diff --git a/source/Nevermore.IntegrationTests/Advanced/ConcurrentAccessFixture.cs b/source/Nevermore.IntegrationTests/Advanced/ConcurrentAccessFixture.cs
index 45c3b343..65ecf87f 100644
--- a/source/Nevermore.IntegrationTests/Advanced/ConcurrentAccessFixture.cs
+++ b/source/Nevermore.IntegrationTests/Advanced/ConcurrentAccessFixture.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public void ConcurrentAccessDoesNotGoBoom()
             using (var transaction = Store.BeginTransaction())
             {
                 Enumerable.Range(0, NumberOfDocuments)
-                    .Select(i => new DocumentWithIdentityId {Name = $"{namePrefix}{i}"})
+                    .Select(i => new DocumentWithIdentityId { Name = $"{namePrefix}{i}" })
                     .AsParallel()
                     .WithDegreeOfParallelism(DegreeOfParallelism)
                     .Select(document =>
diff --git a/source/Nevermore.Tests/DeadlockAwareLockFixture.cs b/source/Nevermore.Tests/DeadlockAwareLockFixture.cs
index ff69a95d..555bc0a4 100644
--- a/source/Nevermore.Tests/DeadlockAwareLockFixture.cs
+++ b/source/Nevermore.Tests/DeadlockAwareLockFixture.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Nevermore.Advanced;
+using Nito.AsyncEx;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace Nevermore.Tests
@@ -131,5 +132,33 @@ public async Task MultipleTasksContending_ShouldNotThrow()
 
             // ReSharper restore AccessToDisposedClosure
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void UsingSyncExtensionMethods_AndReleasingLocksCorrectly_ShouldNotThrow()
+        {
+            using var deadlockAwareLock = new DeadlockAwareLock();
+
+            using (var _ = deadlockAwareLock.Lock())
+            {
+            }
+
+            using (var _ = deadlockAwareLock.Lock())
+            {
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public async Task UsingAsyncExtensionMethods_AndReleasingLocksCorrectly_ShouldNotThrow()
+        {
+            using var deadlockAwareLock = new DeadlockAwareLock();
+
+            using (var _ = await deadlockAwareLock.LockAsync(cancellationToken))
+            {
+            }
+
+            using (var _ = await deadlockAwareLock.LockAsync(cancellationToken))
+            {
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ReadTransaction.cs b/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ReadTransaction.cs
index d0d0e91f..640402e3 100644
--- a/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ReadTransaction.cs
+++ b/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ReadTransaction.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class ReadTransaction : IReadTransaction, ITransactionDiagnostic
         SqlConnection? connection;
 
         protected IUniqueParameterNameGenerator ParameterNameGenerator { get; } = new UniqueParameterNameGenerator();
-        protected DeadlockAwareLock Semaphore { get; } = new();
+        protected DeadlockAwareLock DeadlockAwareLock { get; } = new();
 
         // To help track deadlocks
         readonly List<string> commandTrace;
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ IEnumerable<TRecord> Execute()
                     yield return item;
             }
 
-            return new ThreadSafeEnumerable<TRecord>(Execute, Semaphore);
+            return new ThreadSafeEnumerable<TRecord>(Execute, DeadlockAwareLock);
         }
 
         public IAsyncEnumerable<TRecord> StreamAsync<TRecord>(PreparedCommand command, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ async IAsyncEnumerable<TRecord> Execute()
                     yield return result;
             }
 
-            return new ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable<TRecord>(Execute, Semaphore);
+            return new ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable<TRecord>(Execute, DeadlockAwareLock);
         }
 
