diff --git a/tower-batch/src/worker.rs b/tower-batch/src/worker.rs
index 6fc58e3cb..e56ae7727 100644
--- a/tower-batch/src/worker.rs
+++ b/tower-batch/src/worker.rs
@@ -123,10 +123,10 @@ where
         // submitted, so that the batch latency of all entries is at most
         // self.max_latency. However, we don't keep the timer running unless
         // there is a pending request to prevent wakeups on idle services.
-        let mut timer: Option<Sleep> = None;
+        let mut timer: Option<Pin<Box<Sleep>>> = None;
         let mut pending_items = 0usize;
         loop {
-            match timer {
+            match timer.as_mut() {
                 None => match self.rx.next().await {
                     // The first message in a new batch.
                     Some(msg) => {
@@ -135,13 +135,13 @@ where
                             // Apply the provided span to request processing
                             .instrument(span)
                             .await;
-                        timer = Some(sleep(self.max_latency));
+                        timer = Some(Box::pin(sleep(self.max_latency)));
                         pending_items = 1;
                     }
                     // No more messages, ever.
                     None => return,
                 },
-                Some(mut sleep) => {
+                Some(sleep) => {
                     // Wait on either a new message or the batch timer.
                     // If both are ready, select! chooses one of them at random.
                     tokio::select! {
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ where
                                     timer = None;
                                     pending_items = 0;
                                 } else {
-                                    // The timer is still running, set it back!
-                                    timer = Some(sleep);
+                                    // The timer is still running.
                                 }
                             }
                             None => {
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ where
                                 return;
                             }
                         },
-                        () = &mut sleep => {
+                        () = sleep => {
                             // The batch timer elapsed.
                             // XXX(hdevalence): what span should instrument this?
                             self.flush_service().await;
diff --git a/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs b/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs
index b6eae8b4f..4319e8ee2 100644
--- a/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs
+++ b/zebra-network/src/peer/connection.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //! And it's unclear if these assumptions match the `zcashd` implementation.
 //! It should be refactored into a cleaner set of request/response pairs (#1515).
 
-use std::{collections::HashSet, sync::Arc};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, pin::Pin, sync::Arc};
 
 use futures::{
     future::{self, Either},
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ pub struct Connection<S, Tx> {
     /// A timeout for a client request. This is stored separately from
     /// State so that we can move the future out of it independently of
     /// other state handling.
-    pub(super) request_timer: Option<Sleep>,
+    pub(super) request_timer: Option<Pin<Box<Sleep>>>,
 
     /// The `inbound` service, used to answer requests from this connection's peer.
     pub(super) svc: S,
@@ -780,11 +780,11 @@ where
                 // send a response before dropping tx.
                 let _ = tx.send(Ok(Response::Nil));
                 self.state = AwaitingRequest;
-                self.request_timer = Some(sleep(constants::REQUEST_TIMEOUT));
+                self.request_timer = Some(Box::pin(sleep(constants::REQUEST_TIMEOUT)));
             }
             Ok((new_state @ AwaitingResponse { .. }, None)) => {
                 self.state = new_state;
-                self.request_timer = Some(sleep(constants::REQUEST_TIMEOUT));
+                self.request_timer = Some(Box::pin(sleep(constants::REQUEST_TIMEOUT)));
             }
             Err((e, tx)) => {
                 let e = SharedPeerError::from(e);