diff --git a/examples/stop_words.rs b/examples/stop_words.rs
index 4b1f52a57..d40ac9fd3 100644
--- a/examples/stop_words.rs
+++ b/examples/stop_words.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ fn main() -> tantivy::Result<()> {
     // This tokenizer lowers all of the text (to help with stop word matching)
     // then removes all instances of `the` and `and` from the corpus
     let tokenizer = TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
-        .filter(LowerCaser)
+        .filter(LowerCaser::default())
         .filter(StopWordFilter::remove(vec![
             "the".to_string(),
             "and".to_string(),
diff --git a/src/fastfield/mod.rs b/src/fastfield/mod.rs
index d450e3e59..578596dd7 100644
--- a/src/fastfield/mod.rs
+++ b/src/fastfield/mod.rs
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ mod tests {
         ff_tokenizer_manager.register(
             "custom_lowercase",
             TextAnalyzer::builder(RawTokenizer::default())
-                .filter(LowerCaser)
+                .filter(LowerCaser::default())
                 .build(),
         );
 
diff --git a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
index 4a8b86469..1aa025105 100644
--- a/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
+++ b/src/query/query_parser/query_parser.rs
@@ -960,7 +960,8 @@ mod test {
         tokenizer_manager.register(
             "en_with_stop_words",
             TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
-                .filter(LowerCaser)
+                .filter(LowerCaser::default())
+                .filter(LowerCaser::default())
                 .filter(StopWordFilter::remove(vec!["the".to_string()]))
                 .build(),
         );
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/alphanum_only.rs b/src/tokenizer/alphanum_only.rs
index 592575d4d..f79e9cf0c 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/alphanum_only.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/alphanum_only.rs
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ impl<T> AlphaNumOnlyFilterStream<T> {
 }
 
 impl TokenFilter for AlphaNumOnlyFilter {
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream> = AlphaNumOnlyFilterStream<T>;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream> = AlphaNumOnlyFilterStream<T>;
 
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T> {
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T> {
         AlphaNumOnlyFilterStream { tail: token_stream }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/ascii_folding_filter.rs b/src/tokenizer/ascii_folding_filter.rs
index 981d09e27..b00e5904b 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/ascii_folding_filter.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/ascii_folding_filter.rs
@@ -5,34 +5,35 @@ use super::{Token, TokenFilter, TokenStream};
 /// This class converts alphabetic, numeric, and symbolic Unicode characters
 /// which are not in the first 127 ASCII characters (the "Basic Latin" Unicode
 /// block) into their ASCII equivalents, if one exists.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct AsciiFoldingFilter;
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub struct AsciiFoldingFilter(String);
 
 impl TokenFilter for AsciiFoldingFilter {
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream> = AsciiFoldingFilterTokenStream<T>;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream> = AsciiFoldingFilterTokenStream<'a, T>;
 
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T> {
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T> {
+        self.0.clear();
         AsciiFoldingFilterTokenStream {
-            buffer: String::new(),
+            buffer: &mut self.0,
             tail: token_stream,
         }
     }
 }
 
-pub struct AsciiFoldingFilterTokenStream<T> {
-    buffer: String,
+pub struct AsciiFoldingFilterTokenStream<'a, T> {
+    buffer: &'a mut String,
     tail: T,
 }
 
-impl<'a, T: TokenStream> TokenStream for AsciiFoldingFilterTokenStream<T> {
+impl<'a, T: TokenStream> TokenStream for AsciiFoldingFilterTokenStream<'a, T> {
     fn advance(&mut self) -> bool {
         if !self.tail.advance() {
             return false;
         }
         if !self.token_mut().text.is_ascii() {
             // ignore its already ascii
-            to_ascii(&self.tail.token().text, &mut self.buffer);
-            mem::swap(&mut self.tail.token_mut().text, &mut self.buffer);
+            to_ascii(&self.tail.token().text, self.buffer);
+            mem::swap(&mut self.tail.token_mut().text, self.buffer);
         }
         true
     }
@@ -1563,7 +1564,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn folding_helper(text: &str) -> Vec<String> {
         let mut tokens = Vec::new();
         TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
-            .filter(AsciiFoldingFilter)
+            .filter(AsciiFoldingFilter::default())
             .build()
             .token_stream(text)
             .process(&mut |token| {
@@ -1574,7 +1575,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn folding_using_raw_tokenizer_helper(text: &str) -> String {
         let mut tokenizer = TextAnalyzer::builder(RawTokenizer::default())
-            .filter(AsciiFoldingFilter)
+            .filter(AsciiFoldingFilter::default())
             .build();
         let mut token_stream = tokenizer.token_stream(text);
         token_stream.advance();
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/lower_caser.rs b/src/tokenizer/lower_caser.rs
index ab3b3533c..18375c711 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/lower_caser.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/lower_caser.rs
@@ -3,22 +3,23 @@ use std::mem;
 use super::{Token, TokenFilter, TokenStream};
 
