diff --git a/app/dns/nameserver_quic.go b/app/dns/nameserver_quic.go
index 7275cb8a2..cc9de031c 100644
--- a/app/dns/nameserver_quic.go
+++ b/app/dns/nameserver_quic.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type QUICNameServer struct {
 	cleanup     *task.Periodic
 	name        string
 	destination net.Destination
-	connection  quic.Connection
+	connection  *quic.Conn
 }
 
 // NewQUICNameServer creates DNS-over-QUIC client object for local resolving
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ func (s *QUICNameServer) QueryIP(ctx context.Context, domain string, clientIP ne
 	}
 }
 
-func isActive(s quic.Connection) bool {
+func isActive(s *quic.Conn) bool {
 	select {
 	case <-s.Context().Done():
 		return false
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ func isActive(s quic.Connection) bool {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *QUICNameServer) getConnection(ctx context.Context) (quic.Connection, error) {
-	var conn quic.Connection
+func (s *QUICNameServer) getConnection(ctx context.Context) (*quic.Conn, error) {
+	var conn *quic.Conn
 	s.RLock()
 	conn = s.connection
 	if conn != nil && isActive(conn) {
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ func (s *QUICNameServer) getConnection(ctx context.Context) (quic.Connection, er
 	return conn, nil
 }
 
-func (s *QUICNameServer) openConnection(ctx context.Context) (quic.Connection, error) {
+func (s *QUICNameServer) openConnection(ctx context.Context) (*quic.Conn, error) {
 	tlsConfig := tls.Config{
 		ServerName: func() string {
 			switch s.destination.Address.Family() {
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func (s *QUICNameServer) openConnection(ctx context.Context) (quic.Connection, e
 	return conn, nil
 }
 
-func (s *QUICNameServer) openStream(ctx context.Context) (quic.Stream, error) {
+func (s *QUICNameServer) openStream(ctx context.Context) (*quic.Stream, error) {
 	conn, err := s.getConnection(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 72b394f9f..2c827d470 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pion/dtls/v2 v2.2.12
 	github.com/pion/transport/v2 v2.2.10
 	github.com/pires/go-proxyproto v0.8.1
-	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.52.0
+	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.53.0
 	github.com/refraction-networking/utls v1.7.3
 	github.com/seiflotfy/cuckoofilter v0.0.0-20220411075957-e3b120b3f5fb
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b4a0af855..afb9d85b8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.3.0/go.mod h1:lV6e/gmhEcM9IjHGsFOCxxuZ+z1YqCvr4O
 github.com/prometheus/tsdb v0.7.1/go.mod h1:qhTCs0VvXwvX/y3TZrWD7rabWM+ijKTux40TwIPHuXU=
 github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.5.1 h1:giqksBPnT/HDtZ6VhtFKgoLOWmlyo9Ei6u9PqzIMbhI=
 github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.5.1/go.mod h1:+PC4XFrEskIVkcLzpEkbLqq1uCoxPhQuvK5rH1ZgaEg=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.52.0 h1:/SlHrCRElyaU6MaEPKqKr9z83sBg2v4FLLvWM+Z47pA=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.52.0/go.mod h1:MFlGGpcpJqRAfmYi6NC2cptDPSxRWTOGNuP4wqrWmzQ=
+github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.53.0 h1:QHX46sISpG2S03dPeZBgVIZp8dGagIaiu2FiVYvpCZI=
+github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.53.0/go.mod h1:e68ZEaCdyviluZmy44P6Iey98v/Wfz6HCjQEm+l8zTY=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
 github.com/refraction-networking/utls v1.7.3 h1:L0WRhHY7Oq1T0zkdzVZMR6zWZv+sXbHB9zcuvsAEqCo=
 github.com/refraction-networking/utls v1.7.3/go.mod h1:TUhh27RHMGtQvjQq+RyO11P6ZNQNBb3N0v7wsEjKAIQ=
diff --git a/transport/internet/quic/conn.go b/transport/internet/quic/conn.go
index 492c24288..a929ee52c 100644
--- a/transport/internet/quic/conn.go
+++ b/transport/internet/quic/conn.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func (c *sysConn) SyscallConn() (syscall.RawConn, error) {
 }
 
 type interConn struct {
-	stream quic.Stream
+	stream *quic.Stream
 	local  net.Addr
 	remote net.Addr
 }
diff --git a/transport/internet/quic/dialer.go b/transport/internet/quic/dialer.go
index b52dd4a5e..f990888c9 100644
--- a/transport/internet/quic/dialer.go
+++ b/transport/internet/quic/dialer.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type connectionContext struct {
 	rawConn *sysConn
-	conn    quic.Connection
+	conn    *quic.Conn
 }
 
 var errConnectionClosed = newError("connection closed")
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type clientConnections struct {
 	cleanup *task.Periodic
 }
 
-func isActive(s quic.Connection) bool {
+func isActive(s *quic.Conn) bool {
 	select {
 	case <-s.Context().Done():
 		return false
diff --git a/transport/internet/quic/hub.go b/transport/internet/quic/hub.go
index 9a89ba7db..d8075c66f 100644
--- a/transport/internet/quic/hub.go
+++ b/transport/internet/quic/hub.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type Listener struct {
 	addConn  internet.ConnHandler
 }
 
-func (l *Listener) acceptStreams(conn quic.Connection) {
+func (l *Listener) acceptStreams(conn *quic.Conn) {
 	for {
 		stream, err := conn.AcceptStream(context.Background())
 		if err != nil {