diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5349a59..0341b4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.43"
+version = "1.2.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "739eb0f94557554b3ca9a86d2d37bebd49c5e6d0c1d2bda35ba5bdac830befc2"
+checksum = "37521ac7aabe3d13122dc382493e20c9416f299d2ccd5b3a5340a2570cdeb0f3"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "shlex",
@@ -131,18 +131,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.50"
+version = "4.5.51"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c2cfd7bf8a6017ddaa4e32ffe7403d547790db06bd171c1c53926faab501623"
+checksum = "4c26d721170e0295f191a69bd9a1f93efcdb0aff38684b61ab5750468972e5f5"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.50"
+version = "4.5.51"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a4c05b9e80c5ccd3a7ef080ad7b6ba7d6fc00a985b8b157197075677c82c7a0"
+checksum = "75835f0c7bf681bfd05abe44e965760fea999a5286c6eb2d59883634fd02011a"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
@@ -187,6 +187,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82b8f8f868b36967f9606790d1903570de9ceaf870a7bf9fbbd3016d636a2cb2"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -628,9 +637,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kiru"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion",
+ "crossbeam-channel",
  "glob",
  "proptest",
  "rayon",
@@ -643,7 +653,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kiru-py"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 dependencies = [
  "kiru",
  "pyo3",
@@ -1491,9 +1501,9 @@ checksum = "eaea85b334db583fe3274d12b4cd1880032beab409c0d774be044d4480ab9a94"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.20"
+version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "462eeb75aeb73aea900253ce739c8e18a67423fadf006037cd3ff27e82748a06"
+checksum = "9312f7c4f6ff9069b165498234ce8be658059c6728633667c526e27dc2cf1df5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unindent"
diff --git a/kiru-core/Cargo.toml b/kiru-core/Cargo.toml
index 5139d1d..45671f0 100644
--- a/kiru-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kiru-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # kiru/Cargo.toml
 [package]
 name = "kiru"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Fast text chunking for Rust"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ glob = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5.15"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/kiru-core/src/chunker.rs b/kiru-core/src/chunker.rs
index a81ae50..06d0a70 100644
--- a/kiru-core/src/chunker.rs
+++ b/kiru-core/src/chunker.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+use crossbeam_channel::bounded;
 use glob::glob;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
-use std::sync::{mpsc, Mutex};
+use std::io;
 use std::thread;
-use std::{io, sync::Arc};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::{BytesChunker, CharactersChunker, StreamType};
@@ -249,9 +249,8 @@ impl ChunkerWithStrategy {
             StreamType::from_source(source)?; // This validates the source
         }
 
-        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::sync_channel(channel_size);
+        let (sender, receiver) = bounded(channel_size);
         let chunker_params = self.chunker_params.clone();
-        let receiver: Arc<Mutex<mpsc::Receiver<String>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(receiver));
 
         thread::spawn({
             move || {
@@ -273,13 +272,7 @@ impl ChunkerWithStrategy {
             }
         });
 
-        let iterator = std::iter::from_fn({
-            let receiver: Arc<Mutex<mpsc::Receiver<String>>> = Arc::clone(&receiver); // Clone Arc for iterator
-            move || {
-                let receiver = receiver.lock().unwrap();
-                receiver.recv().ok()
-            }
-        });
+        let iterator = std::iter::from_fn(move || receiver.recv().ok());
 
         Ok(Box::new(iterator))
     }
diff --git a/kiru-py/Cargo.toml b/kiru-py/Cargo.toml
index 559088d..5c71546 100644
--- a/kiru-py/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kiru-py/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # kiru-py/Cargo.toml
 [package]
 name = "kiru-py"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Python bindings for kiru text chunking library"
 repository = "https://github.com/bitswired/kiru"
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ pyo3 = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies.kiru]
 path = "../kiru-core"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 [build-dependencies]
 # None needed for simple bindings