diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac9eb75..a4ffe14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ secure HTTPS request to google.com through a local HTTP proxy server:
 ```php
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:8080');
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'timeout' => 3.0,
     'dns' => false
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ proxy servers etc.), you can explicitly pass a custom instance of the
 [`ConnectorInterface`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connectorinterface):
 
 ```php
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'dns' => '127.0.0.1',
     'tcp' => array(
         'bindto' => '192.168.10.1:0'
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ in ReactPHP's [`Connector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connector):
 ```php
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:8080');
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'dns' => false
 ));
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ ReactPHP's [`Connector`](https://github.com/reactphp/socket#connector):
 ```php
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:8080');
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'dns' => false
 ));
@@ -228,12 +228,12 @@ This allows you to send both plain HTTP and TLS-encrypted HTTPS requests like th
 ```php
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:8080');
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'dns' => false
 ));
 
-$browser = new React\Http\Browser(null, $connector);
+$browser = new React\Http\Browser($connector);
 
 $browser->get('https://example.com/')->then(function (Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response) {
     var_dump($response->getHeaders(), (string) $response->getBody());
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ underlying connection attempt if it takes too long:
 ```php
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:8080');
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'dns' => false,
     'timeout' => 3.0
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ other examples explicitly disable DNS resolution like this:
 ```php
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:8080');
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'dns' => false
 ));
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ If you want to explicitly use *local DNS resolution*, you can use the following
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:8080');
 
 // set up Connector which uses Google's public DNS (8.8.8.8)
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'dns' => '8.8.8.8'
 ));
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 6e427a9..13f6e0e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3",
         "react/promise": " ^2.1 || ^1.2.1",
-        "react/socket": "^1.8",
+        "react/socket": "^1.9",
         "ringcentral/psr7": "^1.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "clue/block-react": "^1.1",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3 || ^5.7 || ^4.8",
         "react/event-loop": "^1.2",
-        "react/http": "^1.4",
-        "clue/block-react": "^1.1"
+        "react/http": "^1.5"
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/01-http-request.php b/examples/01-http-request.php
index a6bc6c0..4bbbbf4 100644
--- a/examples/01-http-request.php
+++ b/examples/01-http-request.php
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
 
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector($url);
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'dns' => false
 ));
 
-$browser = new React\Http\Browser(null, $connector);
+$browser = new React\Http\Browser($connector);
 
 $browser->get('https://example.com/')->then(function (Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response) {
     var_dump($response->getHeaders(), (string) $response->getBody());
diff --git a/examples/02-optional-proxy-http-request.php b/examples/02-optional-proxy-http-request.php
index d018cea..be340c3 100644
--- a/examples/02-optional-proxy-http-request.php
+++ b/examples/02-optional-proxy-http-request.php
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
 if ($url !== false) {
     $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector($url);
 
-    $connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+    $connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
         'tcp' => $proxy,
         'timeout' => 3.0,
         'dns' => false
     ));
 }
 
-$browser = new React\Http\Browser(null, $connector);
+$browser = new React\Http\Browser($connector);
 
 $browser->get('https://example.com/')->then(function (Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface $response) {
     var_dump($response->getHeaders(), (string) $response->getBody());
diff --git a/examples/11-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php b/examples/11-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
index 1c98cc2..1764e99 100644
--- a/examples/11-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
+++ b/examples/11-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector($url);
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'timeout' => 3.0,
     'dns' => false
diff --git a/examples/12-optional-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php b/examples/12-optional-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
index 873f963..b41246f 100644
--- a/examples/12-optional-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
+++ b/examples/12-optional-proxy-raw-https-protocol.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 if ($url !== false) {
     $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector($url);
 
-    $connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+    $connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
         'tcp' => $proxy,
         'timeout' => 3.0,
         'dns' => false
diff --git a/examples/13-custom-proxy-headers.php b/examples/13-custom-proxy-headers.php
index 5314765..56d3622 100644
--- a/examples/13-custom-proxy-headers.php
+++ b/examples/13-custom-proxy-headers.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     )
 );
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'timeout' => 3.0,
