diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 573a05b..7f3eae9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -759,11 +759,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "http-body-util",
  "hyper 1.0.0-rc.3",
+ "lazy_static",
  "nom",
  "prometheus",
  "quick-xml",
  "regex",
- "regex_static",
  "reqwest",
  "rustls-pemfile",
  "serde",
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
  "regex-automata",
- "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
+ "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1222,55 +1222,15 @@ checksum = "b7b6d6190b7594385f61bd3911cd1be99dfddcfc365a4160cc2ab5bff4aed294"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax 0.7.4",
+ "regex-syntax",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex-syntax"
-version = "0.6.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex-syntax"
 version = "0.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5ea92a5b6195c6ef2a0295ea818b312502c6fc94dde986c5553242e18fd4ce2"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "regex_static"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6126d61c5e4b41929098f73b42fc1d257116cc95d19739248c51591f77cc0021"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "regex",
- "regex_static_macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex_static_impl"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c3755019886a70e772e6360b0b58501d75cf7dc17a53e08aa97e59ecb2c2bc5"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "regex_static_macro"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79b15495fd034158635bc8b762a132dfc83864d6992aeda1ffabf01b03b611a1"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "regex_static_impl",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
 version = "0.11.18"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cf187bf..8cac874 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
 futures-util = "0.3.25"
 prometheus = { version = "0.13.3", default-features = false }
 regex = "1.7.1"
-regex_static = "0.1.1"
+lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 nom = "7.1.3"
 tokio-rustls = "0.24.1"
 rustls-pemfile = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/src/protos/xmpp/bind.rs b/src/protos/xmpp/bind.rs
index c0ee7d3..35d0dfc 100644
--- a/src/protos/xmpp/bind.rs
+++ b/src/protos/xmpp/bind.rs
@@ -42,8 +42,12 @@ impl Display for Jid {
 
 impl Jid {
     pub fn from_string(i: &str) -> Result<Jid> {
-        let re = regex_static::static_regex!(r"^(([a-zA-Z]+)@)?([a-zA-Z.]+)(/([a-zA-Z\-]+))?$");
-        let m = re
+        use regex::Regex;
+        use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+        lazy_static! {
+            static ref RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"^(([a-zA-Z]+)@)?([a-zA-Z.]+)(/([a-zA-Z\-]+))?$").unwrap();
+        }
+        let m = RE
             .captures(i)
             .ok_or(ffail!("Incorrectly format jid: {i}"))?;