diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index e2a93975..34a2251b 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ else ()
 
     FetchContent_Declare(tlsuv
             GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/openziti/tlsuv.git
-            GIT_TAG v0.25.1
+            GIT_TAG v0.26.0
             )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(tlsuv)
 
diff --git a/library/channel.c b/library/channel.c
index 8aaf76e6..2a74ec2a 100644
--- a/library/channel.c
+++ b/library/channel.c
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ static void on_channel_connect_internal(uv_connect_t *req, int status) {
         if (ch->ctx->api_session != NULL && ch->ctx->api_session->token != NULL) {
             CH_LOG(DEBUG, "connected");
             tlsuv_stream_t *mbed = (tlsuv_stream_t *) req->handle;
-            tlsuv_stream_read(mbed, channel_alloc_cb, on_channel_data);
+            tlsuv_stream_read_start(mbed, channel_alloc_cb, on_channel_data);
             ch->reconnect_count = 0;
             send_hello(ch, ch->ctx->api_session);
         } else {