diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3cbb54b5..d4bdf654 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ members = ["hdf5", "hdf5-types", "hdf5-derive", "hdf5-sys", "hdf5-src"]
 default-members = ["hdf5", "hdf5-types", "hdf5-derive", "hdf5-sys"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.9.0" # !V
+version = "0.9.1" # !V
 rust-version = "1.77.0"
 authors = [
     "Ivan Smirnov <aldanor@users.noreply.github.com>",
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ regex = "1.10"
 hdf5 = { package = "hdf5-metno", version = "0.9.0", path = "hdf5" }               # !V
 hdf5-derive = { package = "hdf5-metno-derive", version = "0.9.0", path = "hdf5-derive" } # !V
 hdf5-src = { package = "hdf5-metno-src", version = "0.9.0", path = "hdf5-src" }       # !V
-hdf5-sys = { package = "hdf5-metno-sys", version = "0.9.0", path = "hdf5-sys" }       # !V
+hdf5-sys = { package = "hdf5-metno-sys", version = "0.9.1", path = "hdf5-sys" }       # !V
 hdf5-types = { package = "hdf5-metno-types", version = "0.9.0", path = "hdf5-types" }   # !V
diff --git a/hdf5-sys/Cargo.toml b/hdf5-sys/Cargo.toml
index e74e048f..ae09b6f9 100644
--- a/hdf5-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hdf5-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ libc = { workspace = true }
 mpi-sys = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 libz-sys = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 hdf5-src = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+parking_lot = "0.12.3"
 
 # Please see README for further explanation of these feature flags
 [features]
diff --git a/hdf5-sys/src/lib.rs b/hdf5-sys/src/lib.rs
index 0a736fa0..f29df8cd 100644
--- a/hdf5-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hdf5-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ mod internal_prelude {
     };
 }
 
+use parking_lot::ReentrantMutex;
+/// Lock which can be used to serialise access to the hdf5 library
+pub static LOCK: ReentrantMutex<()> = ReentrantMutex::new(());
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::h5::H5open;
diff --git a/hdf5/Cargo.toml b/hdf5/Cargo.toml
index edf746e1..b6f0dbec 100644
--- a/hdf5/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hdf5/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ libc = { workspace = true }
 lzf-sys = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 mpi-sys = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 ndarray = "0.15"
-parking_lot = "0.12"
 paste = "1.0"
 # internal
 hdf5-derive = { workspace = true }
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ hdf5-types = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 half = { workspace = true }
 num-complex = { workspace = true }
+parking_lot = "0.12.3"
 paste = "1.0"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4"
 rand = { version = "0.8", features = ["small_rng"] }
diff --git a/hdf5/src/globals.rs b/hdf5/src/globals.rs
index e1b9461f..16f17421 100644
--- a/hdf5/src/globals.rs
+++ b/hdf5/src/globals.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
 use std::mem;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ pub struct H5GlobalConstant(
 impl std::ops::Deref for H5GlobalConstant {
     type Target = hdf5_sys::h5i::hid_t;
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        lazy_static::initialize(&crate::sync::LIBRARY_INIT);
+        LazyLock::force(&crate::sync::LIBRARY_INIT);
         cfg_if::cfg_if! {
             if #[cfg(msvc_dll_indirection)] {
                 let dll_ptr = self.0 as *const usize;
diff --git a/hdf5/src/sync.rs b/hdf5/src/sync.rs
index 80b6eb44..7783325d 100644
--- a/hdf5/src/sync.rs
+++ b/hdf5/src/sync.rs
@@ -1,40 +1,32 @@
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use parking_lot::ReentrantMutex;
+pub(crate) use hdf5_sys::LOCK;
 
 thread_local! {
     pub static SILENCED: AtomicBool = AtomicBool::new(false);
 }
 
-lazy_static! {
-    pub(crate) static ref LIBRARY_INIT: () = {
-        // No functions called here must try to create the LOCK,
-        // as this could cause a deadlock in initialisation
-        unsafe {
-            // Ensure hdf5 does not invalidate handles which might
-            // still be live on other threads on program exit
-            ::hdf5_sys::h5::H5dont_atexit();
-            ::hdf5_sys::h5::H5open();
-            // Ignore errors on stdout
-            crate::error::silence_errors_no_sync(true);
-            // Register filters lzf/blosc if available
-            crate::hl::filters::register_filters();
-        }
-    };
-}
+pub(crate) static LIBRARY_INIT: LazyLock<()> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    let _guard = hdf5_sys::LOCK.lock();
+    unsafe {
+        // Ensure hdf5 does not invalidate handles which might
+        // still be live on other threads on program exit
+        ::hdf5_sys::h5::H5dont_atexit();
+        ::hdf5_sys::h5::H5open();
+        // Ignore errors on stdout
+        crate::error::silence_errors_no_sync(true);
+        // Register filters lzf/blosc if available
+        crate::hl::filters::register_filters();
+    }
+});
 
 /// Guards the execution of the provided closure with a recursive static mutex.
 pub fn sync<T, F>(func: F) -> T
 where
     F: FnOnce() -> T,
 {
-    lazy_static! {
-        static ref LOCK: ReentrantMutex<()> = {
-            lazy_static::initialize(&LIBRARY_INIT);
-            ReentrantMutex::new(())
-        };
-    }
+    let _ = LazyLock::force(&LIBRARY_INIT);
     SILENCED.with(|silence| {
         let is_silenced = silence.load(Ordering::Acquire);
         if !is_silenced {