diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 180b441b..c359826e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -348,14 +348,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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- "crossbeam-epoch 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "crossbeam-utils 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "parking_lot 0.6.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rand 0.5.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "smallvec 0.6.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam-utils 0.6.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -416,6 +412,15 @@ name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.6.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cstr"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -537,7 +542,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "glutin 0.21.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.12.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ipc-channel 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.5.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1164,19 +1169,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "crossbeam-channel 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam-channel 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.51 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio 0.6.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rand 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rand 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tempfile 3.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "uuid 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "uuid 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
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 [[package]]
@@ -2074,7 +2079,7 @@ name = "servo-media-dummy"
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- "ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ipc-channel 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "servo-media 0.1.0",
  "servo-media-audio 0.1.0",
  "servo-media-player 0.1.0",
@@ -2100,7 +2105,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "gstreamer-webrtc 0.14.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ipc-channel 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mime 0.3.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2142,7 +2147,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "servo-media-player"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ipc-channel 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "servo-media-streams 0.1.0",
@@ -2600,15 +2605,6 @@ name = "utf8-ranges"
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "uuid"
-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rand 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -2943,13 +2939,14 @@ dependencies = [
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-"checksum crossbeam-channel 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6c0a94250b0278d7fc5a894c3d276b11ea164edc8bf8feb10ca1ea517b44a649"
+"checksum crossbeam-channel 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c8ec7fcd21571dc78f96cc96243cab8d8f035247c3efd16c687be154c3fa9efa"
 "checksum crossbeam-deque 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f739f8c5363aca78cfb059edf753d8f0d36908c348f3d8d1503f03d8b75d9cf3"
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 "checksum crossbeam-epoch 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "927121f5407de9956180ff5e936fe3cf4324279280001cd56b669d28ee7e9150"
 "checksum crossbeam-epoch 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "30fecfcac6abfef8771151f8be4abc9e4edc112c2bcb233314cafde2680536e9"
 "checksum crossbeam-utils 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2760899e32a1d58d5abb31129f8fae5de75220bc2176e77ff7c627ae45c918d9"
 "checksum crossbeam-utils 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "677d453a17e8bd2b913fa38e8b9cf04bcdbb5be790aa294f2389661d72036015"
+"checksum crossbeam-utils 0.6.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "04973fa96e96579258a5091af6003abde64af786b860f18622b82e026cca60e6"
 "checksum cstr 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "19f7a08ed4ecd7e077d4cee63937473e6f7cf57b702a9114ef41751b2cbc0f60"
 "checksum cstr-macros 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0f12dd847ec773fc98d75edba5394cb87d0f35e7ee548a4c81849ca6374b3d48"
 "checksum derivative 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6073e9676dbebdddeabaeb63e3b7cefd23c86f5c41d381ee1237cc77b1079898"
@@ -3018,7 +3015,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum indexmap 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7e81a7c05f79578dbc15793d8b619db9ba32b4577003ef3af1a91c416798c58d"
 "checksum iovec 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dbe6e417e7d0975db6512b90796e8ce223145ac4e33c377e4a42882a0e88bb08"
-"checksum ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dd75debad4ffd295c00c6e3634d254df30050b0837a85e5cd039ac424365f24a"
+"checksum ipc-channel 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "79d98ee7dd1d2e796d254807fd86ea7189d07571aeaa74007603e29a79d15217"
 "checksum itoa 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1306f3464951f30e30d12373d31c79fbd52d236e5e896fd92f96ec7babbbe60b"
 "checksum jni 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cffc930ce6a38a4013e30567b559bdc79f601013ba4a81e65dbda9207263efd4"
 "checksum jni-sys 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "de0aaaba8809ab8d83a53fe2b313b996b79e8632b855eae9f70ad4323dca91b8"
@@ -3166,7 +3163,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum url 2.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "77ddaf52e65c6b81c56b7e957c0b1970f7937f21c5c6774c4e56fcb4e20b48c6"
 "checksum utf8-ranges 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "662fab6525a98beff2921d7f61a39e7d59e0b425ebc7d0d9e66d316e55124122"
-"checksum uuid 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e1436e58182935dcd9ce0add9ea0b558e8a87befe01c1a301e6020aeb0876363"
 "checksum uuid 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "90dbc611eb48397705a6b0f6e917da23ae517e4d127123d2cf7674206627d32a"
 "checksum vcpkg 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "def296d3eb3b12371b2c7d0e83bfe1403e4db2d7a0bba324a12b21c4ee13143d"
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diff --git a/backends/dummy/Cargo.toml b/backends/dummy/Cargo.toml
index e051df35..ba1aa72b 100644
--- a/backends/dummy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backends/dummy/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 boxfnonce = "0.1.0"
-ipc-channel = "0.11"
+ipc-channel = "0.12"
 servo-media = { path = "../../servo-media" }
 servo-media-audio = { path = "../../audio" }
 servo-media-player = { path = "../../player" }
diff --git a/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml b/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
index e0ee2322..171d5026 100644
--- a/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ version = "0.14"
 version = "0.14"
 
 [dependencies.ipc-channel]
-version = "0.11"
+version = "0.12"
 
 [dependencies.lazy_static]
 version = "1.2.0"
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 2c4cb829..717b5edc 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ servo-media = { path = "../servo-media" }
 webrender = { version = "0.60.0", optional = true }
 webrender_api = { version = "0.60.0", optional = true }
 websocket = { version = "0.22", optional = true }
-ipc-channel = { version = "0.11", optional = true }
+ipc-channel = { version = "0.12", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
 winit = { version = "0.19", optional = true }
diff --git a/player/Cargo.toml b/player/Cargo.toml
index 187cc88b..c79aa7e6 100644
--- a/player/Cargo.toml
+++ b/player/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ path = "lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 serde = "1.0.66"
 serde_derive = "1.0.66"
-ipc-channel = "0.11"
+ipc-channel = "0.12"
 
 [dependencies.servo-media-streams]
 path = "../streams"