diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16457e4..5bb3252 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ gzip file stream into an decompressor which emits decompressed data events for
 each individual log file chunk:
 
 ```php
-$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-$stream = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen('access.log.gz', 'r'), $loop);
+$stream = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen('access.log.gz', 'r'));
 
 $decompressor = new Clue\React\Zlib\Decompressor(ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP);
 $stream->pipe($decompressor);
@@ -48,8 +47,6 @@ $stream->pipe($decompressor);
 $decompressor->on('data', function ($data) {
     echo $data; // chunk of decompressed log data
 });
-
-$loop->run();
 ```
 
 See also the [examples](examples).
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9380f95..f85fdbf 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,14 +13,11 @@
     "require": {
         "php": ">=7.0",
         "ext-zlib": "*",
-        "react/stream": "^1.0 || ^0.7 || ^0.6"
+        "react/stream": "^1.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3 || ^6.5",
-        "react/event-loop": "^1.0 || ^0.5 || ^0.4 || ^0.3"
-    },
-    "suggest": {
-        "ext-zlib": "Requires ext-zlib extension"
+        "react/event-loop": "^1.2"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": { "Clue\\React\\Zlib\\": "src/" }
diff --git a/examples/91-benchmark-compress.php b/examples/91-benchmark-compress.php
index 6269461..2c62cb3 100644
--- a/examples/91-benchmark-compress.php
+++ b/examples/91-benchmark-compress.php
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 //
 // $ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1k status=progress | gzip > /dev/null
 
+use React\EventLoop\Loop;
+
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === '\\') {
@@ -26,11 +28,9 @@
     echo 'NOTICE: The "xdebug" extension is loaded, this has a major impact on performance.' . PHP_EOL;
 }
 
-$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
 // read 1 MiB * 1 Ki times
 $count = 0;
-$stream = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen('/dev/zero', 'r'), $loop, 1024*1024);
+$stream = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen('/dev/zero', 'r'), null, 1024*1024);
 $stream->on('data', function () use (&$count, $stream) {
     if (++$count > 1024) {
         $stream->close();
@@ -47,17 +47,15 @@
 });
 
 // report progress periodically
-$timer = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.05, function () use (&$bytes) {
+$timer = Loop::addPeriodicTimer(0.05, function () use (&$bytes) {
     echo "\rCompressed $bytes bytes…";
 });
 
 // report results once the stream closes
 $start = microtime(true);
-$stream->on('close', function () use (&$bytes, $start, $loop, $timer) {
+$stream->on('close', function () use (&$bytes, $start, $timer) {
     $time = microtime(true) - $start;
-    $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+    Loop::cancelTimer($timer);
 
     echo "\rCompressed $bytes bytes in " . round($time, 1) . 's => ' . round($bytes / $time / 1000000, 1) . ' MB/s' . PHP_EOL;
 });
-
-$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/92-benchmark-decompress.php b/examples/92-benchmark-decompress.php
index 9307a11..cc78785 100644
--- a/examples/92-benchmark-decompress.php
+++ b/examples/92-benchmark-decompress.php
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 //
 // $ php examples/gunzip.php < null.gz | dd of=/dev/zero status=progress
 
+use React\EventLoop\Loop;
+
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
 if (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR === '\\') {
@@ -35,9 +37,7 @@
     echo 'NOTICE: The "xdebug" extension is loaded, this has a major impact on performance.' . PHP_EOL;
 }
 
-$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
-$in = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen($argv[1], 'r'), $loop);
+$in = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(fopen($argv[1], 'r'));
 $stream = new Clue\React\Zlib\Decompressor(ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP);
 $in->pipe($stream);
 
@@ -49,17 +49,15 @@
 $stream->on('error', 'printf');
 
 //report progress periodically
-$timer = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.2, function () use (&$bytes) {
+$timer = Loop::addPeriodicTimer(0.2, function () use (&$bytes) {
     echo "\rDecompressed $bytes bytes…";
 });
 
 // show stats when stream ends
 $start = microtime(true);
-$stream->on('close', function () use (&$bytes, $start, $loop, $timer) {
+$stream->on('close', function () use (&$bytes, $start, $timer) {
     $time = microtime(true) - $start;
-    $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+    Loop::cancelTimer($timer);
 
     echo "\rDecompressed $bytes bytes in " . round($time, 1) . 's => ' . round($bytes / $time / 1000000, 1) . ' MB/s' . PHP_EOL;
 });
-
-$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/gunzip.php b/examples/gunzip.php
index 203b3ce..e400daf 100644
--- a/examples/gunzip.php
+++ b/examples/gunzip.php
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
     exit(1);
 }
 
-$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
-$in = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(STDIN, $loop);
-$out = new React\Stream\WritableResourceStream(STDOUT, $loop);
+$in = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(STDIN);
+$out = new React\Stream\WritableResourceStream(STDOUT);
 
 $decompressor = new Clue\React\Zlib\Decompressor(ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP);
 $in->pipe($decompressor)->pipe($out);
@@ -18,5 +16,3 @@
 $decompressor->on('error', function ($e) {
     fwrite(STDERR, 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL);
 });
-
-$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/gzip.php b/examples/gzip.php
index 5aba965..7b9bdda 100644
--- a/examples/gzip.php
+++ b/examples/gzip.php
@@ -7,12 +7,8 @@
     exit(1);
 }
 
-$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
-
-$in = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(STDIN, $loop);
-$out = new React\Stream\WritableResourceStream(STDOUT, $loop);
+$in = new React\Stream\ReadableResourceStream(STDIN);
+$out = new React\Stream\WritableResourceStream(STDOUT);
 
 $compressor = new Clue\React\Zlib\Compressor(ZLIB_ENCODING_GZIP);
 $in->pipe($compressor)->pipe($out);
-
-$loop->run();