diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 797ab9b0..10b0d85a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ aquamarine = "0.1.11"
 smart-default = "0.6.0"
 rand = "0.8.3"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4.0"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+once_cell = "1.9.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.52"
 serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/examples/shared_state.rs b/examples/shared_state.rs
index b397160f..c7e6f292 100644
--- a/examples/shared_state.rs
+++ b/examples/shared_state.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
 
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use teloxide::prelude2::*;
 
-lazy_static! {
-    static ref MESSAGES_TOTAL: AtomicU64 = AtomicU64::new(0);
-}
+static MESSAGES_TOTAL: Lazy<AtomicU64> = Lazy::new(AtomicU64::default);
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {