diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml b/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
index 8779fb31..20aa1dd5 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ dependencies:
   - mpich
   - numpy =1.23.5
   - mpi4py =3.1.4
-  - pympipool =0.5.4
\ No newline at end of file
+  - pympipool =0.5.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml b/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
index 7a494995..a55ca12d 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ dependencies:
   - openmpi
   - numpy =1.23.5
   - mpi4py =3.1.4
-  - pympipool =0.5.4
\ No newline at end of file
+  - pympipool =0.5.5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/binder/environment.yml b/binder/environment.yml
index d3d4f6f3..75306b83 100644
--- a/binder/environment.yml
+++ b/binder/environment.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ dependencies:
 - numpy =1.23.5
 - lammps >=2021.05.27
 - mpi4py =3.1.4
-- pympipool =0.5.3
+- pympipool =0.5.5
diff --git a/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py b/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py
index 155166a4..fbaaec61 100644
--- a/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py
+++ b/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 import socket
 from concurrent.futures import Future
 from queue import Queue
-from threading import Thread
-from pympipool import SocketInterface, cancel_items_in_queue
+from pympipool import RaisingThread, SocketInterface, cancel_items_in_queue
 
 
 __author__ = "Sarath Menon, Jan Janssen"
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._queue_adapter_kwargs = queue_adapter_kwargs
 
     def start_process(self):
-        self._process = Thread(
+        self._process = RaisingThread(
             target=execute_async,
             kwargs={
                 "future_queue": self._future_queue,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3196d0e8..88b92a50 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     keywords='lammps, mpi4py',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["*tests*"]),
     install_requires=[
-        "mpi4py==3.1.4", "pympipool==0.5.4", "numpy==1.23.5"
+        "mpi4py==3.1.4", "pympipool==0.5.5", "numpy==1.23.5"
     ],
     cmdclass=versioneer.get_cmdclass(),
 )