diff --git a/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/Caches/AsyncLazyCache.cs b/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/Caches/AsyncLazyCache.cs
index 747101a..c1fb70d 100644
--- a/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/Caches/AsyncLazyCache.cs
+++ b/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/Caches/AsyncLazyCache.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
+using AsyncKeyedLock;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
 using System;
@@ -19,7 +20,11 @@ public interface IAsyncLazyCache : IDisposable
 	public class AsyncLazyCache : IAsyncLazyCache
 	{
 		private readonly IMemoryCache _cache;
-		private static readonly KeyedLocks _locks = new KeyedLocks();
+		private static readonly AsyncKeyedLocker<string> _locks = new AsyncKeyedLocker<string>(o =>
+		{
+			o.PoolSize = 20;
+			o.PoolInitialFill = 1;
+		});
 
 		public AsyncLazyCache(IMemoryCache cache)
 		{
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ public async Task<T> GetOrCreateAsync<T>(string key, Func<Task<T>> factoryTask)
 				return value;
 			}
 
-			using (await _locks.LockAsync(key))
+			using (await _locks.LockAsync(key).ConfigureAwait(false))
 			{
 				if (!_cache.TryGetValue(key, out _))
 				{
@@ -102,98 +107,6 @@ public void Dispose()
 		{
 			_cache?.Dispose();
 		}
-
-		// internal abstraction to manage the creating/releasing of keyed semaphores
-		private sealed class KeyedLocks
-		{
-			private static readonly Dictionary<string, CountedLock> _locks
-				= new Dictionary<string, CountedLock>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
-
-			public IDisposable Lock(string key)
-			{
-				AcquireLock(key).Wait();
-				return new LockReleaser(key);
-			}
-
-			public async Task<IDisposable> LockAsync(string key)
-			{
-				await AcquireLock(key).WaitAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-				return new LockReleaser(key);
-			}
-
-			// Returns the semaphore associated to the key. Either creates
-			// a new one and adds to the map, or returns the already existing
-			// one (additionally incrementing its referenced count)
-			private SemaphoreSlim AcquireLock(string key)
-			{
-				CountedLock exclusiveLock;
-				lock (_locks)
-				{
-					if (_locks.TryGetValue(key, out exclusiveLock))
-					{
-						exclusiveLock.Increment();
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						exclusiveLock = new CountedLock();
-						_locks[key] = exclusiveLock;
-					}
-				}
-
-				return exclusiveLock.Lock;
-			}
-
-			// Wrapper around a semaphore - keeps track of the count the key was referenced
-			private sealed class CountedLock
-			{
-				public SemaphoreSlim Lock { get; } = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
-				private int _count { get; set; } = 1;
-
-				public void Increment()
-				{
-					_count++;
-				}
-
-				public void Decrement()
-				{
-					_count--;
-				}
-
-				public bool NotReferenced()
-				{
-					return _count == 0;
-				}
-			}
-
-			// IDisposable type returned after acquiring a lock. It will handle removing the
-			// semaphore from the map if releasing results in no more references to the key.
-			private sealed class LockReleaser : IDisposable
-			{
-				private string _key { get; }
-
-				public LockReleaser(string key)
-				{
-					_key = key;
-				}
-
-				public void Dispose()
-				{
-					CountedLock exclusiveLock;
-					lock (_locks)
-					{
-						exclusiveLock = _locks[_key];
-
-						exclusiveLock.Decrement();
-						if (!exclusiveLock.NotReferenced())
-						{
-							_locks.Remove(_key);
-						}
-					}
-
-					exclusiveLock.Lock.Release();
-				}
-			}
-		}
 	}
 
 	public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
diff --git a/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/R5.Internals.Caching.csproj b/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/R5.Internals.Caching.csproj
index b0042e5..e2afdff 100644
--- a/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/R5.Internals.Caching.csproj
+++ b/R5.Internals/R5.Internals.Caching/R5.Internals.Caching.csproj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 	<ItemGroup>
+		<PackageReference Include="AsyncKeyedLock" Version="6.3.4" />
 		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory" Version="2.2.0" />
 	</ItemGroup>
 </Project>