diff --git a/actix-web/src/types/either.rs b/actix-web/src/types/either.rs
index 7883e89f6..d8b3f1180 100644
--- a/actix-web/src/types/either.rs
+++ b/actix-web/src/types/either.rs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ where
                     match res {
                         Ok(bytes) => {
                             let fallback = bytes.clone();
-                            let left = L::from_request(this.req, &mut payload_from_bytes(bytes));
+                            let left = L::from_request(this.req, &mut dev::Payload::from(bytes));
                             EitherExtractState::Left { left, fallback }
                         }
                         Err(err) => break Err(EitherExtractError::Bytes(err)),
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ where
                         Err(left_err) => {
                             let right = R::from_request(
                                 this.req,
-                                &mut payload_from_bytes(mem::take(fallback)),
+                                &mut dev::Payload::from(mem::take(fallback)),
                             );
                             EitherExtractState::Right {
                                 left_err: Some(left_err),
@@ -276,12 +276,6 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-fn payload_from_bytes(bytes: Bytes) -> dev::Payload {
-    let (_, mut h1_payload) = actix_http::h1::Payload::create(true);
-    h1_payload.unread_data(bytes);
-    dev::Payload::from(h1_payload)
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index e399aef76..94eebcbcf 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dangerous-h2c = []
 [dependencies]
 actix-codec = "0.5"
 actix-service = "2"
-actix-http = { version = "3.7", features = ["http2", "ws"] }
+actix-http = { version = "3.10", features = ["http2", "ws"] }
 actix-rt = { version = "2.1", default-features = false }
 actix-tls = { version = "3.4", features = ["connect", "uri"] }
 actix-utils = "3"
diff --git a/awc/src/test.rs b/awc/src/test.rs
index 126583179..a7ed3faf0 100644
--- a/awc/src/test.rs
+++ b/awc/src/test.rs
@@ -65,9 +65,7 @@ impl TestResponse {
 
     /// Set response's payload
     pub fn set_payload<B: Into<Bytes>>(mut self, data: B) -> Self {
-        let (_, mut payload) = h1::Payload::create(true);
-        payload.unread_data(data.into());
-        self.payload = Some(payload.into());
+        self.payload = Some(Payload::from(data.into()));
         self
     }