diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5eac648fd9..5ef94063b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1598,6 +1598,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot_core 0.9.8",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dashmap"
+version = "6.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23fadfd577acfd4485fb258011b0fd080882ea83359b6fd41304900b94ccf487"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "lock_api",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot_core 0.9.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -2848,7 +2862,7 @@ version = "0.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4644821e1c3d7a560fe13d842d13f587c07348a1a05d3a797152d41c90c56df2"
 dependencies = [
- "dashmap",
+ "dashmap 5.5.0",
  "hashbrown 0.13.2",
 ]
 
@@ -4296,7 +4310,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "consumption_metrics",
  "crossbeam-deque",
- "dashmap",
+ "dashmap 6.0.0",
  "env_logger",
  "fallible-iterator",
  "framed-websockets",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8fddaaef12..173d5c2ccd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const_format = "0.2"
 crc32c = "0.6"
 crossbeam-deque = "0.8.5"
 crossbeam-utils = "0.8.5"
-dashmap = { version = "5.5.0", features = ["raw-api"] }
+dashmap = { version = "6.0", features = ["raw-api"] }
 either = "1.8"
 enum-map = "2.4.2"
 enumset = "1.0.12"
diff --git a/proxy/src/cache/project_info.rs b/proxy/src/cache/project_info.rs
index 10cc4ceee1..77e5937215 100644
--- a/proxy/src/cache/project_info.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/cache/project_info.rs
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ impl ProjectInfoCacheImpl {
         // acquire a random shard lock
         let mut removed = 0;
         let shard = self.project2ep.shards()[shard].write();
-        for (_, endpoints) in shard.iter() {
+        for (_, endpoints) in crate::rawtable::iter(&*shard) {
             for endpoint in endpoints.get().iter() {
                 self.cache.remove(endpoint);
                 removed += 1;
diff --git a/proxy/src/console/provider.rs b/proxy/src/console/provider.rs
index 915c2ee7a6..846136089a 100644
--- a/proxy/src/console/provider.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/console/provider.rs
@@ -517,11 +517,18 @@ impl<K: Hash + Eq + Clone> ApiLocks<K> {
                 );
                 let mut lock = shard.write();
                 let timer = self.metrics.reclamation_lag_seconds.start_timer();
-                let count = lock
-                    .extract_if(|_, semaphore| Arc::strong_count(semaphore.get_mut()) == 1)
-                    .count();
+
+                let mut removed = 0;
+                crate::rawtable::retain(&mut *lock, |_, semaphore| {
+                    let remove = Arc::strong_count(semaphore.get_mut()) == 1;
+                    if remove {
+                        removed += 1;
+                    }
+                    !remove
+                });
+
                 drop(lock);
-                self.metrics.semaphores_unregistered.inc_by(count as u64);
+                self.metrics.semaphores_unregistered.inc_by(removed as u64);
                 timer.observe();
             }
         }
diff --git a/proxy/src/lib.rs b/proxy/src/lib.rs
index ea92eaaa55..f11d68bac7 100644
--- a/proxy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub mod parse;
 pub mod protocol2;
 pub mod proxy;
 pub mod rate_limiter;
+mod rawtable;
 pub mod redis;
 pub mod sasl;
 pub mod scram;
diff --git a/proxy/src/rawtable.rs b/proxy/src/rawtable.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a66e852da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/rawtable.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+//! Dashmap moved to using RawTable for the shards.
+//! Some of the APIs we used before are unsafe to access, but we can copy the implementations from the safe
+//! HashMap wrappers for our needs.
+
+// Safety info: All implementations here are taken directly from hashbrown HashMap impl.
+
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+use hashbrown::raw;
+
+// taken from https://docs.rs/hashbrown/0.14.5/src/hashbrown/map.rs.html#919-932
+pub fn retain<K, V, F>(table: &mut raw::RawTable<(K, V)>, mut f: F)
+where
+    F: FnMut(&K, &mut V) -> bool,
+{
+    // SAFETY: Here we only use `iter` as a temporary, preventing use-after-free
+    unsafe {
+        for item in table.iter() {
+            let &mut (ref key, ref mut value) = item.as_mut();
+            if !f(key, value) {
+                table.erase(item);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// taken from https://docs.rs/hashbrown/0.14.5/src/hashbrown/map.rs.html#756-764
+pub fn iter<K, V>(table: &raw::RawTable<(K, V)>) -> impl Iterator<Item = (&K, &V)> + '_ {
+    pub struct Iter<'a, K, V> {
+        inner: raw::RawIter<(K, V)>,
+        marker: PhantomData<(&'a K, &'a V)>,
+    }
+
+    impl<'a, K, V> Iterator for Iter<'a, K, V> {
+        type Item = (&'a K, &'a V);
+
+        #[cfg_attr(feature = "inline-more", inline)]
+        fn next(&mut self) -> Option<(&'a K, &'a V)> {
+            let x = self.inner.next()?;
+            // SAFETY: the borrows do not outlive the rawtable
+            unsafe {
+                let r = x.as_ref();
+                Some((&r.0, &r.1))
+            }
+        }
+        #[cfg_attr(feature = "inline-more", inline)]
+        fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
+            self.inner.size_hint()
+        }
+    }
+
+    // SAFETY:
+    // > It is up to the caller to ensure that the RawTable outlives the RawIter
+    // Here we tie the lifetime of self to the iter.
+    unsafe {
+        Iter {
+            inner: table.iter(),
+            marker: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/serverless/conn_pool.rs b/proxy/src/serverless/conn_pool.rs
index 5fa253acf8..6ea10cb7ca 100644
--- a/proxy/src/serverless/conn_pool.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/serverless/conn_pool.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ impl<C: ClientInnerExt> GlobalConnPool<C> {
             .start_timer();
         let current_len = shard.len();
         let mut clients_removed = 0;
-        shard.retain(|endpoint, x| {
+
+        crate::rawtable::retain(&mut *shard, |endpoint, x| {
             // if the current endpoint pool is unique (no other strong or weak references)
             // then it is currently not in use by any connections.
             if let Some(pool) = Arc::get_mut(x.get_mut()) {