         IEnumerable<TRecord> ProcessReader<TRecord>(DbDataReader reader, PreparedCommand command)
@@ -533,14 +533,14 @@ public Task<int> ExecuteNonQueryAsync(string query, CommandParameterValues? args
 
         public int ExecuteNonQuery(PreparedCommand preparedCommand)
         {
-            using var mutex = Semaphore.Lock();
+            using var mutex = DeadlockAwareLock.Lock();
             using var command = CreateCommand(preparedCommand);
             return command.ExecuteNonQuery();
         }
 
         public async Task<int> ExecuteNonQueryAsync(PreparedCommand preparedCommand, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            using var mutex = await Semaphore.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
+            using var mutex = await DeadlockAwareLock.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
             using var command = CreateCommand(preparedCommand);
             return await command.ExecuteNonQueryAsync(cancellationToken);
         }
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ public Task<TResult> ExecuteScalarAsync<TResult>(string query, CommandParameterV
 
         public TResult ExecuteScalar<TResult>(PreparedCommand preparedCommand)
         {
-            using var mutex = Semaphore.Lock();
+            using var mutex = DeadlockAwareLock.Lock();
             using var command = CreateCommand(preparedCommand);
             var result = command.ExecuteScalar();
             if (result == DBNull.Value)
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ public TResult ExecuteScalar<TResult>(PreparedCommand preparedCommand)
 
         public async Task<TResult> ExecuteScalarAsync<TResult>(PreparedCommand preparedCommand, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
         {
-            using var mutex = await Semaphore.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
+            using var mutex = await DeadlockAwareLock.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
             using var command = CreateCommand(preparedCommand);
             var result = await command.ExecuteScalarAsync(cancellationToken);
             if (result == DBNull.Value)
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ public async Task<DbDataReader> ExecuteReaderAsync(PreparedCommand preparedComma
 
         protected TResult[] ReadResults<TResult>(PreparedCommand preparedCommand, Func<DbDataReader, TResult> mapper)
         {
-            using var mutex = Semaphore.Lock();
+            using var mutex = DeadlockAwareLock.Lock();
 
             using var command = CreateCommand(preparedCommand);
             return command.ReadResults(mapper);
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ protected TResult[] ReadResults<TResult>(PreparedCommand preparedCommand, Func<D
 
         protected async Task<TResult[]> ReadResultsAsync<TResult>(PreparedCommand preparedCommand, Func<DbDataReader, Task<TResult>> mapper, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-            using var mutex = await Semaphore.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
+            using var mutex = await DeadlockAwareLock.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
 
             using var command = CreateCommand(preparedCommand);
             return await command.ReadResultsAsync(mapper, cancellationToken);
@@ -727,8 +727,11 @@ void ITransactionDiagnostic.WriteCurrentTransactions(StringBuilder output)
 
         public void Dispose()
         {
+            // ReSharper disable ConstantConditionalAccessQualifier
             Transaction?.Dispose();
+            DeadlockAwareLock?.Dispose();
             connection?.Dispose();
+            // ReSharper restore ConstantConditionalAccessQualifier
             registry.Remove(this);
         }
     }
diff --git a/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable.cs b/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable.cs
index b7a824e4..04840e21 100644
--- a/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable.cs
+++ b/source/Nevermore/Advanced/ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable.cs
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ namespace Nevermore.Advanced
     public class ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable<T> : IAsyncEnumerable<T>
     {
         readonly Func<IAsyncEnumerable<T>> innerFunc;
-        readonly SemaphoreSlim semaphore;
+        readonly DeadlockAwareLock deadlockAwareLock;
 
-        public ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable(IAsyncEnumerable<T> inner, SemaphoreSlim semaphore) : this(() => inner, semaphore)
+        public ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable(IAsyncEnumerable<T> inner, DeadlockAwareLock deadlockAwareLock) : this(() => inner, deadlockAwareLock)
         {
         }
 
-        public ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable(Func<IAsyncEnumerable<T>> innerFunc, SemaphoreSlim semaphore)
+        public ThreadSafeAsyncEnumerable(Func<IAsyncEnumerable<T>> innerFunc, DeadlockAwareLock deadlockAwareLock)
         {
             this.innerFunc = innerFunc;
-            this.semaphore = semaphore;
+            this.deadlockAwareLock = deadlockAwareLock;
         }
 
         public async IAsyncEnumerator<T> GetAsyncEnumerator(CancellationToken cancellationToken = new())
         {
-            using var mutex = await semaphore.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
+            using var mutex = await deadlockAwareLock.LockAsync(cancellationToken);
             var inner = innerFunc();
             await foreach (var item in inner.WithCancellation(cancellationToken)) yield return item;
         }