diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ab660808..d5f36a9c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 
 * Bump minimum supported Rust version to 1.40
 
+* Replace deprecated `net2` crate with `socket2`
+
 [#1485]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/1485
 [#1509]: https://github.com/actix/actix-web/pull/1509
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ce26e82e..a7b6e70d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false }
 fxhash = "0.2.1"
 log = "0.4"
 mime = "0.3"
-net2 = "0.2.33"
+socket2 = "0.3"
 pin-project = "0.4.6"
 regex = "1.3"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features=["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 248cd39b..b2695b00 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use actix_http::{body::MessageBody, Error, HttpService, KeepAlive, Request, Resp
 use actix_server::{Server, ServerBuilder};
 use actix_service::{map_config, IntoServiceFactory, Service, ServiceFactory};
 
-use net2::TcpBuilder;
-
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use actix_http::Protocol;
 #[cfg(unix)]
@@ -562,13 +560,16 @@ fn create_tcp_listener(
     addr: net::SocketAddr,
     backlog: i32,
 ) -> io::Result<net::TcpListener> {
-    let builder = match addr {
-        net::SocketAddr::V4(_) => TcpBuilder::new_v4()?,
-        net::SocketAddr::V6(_) => TcpBuilder::new_v6()?,
+    use socket2::{Domain, Protocol, Socket, Type};
+    let domain = match addr {
+        net::SocketAddr::V4(_) => Domain::ipv4(),
+        net::SocketAddr::V6(_) => Domain::ipv6(),
     };
-    builder.reuse_address(true)?;
-    builder.bind(addr)?;
-    Ok(builder.listen(backlog)?)
+    let socket = Socket::new(domain, Type::stream(), Some(Protocol::tcp()))?;
+    socket.set_reuse_address(true)?;
+    socket.bind(&addr.into())?;
+    socket.listen(backlog)?;
+    Ok(socket.into_tcp_listener())
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
diff --git a/src/test.rs b/src/test.rs
index 79e351eb..684e9c11 100644
--- a/src/test.rs
+++ b/src/test.rs
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::future::ok;
 use futures_util::StreamExt;
-use net2::TcpBuilder;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json;
+use socket2::{Domain, Protocol, Socket, Type};
 
 pub use actix_http::test::TestBuffer;
 
@@ -913,10 +913,10 @@ impl TestServerConfig {
 /// Get first available unused address
 pub fn unused_addr() -> net::SocketAddr {
     let addr: net::SocketAddr = "127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap();
-    let socket = TcpBuilder::new_v4().unwrap();
-    socket.bind(&addr).unwrap();
-    socket.reuse_address(true).unwrap();
-    let tcp = socket.to_tcp_listener().unwrap();
+    let socket = Socket::new(Domain::ipv4(), Type::stream(), Some(Protocol::tcp())).unwrap();
+    socket.bind(&addr.into()).unwrap();
+    socket.set_reuse_address(true).unwrap();
+    let tcp = socket.into_tcp_listener();
     tcp.local_addr().unwrap()
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_httpserver.rs b/tests/test_httpserver.rs
index ecd5c9ff..750084fd 100644
--- a/tests/test_httpserver.rs
+++ b/tests/test_httpserver.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,15 @@
-use net2::TcpBuilder;
 use std::sync::mpsc;
-use std::{net, thread, time::Duration};
+use std::{thread, time::Duration};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
 use open_ssl::ssl::SslAcceptorBuilder;
 
-use actix_web::{web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
-
-fn unused_addr() -> net::SocketAddr {
-    let addr: net::SocketAddr = "127.0.0.1:0".parse().unwrap();
-    let socket = TcpBuilder::new_v4().unwrap();
-    socket.bind(&addr).unwrap();
-    socket.reuse_address(true).unwrap();
-    let tcp = socket.to_tcp_listener().unwrap();
-    tcp.local_addr().unwrap()
-}
+use actix_web::{test, web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 #[actix_rt::test]
 async fn test_start() {
-    let addr = unused_addr();
+    let addr = test::unused_addr();
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
     thread::spawn(move || {
@@ -92,7 +82,7 @@ fn ssl_acceptor() -> std::io::Result<SslAcceptorBuilder> {
 async fn test_start_ssl() {
     use actix_web::HttpRequest;
 
-    let addr = unused_addr();
+    let addr = test::unused_addr();
     let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
 
     thread::spawn(move || {