diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 085a2a95cb..7a8d2732c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1061,9 +1061,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.74"
+version = "0.2.76"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2f02823cf78b754822df5f7f268fb59822e7296276d3e069d8e8cb26a14bd10"
+checksum = "755456fae044e6fa1ebbbd1b3e902ae19e73097ed4ed87bb79934a867c007bc3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -1860,9 +1860,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rusty_v8"
-version = "0.8.1"
+version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30925153e17b35ca37a21f4bbf5f61277348ee3110d65360d89010993ce27079"
+checksum = "74794f26ec99d8baa7dc8499d520f122aad18fc022e79fc774e3c178040960f9"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cargo_gn",
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 74c80872ee..8b918d0142 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ futures = "0.3.5"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 libc = "0.2.74"
 log = "0.4.11"
-rusty_v8 = "0.8.1"
+rusty_v8 = "0.9.1"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.57", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 smallvec = "1.4.2"
 url = "2.1.1"
diff --git a/core/es_isolate.rs b/core/es_isolate.rs
index a829a3a3b0..f2e2460ba6 100644
--- a/core/es_isolate.rs
+++ b/core/es_isolate.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ impl EsIsolate {
       });
 
     resolver.reject(scope, exception).unwrap();
-    scope.run_microtasks();
+    scope.perform_microtask_checkpoint();
     Ok(())
   }
 
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ impl EsIsolate {
 
     let module_namespace = module.get_module_namespace();
     resolver.resolve(scope, module_namespace).unwrap();
-    scope.run_microtasks();
+    scope.perform_microtask_checkpoint();
     Ok(())
   }