diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0196373..b028023 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "notify"
-version = "5.0.0-pre.15"
+version = "5.0.0-pre.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "553f9844ad0b0824605c20fb55a661679782680410abfb1a8144c2e7e437e7a7"
+checksum = "530f6314d6904508082f4ea424a0275cf62d341e118b313663f266429cb19693"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "crossbeam-channel",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4021907..3388439 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.4"
-notify = "=5.0.0-pre.15"
+notify = "=5.0.0-pre.16"
 pyo3 = {version = "0.16.4", features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py37"]}
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 86ab07b..0fe83a8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ use pyo3::exceptions::{PyFileNotFoundError, PyRuntimeError, PyTypeError};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 
 use notify::event::{Event, EventKind, ModifyKind, RenameMode};
-use notify::poll::PollWatcherConfig;
-use notify::{ErrorKind, PollWatcher, RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Result as NotifyResult, Watcher};
+use notify::{
+    Config as NotifyConfig, ErrorKind, PollWatcher, RecommendedWatcher, RecursiveMode, Result as NotifyResult, Watcher,
+};
 
 create_exception!(
     _rust_notify,
@@ -134,11 +135,8 @@ impl RustNotify {
         macro_rules! create_poll_watcher {
             ($msg_template:literal) => {{
                 let delay = Duration::from_millis(poll_delay_ms);
-                let config = PollWatcherConfig {
-                    poll_interval: delay,
-                    compare_contents: false,
-                };
-                let mut watcher = match PollWatcher::with_config(event_handler, config) {
+                let config = NotifyConfig::default().with_poll_interval(delay);
+                let mut watcher = match PollWatcher::new(event_handler, config) {
                     Ok(watcher) => watcher,
                     Err(e) => return wf_error!($msg_template, e),
                 };
@@ -150,7 +148,7 @@ impl RustNotify {
         let watcher: WatcherEnum = match force_polling {
             true => create_poll_watcher!("Error creating poll watcher: {}"),
             false => {
-                match RecommendedWatcher::new(event_handler.clone()) {
+                match RecommendedWatcher::new(event_handler.clone(), NotifyConfig::default()) {
                     Ok(watcher) => {
                         let mut watcher = watcher;
                         watcher_paths!(watcher, watch_paths, debug);