diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c485d91..6fefd67 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "aerosol"
-version = "1.0.0-alpha.3"
+version = "1.0.0-alpha.4"
 authors = ["Diggory Blake <diggsey@googlemail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Simple dependency injection for Rust"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ all-features = true
 [features]
 default = []
 async = ["async-trait"]
-axum = ["dep:axum", "async", "tracing", "thiserror", "anyhow"]
+axum = ["dep:axum", "async", "tracing", "thiserror"]
 
 [dependencies]
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async-trait = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 axum = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
 thiserror = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
-anyhow = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
+anyhow = { version = "1.0" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["macros"] }
diff --git a/src/async_constructible.rs b/src/async_constructible.rs
index 4ba3c0e..2a66727 100644
--- a/src/async_constructible.rs
+++ b/src/async_constructible.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait AsyncConstructible: Sized {
     /// Error type for when resource fails to be constructed.
-    type Error: Error + Send + Sync;
+    type Error: Into<anyhow::Error> + Send + Sync;
     /// Construct the resource with the provided application state.
     async fn construct_async(aero: &Aerosol) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>;
 }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl<T: Constructible> AsyncConstructible for T {
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait IndirectlyAsyncConstructible: Sized {
     /// Error type for when resource fails to be constructed.
-    type Error: Error + Send + Sync;
+    type Error: Into<anyhow::Error> + Send + Sync;
     /// Construct the resource with the provided application state.
     async fn construct_async(aero: &Aerosol) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>;
 }
diff --git a/src/resource.rs b/src/resource.rs
index 7515546..9c07a97 100644
--- a/src/resource.rs
+++ b/src/resource.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-use std::{
-    any::{type_name, Any},
-    error::Error,
-};
+use std::any::{type_name, Any};
 
 /// Bound on the types that can be used as an aerosol resource.
 pub trait Resource: Any + Send + Sync + Clone {}
@@ -15,10 +12,10 @@ pub(crate) fn unwrap_resource<T: Resource>(opt: Option<T>) -> T {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn unwrap_constructed<T: Resource, U>(res: Result<U, impl Error>) -> U {
+pub(crate) fn unwrap_constructed<T: Resource, U>(res: Result<U, impl Into<anyhow::Error>>) -> U {
     match res {
         Ok(x) => x,
-        Err(e) => panic!("Failed to construct `{}`: {}", type_name::<T>(), e),
+        Err(e) => panic!("Failed to construct `{}`: {}", type_name::<T>(), e.into()),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sync_constructible.rs b/src/sync_constructible.rs
index 721aa44..0ece9a6 100644
--- a/src/sync_constructible.rs
+++ b/src/sync_constructible.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{error::Error, sync::Arc};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::{
     resource::{unwrap_constructed, Resource},
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
 /// Implemented for values which can be constructed from other resources.
 pub trait Constructible: Sized {
     /// Error type for when resource fails to be constructed.
-    type Error: Error + Send + Sync;
+    type Error: Into<anyhow::Error> + Send + Sync;
     /// Construct the resource with the provided application state.
     fn construct(aero: &Aerosol) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>;
 }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub trait Constructible: Sized {
 /// Automatically implemented for values which can be indirectly constructed from other resources.
 pub trait IndirectlyConstructible: Sized {
     /// Error type for when resource fails to be constructed.
-    type Error: Error + Send + Sync;
+    type Error: Into<anyhow::Error> + Send + Sync;
     /// Construct the resource with the provided application state.
     fn construct(aero: &Aerosol) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>;
 }