diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/js/external_process.rs b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/js/external_process.rs
index e8410120116f..83bcafe7d834 100644
--- a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/js/external_process.rs
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/js/external_process.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use super::*;
-use futures::lock::Mutex;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use std::{
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     io::Write as _,
     sync::{atomic::Ordering, Arc},
 };
-use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot, RwLock};
 
 type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>;
 
@@ -103,23 +102,23 @@ impl ExecutorProcess {
 /// asynchronous code are translated to an abort trap by wasm-bindgen, which kills the node process.
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct RestartableExecutorProcess {
-    process: Arc<Mutex<ExecutorProcess>>,
+    process: Arc<RwLock<ExecutorProcess>>,
 }
 
 impl RestartableExecutorProcess {
     fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            process: Arc::new(Mutex::new(ExecutorProcess::spawn())),
+            process: Arc::new(RwLock::new(ExecutorProcess::spawn())),
         }
     }
 
     async fn restart(&self) {
-        let mut process = self.process.lock().await;
-        _ = std::mem::replace(&mut *process, ExecutorProcess::spawn());
+        let mut process = self.process.write().await;
+        *process = ExecutorProcess::spawn();
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn request<T: DeserializeOwned>(&self, method: &str, params: serde_json::Value) -> Result<T> {
-        let p = self.process.lock().await;
+        let p = self.process.read().await;
         p.request(method, params).await
     }
 }