 /// Token filter that lowercase terms.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct LowerCaser;
+#[derive(Clone, Default)]
+pub struct LowerCaser(String);
 
 impl TokenFilter for LowerCaser {
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream> = LowerCaserTokenStream<T>;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream> = LowerCaserTokenStream<'a, T>;
 
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T> {
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T> {
+        self.0.clear();
         LowerCaserTokenStream {
             tail: token_stream,
-            buffer: String::new(),
+            buffer: &mut self.0,
         }
     }
 }
 
-pub struct LowerCaserTokenStream<T> {
-    buffer: String,
+pub struct LowerCaserTokenStream<'a, T> {
+    buffer: &'a mut String,
     tail: T,
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ fn to_lowercase_unicode(text: &str, output: &mut String) {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: TokenStream> TokenStream for LowerCaserTokenStream<T> {
+impl<'a, T: TokenStream> TokenStream for LowerCaserTokenStream<'a, T> {
     fn advance(&mut self) -> bool {
         if !self.tail.advance() {
             return false;
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ impl<T: TokenStream> TokenStream for LowerCaserTokenStream<T> {
             // fast track for ascii.
             self.token_mut().text.make_ascii_lowercase();
         } else {
-            to_lowercase_unicode(&self.tail.token().text, &mut self.buffer);
-            mem::swap(&mut self.tail.token_mut().text, &mut self.buffer);
+            to_lowercase_unicode(&self.tail.token().text, self.buffer);
+            mem::swap(&mut self.tail.token_mut().text, self.buffer);
         }
         true
     }
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     fn token_stream_helper(text: &str) -> Vec<Token> {
         let mut token_stream = TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
-            .filter(LowerCaser)
+            .filter(LowerCaser::default())
             .build();
 
         let mut token_stream = token_stream.token_stream(text);
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/mod.rs b/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
index 42d98e90a..4e7253964 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 //!
 //! let en_stem = TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
 //!     .filter(RemoveLongFilter::limit(40))
-//!     .filter(LowerCaser)
+//!     .filter(LowerCaser::default())
 //!     .filter(Stemmer::new(Language::English))
 //!     .build();
 //! ```
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 //! // We need to register our tokenizer :
 //! let custom_en_tokenizer = TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
 //!     .filter(RemoveLongFilter::limit(40))
-//!     .filter(LowerCaser)
+//!     .filter(LowerCaser::default())
 //!     .build();
 //! index
 //!     .tokenizers()
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             "el_stem",
             TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
                 .filter(RemoveLongFilter::limit(40))
-                .filter(LowerCaser)
+                .filter(LowerCaser::default())
                 .filter(Stemmer::new(Language::Greek))
                 .build(),
         );
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/remove_long.rs b/src/tokenizer/remove_long.rs
index 5342e89e9..5d562e353 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/remove_long.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/remove_long.rs
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ impl<T> RemoveLongFilterStream<T> {
 }
 
 impl TokenFilter for RemoveLongFilter {
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream> = RemoveLongFilterStream<T>;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream> = RemoveLongFilterStream<T>;
 
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T> {
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T> {
         RemoveLongFilterStream {
             token_length_limit: self.length_limit,
             tail: token_stream,
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/split_compound_words.rs b/src/tokenizer/split_compound_words.rs
index 678a204fc..96ce7a888 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/split_compound_words.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/split_compound_words.rs
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ impl SplitCompoundWords {
 }
 
 impl TokenFilter for SplitCompoundWords {
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream> = SplitCompoundWordsTokenStream<T>;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream> = SplitCompoundWordsTokenStream<T>;
 
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T> {
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T> {
         SplitCompoundWordsTokenStream {
             dict: self.dict.clone(),
             tail: token_stream,
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/stemmer.rs b/src/tokenizer/stemmer.rs
index 8d7e68776..4bf7f905b 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/stemmer.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/stemmer.rs
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ impl Default for Stemmer {
 }
 
 impl TokenFilter for Stemmer {
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream> = StemmerTokenStream<T>;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream> = StemmerTokenStream<T>;
 
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T> {
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T> {
         let stemmer = rust_stemmers::Stemmer::create(self.stemmer_algorithm);
         StemmerTokenStream {
             tail: token_stream,
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/stop_word_filter/mod.rs b/src/tokenizer/stop_word_filter/mod.rs
index bd5ee6425..b5cc559e5 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/stop_word_filter/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/stop_word_filter/mod.rs
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ impl StopWordFilter {
 }
 
 impl TokenFilter for StopWordFilter {
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream> = StopWordFilterStream<T>;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream> = StopWordFilterStream<T>;
 
