diff --git a/actix-identity/CHANGES.md b/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
index 5dc57de23..a575c2840 100644
--- a/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-identity/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Changes
 
-## [0.3.0-alpha.1] - 2020-03-12
+## [0.3.0-alpha.1] - 2020-03-14
 
 * Update the `time` dependency to 0.2.7
 * Update the `actix-web` dependency to 3.0.0-alpha.1
+* Minimize `futures` dependency
 
 ## [0.2.1] - 2020-01-10
 
diff --git a/actix-identity/Cargo.toml b/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
index e87c4cb0d..c0e973f6e 100644
--- a/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-identity"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0-alpha.1"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Identity service for actix-web framework."
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = { version = "3.0.0-alpha.1", default-features = false, features = ["secure-cookies"] }
 actix-service = "1.0.2"
-futures = "0.3.1"
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false }
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 time = { version = "0.2.7", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/actix-identity/README.md b/actix-identity/README.md
index fa9aaf025..e88b0a5ae 100644
--- a/actix-identity/README.md
+++ b/actix-identity/README.md
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 * [API Documentation](https://docs.rs/actix-identity/)
 * [Chat on gitter](https://gitter.im/actix/actix)
 * Cargo package: [actix-session](https://crates.io/crates/actix-identity)
-* Minimum supported Rust version: 1.34 or later
+* Minimum supported Rust version: 1.39 or later
diff --git a/actix-identity/src/lib.rs b/actix-identity/src/lib.rs
index b584b1af7..e39598aff 100644
--- a/actix-identity/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-identity/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 use std::time::SystemTime;
 
 use actix_service::{Service, Transform};
-use futures::future::{ok, FutureExt, LocalBoxFuture, Ready};
+use futures_util::future::{ok, FutureExt, LocalBoxFuture, Ready};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use time::Duration;
 
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[actix_rt::test]
     async fn test_borrowed_mut_error() {
-        use futures::future::{lazy, ok, Ready};
+        use futures_util::future::{lazy, ok, Ready};
 
         struct Ident;
         impl IdentityPolicy for Ident {