diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index db4d5ef3e..cbd9974a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jxskiss/base62 v1.1.0
 	github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20230125210925-54e8a70427c1
 	github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20230111071722-904079e94a7c
-	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230124045313-d208f342983a
+	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230127213545-10b378e3bc1e
 	github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.2.4
 	github.com/livekit/rtcscore-go v0.0.0-20220815072451-20ee10ae1995
 	github.com/mackerelio/go-osstat v0.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index fb977d9c0..2abd27364 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20230111071722-904079e94a7c h1:wdzw
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20230111071722-904079e94a7c/go.mod h1:1Dlx20JPoIKGP45eo+yuj0HjeE25zmyeX/EWHiPCjFw=
 github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230124045313-d208f342983a h1:j30ZpR5TN1XRd4bPiO1xqGfYVVNxqh6QtI6bBSlpk4U=
 github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230124045313-d208f342983a/go.mod h1:gwCG03nKlHlC9hTjL4pXQpn783ALhmbyhq65UZxqbb8=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230127105819-b75d0aed9e9c h1:6/fmFL/CZWexH9hgcn/AJ4M0Xag98cwUXCs9j2hnoJY=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230127105819-b75d0aed9e9c/go.mod h1:gwCG03nKlHlC9hTjL4pXQpn783ALhmbyhq65UZxqbb8=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230127213545-10b378e3bc1e h1:T+qUuDHioL5Q5Gzjun9tB65oaC9+zWmeWlcvpG+iilc=
+github.com/livekit/protocol v1.3.3-0.20230127213545-10b378e3bc1e/go.mod h1:gwCG03nKlHlC9hTjL4pXQpn783ALhmbyhq65UZxqbb8=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.2.4 h1:Fdxq56uJAIpRHCTgJsvp7ozw51dKtUmD3nxSXq9pCLs=
 github.com/livekit/psrpc v0.2.4/go.mod h1:+nJvbKx9DCZ6PSAsMHJPRAKjmRJ5WiyyhEmbKYqMKto=
 github.com/livekit/rtcscore-go v0.0.0-20220815072451-20ee10ae1995 h1:vOaY2qvfLihDyeZtnGGN1Law9wRrw8BMGCr1TygTvMw=
diff --git a/pkg/rtc/participant.go b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
index db253389d..b4a33dd0b 100644
--- a/pkg/rtc/participant.go
+++ b/pkg/rtc/participant.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ type ParticipantImpl struct {
 	twcc *twcc.Responder
 
 	// client intended to publish, yet to be reconciled
-	pendingTracksLock sync.RWMutex
+	pendingTracksLock utils.RWMutex
 	pendingTracks     map[string]*pendingTrackInfo
 	// migrated in muted tracks are not fired need close at participant close
 	mutedTrackNotFired []*MediaTrack
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ type ParticipantImpl struct {
 	// cache of recently sent updates, to ensuring ordering by version
 	// guarded by updateLock
 	updateCache *lru.Cache[livekit.ParticipantID, uint32]
-	updateLock  sync.Mutex
+	updateLock  utils.Mutex
 
 	dataChannelStats *telemetry.BytesTrackStats
 
 	rttUpdatedAt time.Time
 	lastRTT      uint32
 
-	lock    sync.RWMutex
+	lock    utils.RWMutex
 	once    sync.Once
 	version atomic.Uint32