diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c8a90cf23..e83403ebb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill
 
 require (
-	github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.0+incompatible
+	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/go-chi/chi v4.0.2+incompatible
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.2.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fadd0d824..193bca919 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRF
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0 h1:HWo1m869IqiPhD389kmkxeTalrjNbbJTC8LXupb+sl0=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.0+incompatible h1:8qVbEY6GLhoLlLi1Ac2ZkVhedNwlhQXc39qivKp9+GI=
-github.com/cenkalti/backoff v2.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b6Nc7NRH5C4aCISLry0tLnTjcuTEvoiqcWDdsU0sOGM=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.0.0 h1:ske+9nBpD9qZsTBoF41nW5L+AIuFBKMeze18XQ3eG1c=
+github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:cIeZDE3IrqwwJl6VUwCN6trj1oXrTS4rc0ij+ULvLYs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
diff --git a/message/router/middleware/retry.go b/message/router/middleware/retry.go
index 2ec5db23c..e104e8387 100644
--- a/message/router/middleware/retry.go
+++ b/message/router/middleware/retry.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3"
 
 	"github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill"
 	"github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill/message"