diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 051e2b984a9..2119c841232 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1764,6 +1764,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "indoc",
  "parcel-macros",
+ "parking_lot",
  "path-slash",
  "pathdiff",
  "serde",
@@ -1812,6 +1813,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parcel_core",
  "parcel_filesystem",
  "parcel_napi_helpers",
+ "parking_lot",
  "rayon",
  "sentry",
  "serde",
@@ -1836,6 +1838,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "json_comments",
  "once_cell",
  "parcel_filesystem",
+ "parking_lot",
  "percent-encoding",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/crates/node-bindings/Cargo.toml b/crates/node-bindings/Cargo.toml
index 547185b1813..1332b3005fa 100644
--- a/crates/node-bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node-bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.116"
 toml = "0.8.12"
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 mockall = "0.12.1"
+parking_lot = "0.12"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 sentry = { version = "0.32.2", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["backtrace", "contexts", "panic", "reqwest", "debug-images", "anyhow"]}
diff --git a/crates/node-bindings/src/init_sentry/sentry.rs b/crates/node-bindings/src/init_sentry/sentry.rs
index 6896c5719d0..b0bf7818f48 100644
--- a/crates/node-bindings/src/init_sentry/sentry.rs
+++ b/crates/node-bindings/src/init_sentry/sentry.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 use napi::Error;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fn init_sentry() -> Result<(), Status> {
 
   log::info!("Initialising Sentry in rust...");
 
-  if SENTRY_GUARD.lock().unwrap().is_some() {
+  if SENTRY_GUARD.lock().is_some() {
     return Err(Error::from_reason(
       "Sentry guard already set, should only initialise Sentry once.",
     ));
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn init_sentry() -> Result<(), Status> {
 
   let guard = init((sentry_dsn, sentry_client_options));
 
-  SENTRY_GUARD.lock().unwrap().replace(guard);
+  SENTRY_GUARD.lock().replace(guard);
 
   sentry::configure_scope(|scope| {
     scope.set_user(Some(sentry::User {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ fn init_sentry() -> Result<(), Status> {
 
 #[napi]
 fn close_sentry() {
-  if let Some(guard) = SENTRY_GUARD.lock().unwrap().take() {
+  if let Some(guard) = SENTRY_GUARD.lock().take() {
     guard.close(Some(TIMEOUT));
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/transformers/js/core/Cargo.toml b/packages/transformers/js/core/Cargo.toml
index a6d64147a27..3a79af18dd4 100644
--- a/packages/transformers/js/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/transformers/js/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ pathdiff = "0.2.0"
 path-slash = "0.1.4"
 indexmap = "1.9.2"
 parcel-macros = { path = "../../../../crates/macros" }
+parking_lot = "0.12"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/transformers/js/core/src/utils.rs b/packages/transformers/js/core/src/utils.rs
index 6930d74bb1d..1ccd15610bb 100644
--- a/packages/transformers/js/core/src/utils.rs
+++ b/packages/transformers/js/core/src/utils.rs
@@ -409,11 +409,13 @@ macro_rules! id {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
-pub struct ErrorBuffer(std::sync::Arc<std::sync::Mutex<Vec<swc_core::common::errors::Diagnostic>>>);
+pub struct ErrorBuffer(
+  std::sync::Arc<parking_lot::Mutex<Vec<swc_core::common::errors::Diagnostic>>>,
+);
 
 impl Emitter for ErrorBuffer {
   fn emit(&mut self, db: &DiagnosticBuilder) {
-    self.0.lock().unwrap().push((**db).clone());
+    self.0.lock().push((**db).clone());
   }
 }
 
@@ -421,7 +423,7 @@ pub fn error_buffer_to_diagnostics(
   error_buffer: &ErrorBuffer,
   source_map: &SourceMap,
 ) -> Vec<Diagnostic> {
-  let s = error_buffer.0.lock().unwrap().clone();
+  let s = error_buffer.0.lock().clone();
   s.iter()
     .map(|diagnostic| {
       let message = diagnostic.message();
diff --git a/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/Cargo.toml b/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/Cargo.toml
index 41bd302fefa..010c8ac83f4 100644
--- a/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ elsa = "1.7.0"
 once_cell = "1.17.0"
 glob-match = "0.2.1"
 dashmap = "5.4.0"
+parking_lot = "0.12"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_fs = "1.0"
diff --git a/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/src/cache.rs b/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/src/cache.rs
index 38c6d405471..53a9478ed38 100644
--- a/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/src/cache.rs
+++ b/packages/utils/node-resolver-rs/src/cache.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 use dashmap::DashMap;
 use elsa::sync::FrozenMap;
 use parcel_filesystem::FileSystem;
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use typed_arena::Arena;
 
 use crate::package_json::PackageJson;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fn read<F: FileSystem>(
   arena: &Mutex<Arena<Box<str>>>,
   path: &Path,
 ) -> std::io::Result<&'static mut str> {
-  let arena = arena.lock().unwrap();
+  let arena = arena.lock();
   let data = arena.alloc(fs.read_to_string(path)?.into_boxed_str());
   // The data lives as long as the arena. In public methods, we only vend temporary references.
   Ok(unsafe { &mut *(&mut **data as *mut str) })