diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8e60b16..153ed7f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "globset",
  "grep-cli",
  "lazy_static",
- "lazycell",
  "nix",
+ "once_cell",
  "path_abs",
  "predicates",
  "semver",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 98062b90..539117de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bincode = "1.0"
 console = "0.15.0"
 flate2 = "1.0"
 lazy_static = { version = "1.4", optional = true }
-lazycell = "1.0"
+once_cell = "1.8"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 wild = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 content_inspector = "0.2.4"
diff --git a/src/assets.rs b/src/assets.rs
index 5a285e4c..206664cc 100644
--- a/src/assets.rs
+++ b/src/assets.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use lazycell::LazyCell;
+use once_cell::unsync::OnceCell;
 
 use syntect::highlighting::{Theme, ThemeSet};
 use syntect::parsing::{SyntaxReference, SyntaxSet};
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mod serialized_syntax_set;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct HighlightingAssets {
-    syntax_set_cell: LazyCell<SyntaxSet>,
+    syntax_set_cell: OnceCell<SyntaxSet>,
     serialized_syntax_set: SerializedSyntaxSet,
 
     theme_set: ThemeSet,
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub(crate) const COMPRESS_THEMES: bool = true;
 impl HighlightingAssets {
     fn new(serialized_syntax_set: SerializedSyntaxSet, theme_set: ThemeSet) -> Self {
         HighlightingAssets {
-            syntax_set_cell: LazyCell::new(),
+            syntax_set_cell: OnceCell::new(),
             serialized_syntax_set,
             theme_set,
             fallback_theme: None,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl HighlightingAssets {
 
     fn get_syntax_set(&self) -> Result<&SyntaxSet> {
         self.syntax_set_cell
-            .try_borrow_with(|| self.serialized_syntax_set.deserialize())
+            .get_or_try_init(|| self.serialized_syntax_set.deserialize())
     }
 
     /// Use [Self::get_syntaxes] instead