diff --git a/ethers.nimble b/ethers.nimble
index 5548718..c379ed6 100644
--- a/ethers.nimble
+++ b/ethers.nimble
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ requires "chronicles >= 0.10.3 & < 0.11.0"
 requires "chronos >= 3.0.0 & < 4.0.0"
 requires "contractabi >= 0.6.0 & < 0.7.0"
 requires "questionable >= 0.10.2 & < 0.11.0"
-requires "upraises >= 0.1.0 & < 0.2.0"
 requires "json_rpc"
 requires "stint"
 requires "stew"
diff --git a/ethers/basics.nim b/ethers/basics.nim
index 76662e1..a83d8a3 100644
--- a/ethers/basics.nim
+++ b/ethers/basics.nim
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ import pkg/chronos
 import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/questionable/results
 import pkg/stint
-import pkg/upraises
 import pkg/contractabi/address
 
 export chronos
 export questionable
 export results
 export stint
-export upraises
 export address
 
 type
diff --git a/ethers/blocktag.nim b/ethers/blocktag.nim
index af5f9c1..b3b7b7b 100644
--- a/ethers/blocktag.nim
+++ b/ethers/blocktag.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import pkg/stint
-import pkg/upraises
 
-push: {.upraises: [].}
+{.push raises:[].}
 
 type
   BlockTagKind = enum
diff --git a/ethers/contract.nim b/ethers/contract.nim
index 1bef12d..daeecb3 100644
--- a/ethers/contract.nim
+++ b/ethers/contract.nim
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type
 
   ContractError* = object of EthersError
   Confirmable* = ?TransactionResponse
-  EventHandler*[E: Event] = proc(event: E) {.gcsafe, upraises:[].}
+  EventHandler*[E: Event] = proc(event: E) {.gcsafe, raises:[].}
 
 func new*(ContractType: type Contract,
           address: Address,
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ proc subscribe*[E: Event](contract: Contract,
   let topic = topic($E, E.fieldTypes).toArray
   let filter = EventFilter(address: contract.address, topics: @[topic])
 
-  proc logHandler(log: Log) {.upraises: [].} =
+  proc logHandler(log: Log) {.raises: [].} =
     if event =? E.decode(log.data, log.topics):
       handler(event)
 
diff --git a/ethers/events.nim b/ethers/events.nim
index 1fa7cf0..356a1a6 100644
--- a/ethers/events.nim
+++ b/ethers/events.nim
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import ./provider
 type
   Event* = object of RootObj
 
-push: {.upraises: [].}
+{.push raises:[].}
 
 template indexed* {.pragma.}
 
diff --git a/ethers/provider.nim b/ethers/provider.nim
index f46d948..6cc3058 100644
--- a/ethers/provider.nim
+++ b/ethers/provider.nim
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export basics
 export transaction
 export blocktag
 
-push: {.upraises: [].}
+{.push raises: [].}
 
 type
   Provider* = ref object of RootObj
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ type
     effectiveGasPrice*: ?UInt256
     status*: TransactionStatus
     transactionType*: TransactionType
-  LogHandler* = proc(log: Log) {.gcsafe, upraises:[].}
-  BlockHandler* = proc(blck: Block) {.gcsafe, upraises:[].}
+  LogHandler* = proc(log: Log) {.gcsafe, raises:[].}
+  BlockHandler* = proc(blck: Block) {.gcsafe, raises:[].}
   Topic* = array[32, byte]
   Block* = object
     number*: ?UInt256
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ method getRevertReason*(
 proc ensureSuccess(
   provider: Provider,
   receipt: TransactionReceipt
-) {.async, upraises: [ProviderError].} =
+) {.async, raises: [ProviderError].} =
   ## If the receipt.status is Failed, the tx is replayed to obtain a revert
   ## reason, after which a ProviderError with the revert reason is raised.
   ## If no revert reason was obtained
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ proc confirm*(tx: TransactionResponse,
               confirmations = EthersDefaultConfirmations,
               timeout = EthersReceiptTimeoutBlks):
              Future[TransactionReceipt]
-             {.async, upraises: [ProviderError, EthersError].} =
+             {.async, raises: [ProviderError, EthersError].} =
   ## Waits for a transaction to be mined and for the specified number of blocks
   ## to pass since it was mined (confirmations).
   ## A timeout, in blocks, can be specified that will raise an error if too many
diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
index 96941a8..1784da0 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc.nim
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export basics
 export provider
 export chronicles
 
-push: {.upraises: [].}
+{.push raises: [].}
 
 logScope:
   topics = "ethers jsonrpc"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type
     subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions
     id: JsonNode
 
-proc raiseJsonRpcProviderError(message: string) {.upraises: [JsonRpcProviderError].} =
+proc raiseJsonRpcProviderError(message: string) {.raises: [JsonRpcProviderError].} =
   var message = message
   try:
     message = parseJson(message){"message"}.getStr
diff --git a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
index d1f64fe..142c9cc 100644
--- a/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
+++ b/ethers/providers/jsonrpc/subscriptions.nim
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type
   JsonRpcSubscriptions* = ref object of RootObj
     client: RpcClient
     callbacks: Table[JsonNode, SubscriptionCallback]
-  SubscriptionCallback = proc(id, arguments: JsonNode) {.gcsafe, upraises:[].}
+  SubscriptionCallback = proc(id, arguments: JsonNode) {.gcsafe, raises:[].}
 
 method subscribeBlocks*(subscriptions: JsonRpcSubscriptions,
                         onBlock: BlockHandler):
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ type
 proc new*(_: type JsonRpcSubscriptions,
           client: RpcWebSocketClient): JsonRpcSubscriptions =
   let subscriptions = WebSocketSubscriptions(client: client)
-  proc subscriptionHandler(arguments: JsonNode) {.upraises:[].} =
+  proc subscriptionHandler(arguments: JsonNode) {.raises:[].} =
     if id =? arguments["subscription"].catch and
        callback =? subscriptions.getCallback(id):
       callback(id, arguments)