diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 552a153..af57324 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["async", "observable", "reactive"]
 assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 futures-core = "0.3.26"
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.26", default-features = false }
-readlock = "0.1.5"
+readlock = "0.1.8"
 stream_assert = "0.1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.25.0", features = ["sync"] }
 tokio-util = "0.7.8"
diff --git a/eyeball/Cargo.toml b/eyeball/Cargo.toml
index f09e5c6..9d63dbe 100644
--- a/eyeball/Cargo.toml
+++ b/eyeball/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 [dependencies]
 futures-core.workspace = true
 readlock.workspace = true
-readlock-tokio = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
+readlock-tokio = { version = "0.1.3", optional = true }
 slab = "0.4.9"
 tracing = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/eyeball/src/lock.rs b/eyeball/src/lock.rs
index 4b2d31b..7e9b668 100644
--- a/eyeball/src/lock.rs
+++ b/eyeball/src/lock.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ pub trait Lock {
     fn new_shared<T>(value: T) -> Self::Shared<T>;
     fn shared_read_count<T>(shared: &Self::Shared<T>) -> usize;
     fn shared_into_inner<T>(shared: Self::Shared<T>) -> Arc<Self::RwLock<T>>;
+
+    fn drop_waker<S>(state: &Self::SubscriberState<S>, observed_version: u64, waker_key: usize);
 }
 
 /// Marker type for using a synchronous lock for the inner value.
@@ -61,6 +63,12 @@ impl Lock for SyncLock {
     fn shared_into_inner<T>(shared: Self::Shared<T>) -> Arc<Self::RwLock<T>> {
         Self::Shared::into_inner(shared)
     }
+
+    fn drop_waker<S>(state: &Self::SubscriberState<S>, observed_version: u64, waker_key: usize) {
+        if let Ok(guard) = state.try_lock() {
+            guard.drop_waker(observed_version, waker_key);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Marker type for using an asynchronous lock for the inner value.
@@ -99,4 +107,8 @@ impl Lock for AsyncLock {
     fn shared_into_inner<T>(shared: Self::Shared<T>) -> Arc<Self::RwLock<T>> {
         Self::Shared::into_inner(shared)
     }
+
+    fn drop_waker<S>(state: &Self::SubscriberState<S>, observed_version: u64, waker_key: usize) {
+        state.drop_waker(observed_version, waker_key);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/eyeball/src/state.rs b/eyeball/src/state.rs
index d0c21ee..01d1295 100644
--- a/eyeball/src/state.rs
+++ b/eyeball/src/state.rs
@@ -59,21 +59,32 @@ impl<T> ObservableState<T> {
     pub(crate) fn poll_update(
         &self,
         observed_version: &mut u64,
+        waker_key: &mut Option<usize>,
         cx: &Context<'_>,
     ) -> Poll<Option<()>> {
         let mut metadata = self.metadata.write().unwrap();
 
         if metadata.version == 0 {
+            *waker_key = None;
             Poll::Ready(None)
         } else if *observed_version < metadata.version {
+            *waker_key = None;
             *observed_version = metadata.version;
             Poll::Ready(Some(()))
         } else {
-            metadata.wakers.insert(cx.waker().clone());
+            *waker_key = Some(metadata.wakers.insert(cx.waker().clone()));
             Poll::Pending
         }
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn drop_waker(&self, observed_version: u64, waker_key: usize) {
+        let mut metadata = self.metadata.write().unwrap();
+        if metadata.version == observed_version {
+            let _res = metadata.wakers.try_remove(waker_key);
+            debug_assert!(_res.is_some());
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn set(&mut self, value: T) -> T {
         let result = mem::replace(&mut self.value, value);
         self.incr_version_and_wake();
diff --git a/eyeball/src/subscriber.rs b/eyeball/src/subscriber.rs
index ff2637b..7703220 100644
--- a/eyeball/src/subscriber.rs
+++ b/eyeball/src/subscriber.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ pub(crate) mod async_lock;
 pub struct Subscriber<T, L: Lock = SyncLock> {
     state: L::SubscriberState<T>,
     observed_version: u64,
+    // TODO: NonMaxUsize would be nice
+    waker_key: Option<usize>,
 }
 
 impl<T> Subscriber<T> {
     pub(crate) fn new(state: readlock::SharedReadLock<ObservableState<T>>, version: u64) -> Self {
-        Self { state, observed_version: version }
+        Self { state, observed_version: version, waker_key: None }
     }
 
