diff --git a/packages/backend/Cargo.toml b/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
index 692db3fda9e..b54fa31556c 100644
--- a/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ edition = "2018"
 exclude = ["/bindings", "/api-wrapper"]
 
 [dependencies]
-tokio = { version = "1.1", features = ["full"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.3", features = ["full"] }
 once_cell = "1.5.0"
-iota-wallet = { git = "https://github.com/iotaledger/wallet.rs", branch = "develop", default-features = false, features = ["stronghold", "sqlite-storage"] }
+iota-wallet = { git = "https://github.com/iotaledger/wallet.rs", branch = "fix/client-management", default-features = false, features = ["stronghold", "sqlite-storage"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 riker = "0.4"
 serde = "1.0"
diff --git a/packages/backend/bindings/node/native/Cargo.lock b/packages/backend/bindings/node/native/Cargo.lock
index 7592da6b31c..44f8187e959 100644
--- a/packages/backend/bindings/node/native/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packages/backend/bindings/node/native/Cargo.lock
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "iota-wallet"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/iotaledger/wallet.rs?branch=develop#67fd04fc7e27a9a6e33eb1851df6cbc29dd77022"
+source = "git+https://github.com/iotaledger/wallet.rs?branch=fix/client-management#39481f6c420a9d522331366f7c87b497424daccf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "backtrace",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/lib.rs b/packages/backend/src/lib.rs
index 07a724c3efa..f05a67a06c3 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/backend/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use iota_wallet::{
         remove_new_transaction_listener, remove_reattachment_listener,
         remove_stronghold_status_change_listener, remove_transfer_progress_listener, EventId,
     },
+    client::drop_all as drop_clients,
 };
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use riker::actors::*;
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ pub async fn destroy<A: Into<String>>(actor_id: A) {
         })
         .await;
 
+        // delay to wait for the actor to be killed
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+        drop_clients().await;
+
         let mut message_receivers = message_receivers()
             .lock()
             .expect("Failed to lock message_receivers: respond()");