diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 25d9ad17..1875aae4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -219,6 +219,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "build_const 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam-utils 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "parking_lot 0.6.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "rand 0.5.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "smallvec 0.6.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -242,6 +254,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "scopeguard 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "arrayvec 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "cfg-if 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam-utils 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "lazy_static 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "memoffset 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "scopeguard 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -250,6 +275,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-utils"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dlib"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -303,7 +333,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "euclid 0.19.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gleam 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "glutin 0.17.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ipc-channel 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.5.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "servo-media 0.1.0",
  "time 0.1.40 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -641,16 +671,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ipc-channel"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam-channel 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "lazy_static 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio 0.6.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "tempfile 3.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "uuid 0.6.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -1152,7 +1184,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gstreamer-app 0.11.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gstreamer-audio 0.11.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gstreamer-player 0.11.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ipc-channel 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "regex 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "servo-media-audio 0.1.0",
  "servo-media-player 0.1.0",
@@ -1163,7 +1195,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "servo-media-player"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "ipc-channel 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 1.0.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
@@ -1539,9 +1571,12 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum core-text 11.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "157ff38a92496dc676ce36d9124554e9ac66f1c1039f952690ac64f71cfa5968"
 "checksum crc 1.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d663548de7f5cca343f1e0a48d14dcfb0e9eb4e079ec58883b7251539fa10aeb"
+"checksum crossbeam-channel 0.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6c0a94250b0278d7fc5a894c3d276b11ea164edc8bf8feb10ca1ea517b44a649"
 "checksum crossbeam-deque 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f739f8c5363aca78cfb059edf753d8f0d36908c348f3d8d1503f03d8b75d9cf3"
 "checksum crossbeam-epoch 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "927121f5407de9956180ff5e936fe3cf4324279280001cd56b669d28ee7e9150"
+"checksum crossbeam-epoch 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "30fecfcac6abfef8771151f8be4abc9e4edc112c2bcb233314cafde2680536e9"
 "checksum crossbeam-utils 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2760899e32a1d58d5abb31129f8fae5de75220bc2176e77ff7c627ae45c918d9"
+"checksum crossbeam-utils 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "677d453a17e8bd2b913fa38e8b9cf04bcdbb5be790aa294f2389661d72036015"
 "checksum dlib 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "77e51249a9d823a4cb79e3eca6dcd756153e8ed0157b6c04775d04bf1b13b76a"
 "checksum downcast-rs 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "18df8ce4470c189d18aa926022da57544f31e154631eb4cfe796aea97051fe6c"
 "checksum dwrote 0.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b26e30aaa6bf31ec830db15fec14ed04f0f2ecfcc486ecfce88c55d3389b237f"
@@ -1577,7 +1612,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum gstreamer-video 0.11.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "75300cf1ed8d8d65811349fc755fac22be05ea55df551ab29e43664d4a575c92"
 "checksum gstreamer-video-sys 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3ed798787e78a0f1c8be06bd3adcab03f962f049a820743aae9f690f56a0d538"
 "checksum iovec 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dbe6e417e7d0975db6512b90796e8ce223145ac4e33c377e4a42882a0e88bb08"
-"checksum ipc-channel 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d9633343cecbb46ef880c08483adaeec7befdf5ecededf34cc62e1dfe61aa224"
+"checksum ipc-channel 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dd75debad4ffd295c00c6e3634d254df30050b0837a85e5cd039ac424365f24a"
 "checksum jni 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cffc930ce6a38a4013e30567b559bdc79f601013ba4a81e65dbda9207263efd4"
 "checksum jni-sys 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "de0aaaba8809ab8d83a53fe2b313b996b79e8632b855eae9f70ad4323dca91b8"
 "checksum kernel32-sys 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7507624b29483431c0ba2d82aece8ca6cdba9382bff4ddd0f7490560c056098d"
diff --git a/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml b/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
index ed6d9a58..50b603e0 100644
--- a/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backends/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ version = "0.11"
 version = "0.11"
 
 [dependencies.ipc-channel]
-version = "0.10"
+version = "0.11"
 
 [dependencies.servo-media-audio]
 path = "../../audio"
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 68f00cc6..108ef993 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ time = "0.1.40"
 servo-media = { path = "../servo-media" }
 webrender = { git = "https://github.com/servo/webrender/" }
 winit = "0.16.2"
-ipc-channel = "0.10"
+ipc-channel = "0.11"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "audio_decoder"
diff --git a/player/Cargo.toml b/player/Cargo.toml
index d802f292..82e59fe4 100644
--- a/player/Cargo.toml
+++ b/player/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ name = "servo_media_player"
 [dependencies]
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
-ipc-channel = "0.10"
+ipc-channel = "0.11"