diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 63ccf8f..ec3611f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -march=native")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
-
-find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 add_executable(sword
     src/chain.cpp
@@ -35,6 +32,6 @@ if (NOT TARGET thread_pool)
     add_subdirectory(vendor/thread_pool EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(sword thread_pool Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(sword thread_pool)
 
 install(TARGETS sword DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
diff --git a/src/database_alignment.cpp b/src/database_alignment.cpp
index a01b301..4ab9d24 100644
--- a/src/database_alignment.cpp
+++ b/src/database_alignment.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void alignDatabase(std::vector<AlignmentSet>& dst, AlignmentType algorithm_,
         std::vector<std::future<void>> thread_futures;
 
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < queries.size(); ++i) {
-            thread_futures.emplace_back(thread_pool->submit_task(scoreChains,
+            thread_futures.emplace_back(thread_pool->submit(scoreChains,
                 std::ref(dst[i]), std::ref(queries[i]), std::ref(indexes[i]),
                 std::ref(database), database_start, algorithm, max_evalue,
                 evalue_params, max_alignments, scorer));
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ void alignDatabase(std::vector<AlignmentSet>& dst, AlignmentType algorithm_,
         std::vector<std::future<void>> thread_futures;
 
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < queries.size(); ++i) {
-            thread_futures.emplace_back(thread_pool->submit_task(alignChains,
+            thread_futures.emplace_back(thread_pool->submit(alignChains,
                 std::ref(dst[i]), std::ref(queries[i]), std::ref(database),
                 algorithm, scorer));
         }
diff --git a/src/database_search.cpp b/src/database_search.cpp
index 18fa2f4..88ffda6 100644
--- a/src/database_search.cpp
+++ b/src/database_search.cpp
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ uint64_t searchDatabase(Indexes& dst, const std::string& database_path,
         std::vector<std::future<void>> thread_futures;
 
         for (uint32_t i = 0; i < tasks.size() - 1; ++i) {
-            thread_futures.emplace_back(thread_pool->submit_task(scoreChains,
+            thread_futures.emplace_back(thread_pool->submit(scoreChains,
                 std::ref(entries), std::ref(entry_mutexes), max_candidates,
                 std::ref(queries), std::ref(database_part), tasks[i],
                 tasks[i + 1], kmers));
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 2c3cb5d..e070319 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include "database_alignment.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
-static const char* version = "v1.0.2";
+static const char* version = "v1.0.3";
 
 static struct option options[] = {
     {"query", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
diff --git a/vendor/thread_pool b/vendor/thread_pool
index 8e52fdf..048da94 160000
--- a/vendor/thread_pool
+++ b/vendor/thread_pool
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8e52fdffcae285d23fae89ff52eb6f1e4bd04c20
+Subproject commit 048da9485390ee8b8a7ecedccc598a06ca4429e2