diff --git a/actix-codec/CHANGES.md b/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
index f6102cbf..02703559 100644
--- a/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
+++ b/actix-codec/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changes
 
 ## Unreleased - 2021-xx-xx
+* Upgrade `tokio-util` dependency to `0.6.3`. [#260]
+* Export `tokio_util::sync::ReusableBoxFuture`. [#260]
+
+[#260]: https://github.com/actix/actix-net/pull/260
 
 
 ## 0.4.0-beta.1 - 2020-12-28
diff --git a/actix-codec/Cargo.toml b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
index d0f6646d..82dbe1d3 100644
--- a/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-codec/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ futures-sink = { version = "0.3.7", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 tokio = "1"
-tokio-util = { version = "0.6", features = ["codec", "io"] }
+tokio-util = { version = "0.6.3", features = ["codec", "io"] }
diff --git a/actix-codec/src/lib.rs b/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
index dec30ba6..e80e91ab 100644
--- a/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-codec/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ pub use self::framed::{Framed, FramedParts};
 pub use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
 pub use tokio_util::codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
 pub use tokio_util::io::poll_read_buf;
+// TODO: reconsider ReusableBoxFuture should be re-export from actix-codec.
+pub use tokio_util::sync::ReusableBoxFuture;
diff --git a/actix-tls/src/connect/connector.rs b/actix-tls/src/connect/connector.rs
index 5284eff4..124c6aae 100755
--- a/actix-tls/src/connect/connector.rs
+++ b/actix-tls/src/connect/connector.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use std::{
     task::{Context, Poll},
 };
 
+use actix_codec::ReusableBoxFuture;
 use actix_rt::net::TcpStream;
 use actix_service::{Service, ServiceFactory};
 use futures_core::{future::LocalBoxFuture, ready};
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ pub enum TcpConnectorResponse<T> {
         req: Option<T>,
         port: u16,
         addrs: Option<VecDeque<SocketAddr>>,
-        stream: Option<LocalBoxFuture<'static, Result<TcpStream, io::Error>>>,
+        stream: Option<ReusableBoxFuture<Result<TcpStream, io::Error>>>,
     },
     Error(Option<ConnectError>),
 }
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ impl<T: Address> TcpConnectorResponse<T> {
                 req: Some(req),
                 port,
                 addrs: None,
-                stream: Some(Box::pin(TcpStream::connect(addr))),
+                stream: Some(ReusableBoxFuture::new(TcpStream::connect(addr))),
             },
 
             // when resolver returns multiple socket addr for request they would be popped from
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ impl<T: Address> Future for TcpConnectorResponse<T> {
                 stream,
             } => loop {
                 if let Some(new) = stream.as_mut() {
-                    match ready!(new.as_mut().poll(cx)) {
+                    match ready!(new.get_pin().poll(cx)) {
                         Ok(sock) => {
                             let req = req.take().unwrap();
                             trace!(
@@ -146,7 +147,11 @@ impl<T: Address> Future for TcpConnectorResponse<T> {
 
                 // try to connect
                 let addr = addrs.as_mut().unwrap().pop_front().unwrap();
-                *stream = Some(Box::pin(TcpStream::connect(addr)));
+                if let Some(ref mut stream) = *stream {
+                    stream.set(TcpStream::connect(addr));
+                } else {
+                    *stream = Some(ReusableBoxFuture::new(TcpStream::connect(addr)));
+                }
             },
         }
     }