diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4b93228..5599b45 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
     },
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3",
-        "clue/multicast-react": "~1.0|~0.2.0",
-        "react/event-loop": "~0.4.0|~0.3.0",
+        "clue/multicast-react": "^1.0 || ^0.2",
         "react/dns": "~0.4.0|~0.3.0",
+        "react/event-loop": "^1.0 || ^0.5 || ^0.4 || ^0.3",
         "react/promise": "^2.1 || ^1.2.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
diff --git a/src/MulticastExecutor.php b/src/MulticastExecutor.php
index 8422d54..3c181d6 100644
--- a/src/MulticastExecutor.php
+++ b/src/MulticastExecutor.php
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ public function doQuery($nameserver, $queryData, $name)
         $parser = $this->parser;
         $loop = $this->loop;
 
-        $deferred = new Deferred(function ($_, $reject) use (&$conn, &$timer, $name) {
+        $deferred = new Deferred(function ($_, $reject) use (&$conn, &$timer, $loop, $name) {
             $conn->close();
-            $timer->cancel();
+            $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
 
             $reject(new \RuntimeException(sprintf("DNS query for %s cancelled", $name)));
         });
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ public function doQuery($nameserver, $queryData, $name)
 
         $conn = $this->factory->createSender();
 
-        $conn->on('message', function ($data) use ($conn, $parser, $deferred, $timer) {
+        $conn->on('message', function ($data) use ($conn, $parser, $deferred, $timer, $loop) {
             $response = new Message();
             $responseReady = $parser->parseChunk($data, $response);
 
             $conn->close();
-            $timer->cancel();
+            $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
 
             if (!$responseReady) {
                 $deferred->reject(new BadServerException('Invalid response received'));
diff --git a/tests/MulticastExecutorTest.php b/tests/MulticastExecutorTest.php
index dc059c2..a2c87b7 100644
--- a/tests/MulticastExecutorTest.php
+++ b/tests/MulticastExecutorTest.php
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ public function testCancellingPromiseWillCloseSocketAndReject()
         $socket->expects($this->once())->method('send')->with($this->equalTo('message'), $this->equalTo($this->nameserver));
         $this->sockets->expects($this->once())->method('createSender')->will($this->returnValue($socket));
 
-        $timer = $this->getMockBuilder('React\EventLoop\Timer\TimerInterface')->getMock();
-        $timer->expects($this->once())->method('cancel');
+        // prefer newer EventLoop 1.0/0.5+ TimerInterface or fall back to legacy namespace
+        $timer = $this->getMockBuilder(
+            interface_exists('React\EventLoop\TimerInterface') ? 'React\EventLoop\TimerInterface' : 'React\EventLoop\Timer\TimerInterface'
+        )->getMock();
+
         $this->loop->expects($this->once())->method('addTimer')->willReturn($timer);
+        $this->loop->expects($this->once())->method('cancelTimer')->with($timer);
 
         $this->dumper->expects($this->once())->method('toBinary')->will($this->returnValue('message'));