diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 67b4fbf..000f7d6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ petgraph = "0.6.3"
 rustc-hash = "1.1.0"
 
 # For running different thread priorities and enabling FIFO Execution
-thread-priority = "0.13.1"
+thread-priority = "0.15"
 thiserror = "1.0.49"
 graphviz-rust = { version = "0.6.6", optional = true }
 derive_builder = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/src/shim/os_threads.rs b/src/shim/os_threads.rs
index a88de57..175aee8 100644
--- a/src/shim/os_threads.rs
+++ b/src/shim/os_threads.rs
@@ -27,22 +27,18 @@ pub enum RunMode {
 
 /// Constructs a thread builder based on the options specified in the [RunMode]
 pub fn make_builder(mode: super::RunMode) -> Builder {
-    let (priority, policy) = match mode {
-        super::RunMode::Simple => (
-            thread_priority::get_current_thread_priority().unwrap(),
-            thread_priority::thread_schedule_policy().unwrap(),
-        ),
+    match mode {
+        super::RunMode::Simple => thread_priority::ThreadBuilder::default(),
         super::RunMode::FIFO => {
             let priority = thread_priority::ThreadPriority::Crossplatform(10u8.try_into().unwrap());
             let policy = thread_priority::unix::ThreadSchedulePolicy::Realtime(
                 thread_priority::RealtimeThreadSchedulePolicy::Fifo,
             );
-            (priority, policy)
+            thread_priority::ThreadBuilder::default()
+                .priority(priority)
+                .policy(policy)
         }
-    };
-    thread_priority::ThreadBuilder::default()
-        .priority(priority)
-        .policy(policy)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Spawns a coroutine, without the builder because