     /// Wait for an update and get a clone of the updated value.
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ impl<T> Subscriber<T> {
     fn poll_next_ref(&mut self, cx: &Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<ObservableReadGuard<'_, T>>> {
         let state = self.state.lock();
         state
-            .poll_update(&mut self.observed_version, cx)
+            .poll_update(&mut self.observed_version, &mut self.waker_key, cx)
             .map(|ready| ready.map(|_| ObservableReadGuard::new(state)))
     }
 }
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ impl<T, L: Lock> Subscriber<T, L> {
     where
         L::SubscriberState<T>: Clone,
     {
-        Self { state: self.state.clone(), observed_version: 0 }
+        Self { state: self.state.clone(), observed_version: 0, waker_key: None }
     }
 }
 
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ where
     L::SubscriberState<T>: Clone,
 {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
-        Self { state: self.state.clone(), observed_version: self.observed_version }
+        Self { state: self.state.clone(), observed_version: self.observed_version, waker_key: None }
     }
 }
 
@@ -195,6 +197,14 @@ impl<T: Clone> Stream for Subscriber<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T, L: Lock> Drop for Subscriber<T, L> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(waker_key) = self.waker_key {
+            L::drop_waker(&self.state, self.observed_version, waker_key);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Future returned by [`Subscriber::next`].
 #[must_use]
 #[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
diff --git a/eyeball/src/subscriber/async_lock.rs b/eyeball/src/subscriber/async_lock.rs
index 1380646..c964953 100644
--- a/eyeball/src/subscriber/async_lock.rs
+++ b/eyeball/src/subscriber/async_lock.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ pub struct AsyncSubscriberState<T> {
     get_lock: ReusableBoxFuture<'static, OwnedSharedReadGuard<ObservableState<T>>>,
 }
 
+impl<T> AsyncSubscriberState<T> {
+    pub(crate) fn drop_waker(&self, observed_version: u64, waker_key: usize) {
+        if let Ok(guard) = self.inner.try_lock() {
+            guard.drop_waker(observed_version, waker_key);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<S: Send + Sync + 'static> Clone for AsyncSubscriberState<S> {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -35,7 +43,11 @@ impl<S: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for AsyncSubscriberState<S> {
 impl<T: Send + Sync + 'static> Subscriber<T, AsyncLock> {
     pub(crate) fn new_async(inner: SharedReadLock<ObservableState<T>>, version: u64) -> Self {
         let get_lock = ReusableBoxFuture::new(inner.clone().lock_owned());
-        Self { state: AsyncSubscriberState { inner, get_lock }, observed_version: version }
+        Self {
+            state: AsyncSubscriberState { inner, get_lock },
+            observed_version: version,
+            waker_key: None,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Wait for an update and get a clone of the updated value.
@@ -132,7 +144,7 @@ impl<T: Send + Sync + 'static> Subscriber<T, AsyncLock> {
     fn poll_update(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<()>> {
         let state = ready!(self.state.get_lock.poll(cx));
         self.state.get_lock.set(self.state.inner.clone().lock_owned());
-        state.poll_update(&mut self.observed_version, cx)
+        state.poll_update(&mut self.observed_version, &mut self.waker_key, cx)
     }
 
     fn poll_next_nopin(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<T>>
@@ -142,7 +154,7 @@ impl<T: Send + Sync + 'static> Subscriber<T, AsyncLock> {
         let state = ready!(self.state.get_lock.poll(cx));
         self.state.get_lock.set(self.state.inner.clone().lock_owned());
         state
-            .poll_update(&mut self.observed_version, cx)
+            .poll_update(&mut self.observed_version, &mut self.waker_key, cx)
             .map(|ready| ready.map(|_| state.get().clone()))
     }
 }
diff --git a/eyeball/tests/it/unique.rs b/eyeball/tests/it/unique.rs
index 17b34aa..6825f2d 100644
--- a/eyeball/tests/it/unique.rs
+++ b/eyeball/tests/it/unique.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ async fn lag() {
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
+#[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)]
 async fn separate_tasks() {
     let mut ob = Observable::new(Box::new([0; 256]));