     'dns' => false,
diff --git a/examples/21-proxy-raw-smtp-protocol.php b/examples/21-proxy-raw-smtp-protocol.php
index 4feeea9..98e262a 100644
--- a/examples/21-proxy-raw-smtp-protocol.php
+++ b/examples/21-proxy-raw-smtp-protocol.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector($url);
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'timeout' => 3.0,
     'dns' => false
diff --git a/examples/22-proxy-raw-smtps-protocol.php b/examples/22-proxy-raw-smtps-protocol.php
index 296390a..321507a 100644
--- a/examples/22-proxy-raw-smtps-protocol.php
+++ b/examples/22-proxy-raw-smtps-protocol.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 $proxy = new Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector($url);
 
-$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(null, array(
+$connector = new React\Socket\Connector(array(
     'tcp' => $proxy,
     'timeout' => 3.0,
     'dns' => false
diff --git a/tests/AbstractTestCase.php b/tests/AbstractTestCase.php
index 85eb676..72bb151 100644
--- a/tests/AbstractTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/AbstractTestCase.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
-abstract class AbstractTestCase extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+abstract class AbstractTestCase extends TestCase
 {
     protected function expectCallableNever()
     {
@@ -77,6 +77,4 @@ public function setExpectedException($exception, $exceptionMessage = '', $except
             parent::setExpectedException($exception, $exceptionMessage, $exceptionCode);
         }
     }
-
 }
-
diff --git a/tests/FunctionalTest.php b/tests/FunctionalTest.php
index bbf60ba..38605db 100644
--- a/tests/FunctionalTest.php
+++ b/tests/FunctionalTest.php
@@ -4,27 +4,14 @@
 
 use Clue\React\Block;
 use Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector;
-use React\EventLoop\Factory;
-use React\Socket\Connector;
+use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 
 /** @group internet */
 class FunctionalTest extends AbstractTestCase
 {
-    private $loop;
-    private $connector;
-
-    /**
-     * @before
-     */
-    public function setUpConnector()
-    {
-        $this->loop = Factory::create();
-        $this->connector = new Connector($this->loop);
-    }
-
     public function testNonListeningSocketRejectsConnection()
     {
-        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:9999', $this->connector);
+        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('127.0.0.1:9999');
 
         $promise = $proxy->connect('google.com:80');
 
@@ -33,12 +20,12 @@ public function testNonListeningSocketRejectsConnection()
             'Connection to tcp://google.com:80 failed because connection to proxy failed (ECONNREFUSED)',
             defined('SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED') ? SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED : 111
         );
-        Block\await($promise, $this->loop, 3.0);
+        Block\await($promise, Loop::get(), 3.0);
     }
 
     public function testPlainGoogleDoesNotAcceptConnectMethod()
     {
-        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('google.com', $this->connector);
+        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('google.com');
 
         $promise = $proxy->connect('google.com:80');
 
@@ -47,7 +34,7 @@ public function testPlainGoogleDoesNotAcceptConnectMethod()
             'Connection to tcp://google.com:80 failed because proxy refused connection with HTTP error code 405 (Method Not Allowed) (ECONNREFUSED)',
             defined('SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED') ? SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED : 111
         );
-        Block\await($promise, $this->loop, 3.0);
+        Block\await($promise, Loop::get(), 3.0);
     }
 
     public function testSecureGoogleDoesNotAcceptConnectMethod()
@@ -56,7 +43,7 @@ public function testSecureGoogleDoesNotAcceptConnectMethod()
             $this->markTestSkipped('TLS not supported on legacy HHVM');
         }
 
-        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('https://google.com:443', $this->connector);
+        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('https://google.com:443');
 
         $promise = $proxy->connect('google.com:80');
 
@@ -65,7 +52,7 @@ public function testSecureGoogleDoesNotAcceptConnectMethod()
             'Connection to tcp://google.com:80 failed because proxy refused connection with HTTP error code 405 (Method Not Allowed) (ECONNREFUSED)',
             defined('SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED') ? SOCKET_ECONNREFUSED : 111
         );
-        Block\await($promise, $this->loop, 3.0);
+        Block\await($promise, Loop::get(), 3.0);
     }
 
     public function testSecureGoogleDoesNotAcceptPlainStream()
@@ -79,7 +66,7 @@ public function testSecureGoogleDoesNotAcceptPlainStream()
             'Connection to tcp://google.com:80 failed because connection to proxy was lost while waiting for response (ECONNRESET)',
             defined('SOCKET_ECONNRESET') ? SOCKET_ECONNRESET : 104
         );
-        Block\await($promise, $this->loop, 3.0);
+        Block\await($promise, Loop::get(), 3.0);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -87,7 +74,7 @@ public function testSecureGoogleDoesNotAcceptPlainStream()
      */
     public function testCancelWhileConnectingShouldNotCreateGarbageCycles()
     {
-        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('google.com', $this->connector);
+        $proxy = new ProxyConnector('google.com');
 
         gc_collect_cycles();
         gc_collect_cycles(); // clear twice to avoid leftovers in PHP 7.4 with ext-xdebug and code coverage turned on
diff --git a/tests/ProxyConnectorTest.php b/tests/ProxyConnectorTest.php
index a92a5c2..6272d6a 100644
--- a/tests/ProxyConnectorTest.php
+++ b/tests/ProxyConnectorTest.php
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 namespace Clue\Tests\React\HttpProxy;
 
 use Clue\React\HttpProxy\ProxyConnector;
-use React\Promise\Promise;
 use React\Socket\ConnectionInterface;
 use React\Promise\Deferred;
+use React\Promise\Promise;
 
 class ProxyConnectorTest extends AbstractTestCase
 {