diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 1e0b41d..9b7b69f 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
 
     const nats = b.addModule("nats", .{
-        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/nats.zig" },
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/nats.zig"),
     });
-    nats.addIncludePath(.{ .path = b.getInstallPath(.header, "") });
 
     const nats_c = nats_build.nats_c_lib(b, .{
         .name = "nats-c",
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
+    nats.linkLibrary(nats_c);
 
     const tests = b.addTest(.{
         .name = "nats-zig-unit-tests",
-        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "tests/main.zig" },
+        .root_source_file = b.path("tests/main.zig"),
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
     });
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
         .nats_module = nats,
-        .nats_c = nats_c,
     });
 }
 
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ const ExampleOptions = struct {
     target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget,
     optimize: std.builtin.OptimizeMode,
     nats_module: *std.Build.Module,
-    nats_c: *std.Build.Step.Compile,
 };
 
 const Example = struct {
@@ -66,13 +64,12 @@ pub fn add_examples(b: *std.Build, options: ExampleOptions) void {
     inline for (examples) |example| {
         const ex_exe = b.addExecutable(.{
             .name = example.name,
-            .root_source_file = .{ .path = example.file },
+            .root_source_file = b.path(example.file),
             .target = options.target,
             .optimize = .Debug,
         });
 
         ex_exe.root_module.addImport("nats", options.nats_module);
-        ex_exe.linkLibrary(options.nats_c);
 
         const install = b.addInstallArtifact(ex_exe, .{});
         example_step.dependOn(&install.step);
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 20997aa..cdd1dea 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .{
-    .name = "nats.zig",
-    .version = "0.0.1",
+    .name = "nats_client",
+    .version = "0.1.0",
     .paths = .{
         "src",
         "deps/nats.c/src",
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     },
     .dependencies = .{
         .libressl = .{
-            .url = "https://github.com/epicyclic-dev/LibreSSL-portable/archive/e95f71abab96329b3465b931822ba250c8f49236.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "12209998e2dc9474dc232f6be9a8bde9e49cde3e42ed71bfe8d514758f0a398b3d30",
+            .url = "https://github.com/epicyclic-dev/LibreSSL-portable/archive/62af702f8d57a4cd651e1cc30784abf39a3a4e66.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "122045ccefa4e7b4537e106d3045150f77d2aad4fce730d59678a9a8a151608a1d17",
         },
     },
 }
diff --git a/nats-c.build.zig b/nats-c.build.zig
index bbff4a7..f80587b 100644
--- a/nats-c.build.zig
+++ b/nats-c.build.zig
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ pub fn nats_c_lib(
 
     lib.linkLibC();
     lib.addCSourceFiles(.{ .files = &common_sources, .flags = &cflags });
-    lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = nats_src_prefix ++ "include" });
+    lib.addIncludePath(b.path(nats_src_prefix ++ "include"));
     // if building with streaming support (protocol.pb-c.c includes
     // <protobuf-c/protobuf-c.h>, unfortunately)
-    lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = "deps" });
-    lib.addIncludePath(.{ .path = nats_src_prefix ++ "stan" });
+    lib.addIncludePath(b.path("deps"));
+    lib.addIncludePath(b.path(nats_src_prefix ++ "stan"));
     lib.addCSourceFiles(.{ .files = &streaming_sources, .flags = &cflags });
     lib.addCSourceFiles(.{ .files = &protobuf_c_sources, .flags = &cflags });
 
diff --git a/src/connection.zig b/src/connection.zig
index 49e247f..2de3e6b 100644
--- a/src/connection.zig
+++ b/src/connection.zig
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const nats_c = @cImport({
-    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
-});
+const nats_c = @import("./nats_c.zig").nats_c;
 
 const Subscription = @import("./subscription.zig").Subscription;
 const SubscriptionCallbackSignature = @import("./subscription.zig").SubscriptionCallbackSignature;
diff --git a/src/error.zig b/src/error.zig
index cd508c9..40d81e1 100644
--- a/src/error.zig
+++ b/src/error.zig
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const nats_c = @cImport({
-    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
-});
+const nats_c = @import("./nats_c.zig").nats_c;
 
 // pub const AllocError = Error || std.mem.Allocator.Error;
 
diff --git a/src/message.zig b/src/message.zig
index 08e1dd5..e463519 100644
--- a/src/message.zig
+++ b/src/message.zig
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const nats_c = @cImport({
-    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
-});
+const nats_c = @import("./nats_c.zig").nats_c;
 
 const err_ = @import("./error.zig");
 const Error = err_.Error;
diff --git a/src/nats.zig b/src/nats.zig
index bace72f..da6d5a4 100644
--- a/src/nats.zig
+++ b/src/nats.zig
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const nats_c = @cImport({
-    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
-});
+pub const nats_c = @import("./nats_c.zig").nats_c;
 
 const err_ = @import("./error.zig");
 const con_ = @import("./connection.zig");
diff --git a/src/nats_c.zig b/src/nats_c.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80df899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nats_c.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub const nats_c = @cImport({
+    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
+});
diff --git a/src/statistics.zig b/src/statistics.zig
index 262b652..d329fd8 100644
--- a/src/statistics.zig
+++ b/src/statistics.zig
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-const nats_c = @cImport({
-    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
-});
+const nats_c = @import("./nats_c.zig").nats_c;
 
 const err_ = @import("./error.zig");
 const Status = err_.Status;
diff --git a/src/subscription.zig b/src/subscription.zig
index a01522c..f430f2a 100644
--- a/src/subscription.zig
+++ b/src/subscription.zig
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const nats_c = @cImport({
-    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
-});
+const nats_c = @import("./nats_c.zig").nats_c;
 
 const Connection = @import("./connection.zig").Connection;
 
diff --git a/src/thunk.zig b/src/thunk.zig
index 956fbd9..8a10fa4 100644
--- a/src/thunk.zig
+++ b/src/thunk.zig
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
-pub const nats_c = @cImport({
-    @cInclude("nats/nats.h");
-});
+const nats_c = @import("./nats_c.zig").nats_c;
 
 pub fn checkUserDataType(comptime T: type) void {
     switch (@typeInfo(T)) {
diff --git a/tests/util.zig b/tests/util.zig
index 6fa0ae9..65c9ce3 100644
--- a/tests/util.zig
+++ b/tests/util.zig
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const TestLaunchError = error{
 
 pub const TestServer = struct {
     allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
-    process: std.ChildProcess,
+    process: std.process.Child,
     key_dir: ?std.testing.TmpDir,
     url: [:0]u8,
 
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ pub const TestServer = struct {
                     const out_dir = std.testing.tmpDir(.{});
                     key_dir = out_dir;
 
-                    try out_dir.dir.writeFile("server.key", pair.key);
-                    try out_dir.dir.writeFile("server.cert", pair.cert);
+                    try out_dir.dir.writeFile(.{ .sub_path = "server.key", .data = pair.key });
+                    try out_dir.dir.writeFile(.{ .sub_path = "server.cert", .data = pair.cert });
                     // since testing.tmpDir will actually bury itself in zig-cache/tmp,
                     // there's not an easy way to extract files from within the temp
                     // directory except through using realPath, as far as I can tell
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ pub const TestServer = struct {
 
         defer options.allocator.free(args);
 
-        var child = std.ChildProcess.init(args, options.allocator);
+        var child = std.process.Child.init(args, options.allocator);
         child.stdin_behavior = .Ignore;
         child.stdout_behavior = .Pipe;
         child.stderr_behavior = .Pipe;