutdown::new(async {
             rx.await.unwrap();
         });
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
+        crate::sync::spawn(async move {
             tx.send(()).unwrap();
         });
         shutdown
diff --git a/src/shutdown.rs b/src/shutdown.rs
index 1770c24..0fd09ff 100644
--- a/src/shutdown.rs
+++ b/src/shutdown.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl Shutdown {
 
         let guard = ShutdownGuard::new(signal_rx, zero_tx, Arc::new(0usize.into()));
 
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
+        crate::sync::spawn(async move {
             signal.await;
             signal_tx.trigger();
         });
@@ -81,12 +81,9 @@ impl Shutdown {
         self.guard.clone_weak()
     }
 
-    /// Returns a Tokio [`JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
+    /// Returns a Tokio [`crate::sync::JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
     /// to wait for the spawned task to complete. See
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`] for more information.
-    ///
-    /// [`JoinHandle`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/struct.JoinHandle.html
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/fn.spawn.html
+    /// [`crate::sync::spawn`] for more information.
     #[inline]
     pub fn spawn_task<T>(&self, task: T) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<T::Output>
     where
@@ -96,12 +93,9 @@ impl Shutdown {
         self.guard.spawn_task(task)
     }
 
-    /// Returns a Tokio [`JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
+    /// Returns a Tokio [`crate::sync::JoinHandle`] that can be awaited on
     /// to wait for the spawned task (fn) to complete. See
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`] for more information.
-    ///
-    /// [`JoinHandle`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/struct.JoinHandle.html
-    /// [`tokio::spawn`]: https://docs.rs/tokio/*/tokio/task/fn.spawn.html
+    /// [`crate::sync::spawn`] for more information.
     #[inline]
     pub fn spawn_task_fn<T, F>(&self, task: F) -> tokio::task::JoinHandle<T::Output>
     where
diff --git a/src/sync.rs b/src/sync.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 54a5ed6..0000000
--- a/src/sync.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#[cfg(loom)]
-pub use loom::sync::{
-    atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
-    Arc, Mutex, Ordering,
-};
-
-#[cfg(not(loom))]
-pub use std::sync::{
-    atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
-    Arc, Mutex,
-};
diff --git a/src/sync/default.rs b/src/sync/default.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ccb73d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sync/default.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pub use std::sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+    Arc, Mutex,
+};
+
+pub use tokio::task::{spawn, JoinHandle};
diff --git a/src/sync/loom.rs b/src/sync/loom.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f79713c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sync/loom.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pub use loom::sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
+    Arc, Mutex, Ordering,
+};
+
+pub use loom::task::{spawn, JoinHandle};
diff --git a/src/sync/mod.rs b/src/sync/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3ac3e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sync/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#[cfg(loom)]
+mod loom;
+#[cfg(loom)]
+pub use loom::*;
+
+#[cfg(not(loom))]
+mod default;
+#[cfg(not(loom))]
+pub use default::*;