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T> {
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T> {
         StopWordFilterStream {
             words: self.words.clone(),
             tail: token_stream,
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/tokenizer.rs b/src/tokenizer/tokenizer.rs
index 4b34821ee..de6fde8d7 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/tokenizer.rs
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ dyn_clone::clone_trait_object!(BoxableTokenizer);
 /// A boxable `TokenFilter`, with its `Tokenizer` type erased.
 trait BoxableTokenFilter: 'static + Send + Sync + DynClone {
     /// Transforms a boxed token stream into a new one.
-    fn box_filter<'a>(&self, token_stream: Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a>) -> Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a>;
+    fn box_filter<'a>(
+        &'a mut self,
+        token_stream: Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a>,
+    ) -> Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a>;
 }
 
 impl<T: TokenFilter> BoxableTokenFilter for T {
-    fn box_filter<'a>(&self, token_stream: Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a>) -> Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a> {
+    fn box_filter<'a>(
+        &'a mut self,
+        token_stream: Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a>,
+    ) -> Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a> {
         Box::new(self.filter(token_stream))
     }
 }
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ impl TextAnalyzer {
     /// Creates a token stream for a given `str`.
     pub fn token_stream<'a>(&'a mut self, text: &'a str) -> Box<dyn TokenStream + 'a> {
         let mut token_stream = self.tokenizer.box_token_stream(text);
-        for token_filter in &self.token_filters {
+        for token_filter in self.token_filters.iter_mut() {
             token_stream = token_filter.0.box_filter(token_stream);
         }
         token_stream
@@ -154,7 +160,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut analyzer = TextAnalyzer::builder(WhitespaceTokenizer::default())
             .filter(AlphaNumOnlyFilter)
             .filter(RemoveLongFilter::limit(6))
-            .filter(LowerCaser)
+            .filter(LowerCaser::default())
             .build();
         let mut stream = analyzer.token_stream("- first bullet point");
         assert_eq!(stream.next().unwrap().text, "first");
@@ -167,7 +173,7 @@ mod tests {
             WhitespaceTokenizer::default(),
             vec![
                 BoxTokenFilter::from(AlphaNumOnlyFilter),
-                BoxTokenFilter::from(LowerCaser),
+                BoxTokenFilter::from(LowerCaser::default()),
                 BoxTokenFilter::from(RemoveLongFilter::limit(6)),
             ],
         );
diff --git a/src/tokenizer/tokenizer_manager.rs b/src/tokenizer/tokenizer_manager.rs
index a2be12390..44b05caa6 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer/tokenizer_manager.rs
+++ b/src/tokenizer/tokenizer_manager.rs
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ impl Default for TokenizerManager {
             "default",
             TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
                 .filter(RemoveLongFilter::limit(40))
-                .filter(LowerCaser)
+                .filter(LowerCaser::default())
                 .build(),
         );
         manager.register(
             "en_stem",
             TextAnalyzer::builder(SimpleTokenizer::default())
                 .filter(RemoveLongFilter::limit(40))
-                .filter(LowerCaser)
+                .filter(LowerCaser::default())
                 .filter(Stemmer::new(Language::English))
                 .build(),
         );
diff --git a/tokenizer-api/src/lib.rs b/tokenizer-api/src/lib.rs
index 179cbe39e..8f83bc2f1 100644
--- a/tokenizer-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokenizer-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ pub trait TokenStream {
 pub trait TokenFilter: 'static + Send + Sync + Clone {
     /// The Tokenizer type returned by this filter, typically parametrized by the underlying
     /// Tokenizer.
-    type OutputTokenStream<T: TokenStream>: TokenStream;
+    type OutputTokenStream<'a, T: TokenStream>: TokenStream;
     /// Filter a token stream and returns a new one.
-    fn filter<T: TokenStream>(&self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<T>;
+    fn filter<'a, T: TokenStream>(&'a mut self, token_stream: T) -> Self::OutputTokenStream<'a, T>;
     /// Wraps a Tokenizer and returns a new one.
     fn transform<T: Tokenizer>(self, tokenizer: T) -> FilteredTokenizer<T, Self> {
         FilteredTokenizer {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pub struct FilteredTokenizer<T: Tokenizer, F: TokenFilter> {
 }
 
 impl<T: Tokenizer, F: TokenFilter> Tokenizer for FilteredTokenizer<T, F> {
-    type TokenStream<'a> = F::OutputTokenStream<T::TokenStream<'a>>;
+    type TokenStream<'a> = F::OutputTokenStream<'a, T::TokenStream<'a>>;
 
     fn token_stream<'a>(&'a mut self, text: &'a str) -> Self::TokenStream<'a> {
         let token_stream = self.tokenizer.token_stream(text);