diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2669d003..496564e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ libuv = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 luajit = { workspace = true }
 macros = { workspace = true, features = ["plugin"] }
 miniserde = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
-mlua = { version = "0.9", features = ["luajit"], optional = true }
+mlua = { version = "0.10", features = ["luajit"], optional = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 types = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-mlua = { version = "0.9", features = ["luajit", "module"] }
+mlua = { version = "0.10", features = ["luajit", "module"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 
diff --git a/examples/mlua.rs b/examples/mlua.rs
index caf389b3..43457241 100644
--- a/examples/mlua.rs
+++ b/examples/mlua.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use nvim_oxi::{mlua::lua, print, Result};
 fn mlua() -> Result<()> {
     print!("Hello from nvim-oxi..");
     let lua = lua();
-    let print = lua.globals().get::<_, LuaFunction>("print")?;
+    let print: LuaFunction = lua.globals().get("print")?;
     print.call("..and goodbye from mlua!")?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3ca494ae..9d65b488 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ pub mod mlua {
 
     pub use mlua::*;
 
-    /// Returns a static reference to a
-    /// [`mlua::Lua`](https://docs.rs/mlua/latest/mlua/struct.Lua.html) object
-    /// which can be used to interact with Lua plugins.
+    /// Returns a
+    /// [`mlua::Lua`](https://docs.rs/mlua/latest/mlua/struct.Lua.html)
+    /// instance which can be used to interact with Lua plugins.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ pub mod mlua {
     ///     Ok(())
     /// }
     /// ```
-    pub fn lua() -> &'static mlua::Lua {
+    pub fn lua() -> mlua::Lua {
         unsafe {
             luajit::with_state(|lua_state| {
-                mlua::Lua::init_from_ptr(lua_state as *mut _).into_static()
+                mlua::Lua::init_from_ptr(lua_state as *mut _)
             })
         }
     }