diff --git a/.cargo_vcs_info.json b/.cargo_vcs_info.json
index d38e4ea..548f675 100644
--- a/.cargo_vcs_info.json
+++ b/.cargo_vcs_info.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "git": {
-    "sha1": "5e0f59a9990c032c33e1db16a6bfc64b4ab6102d"
+    "sha1": "721382b00b5dadd81954ed66764d547e2f1bb7a3"
   },
   "path_in_vcs": "crossbeam-channel"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index e9f9698..6af581d 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     host_supported: true,
     crate_name: "crossbeam_channel",
     cargo_env_compat: true,
-    cargo_pkg_version: "0.5.6",
+    cargo_pkg_version: "0.5.7",
     srcs: ["src/lib.rs"],
     edition: "2018",
     features: [
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f0d11e6..3277f15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Version 0.5.7
+
+- Improve handling of very large timeout. (#953)
+
 # Version 0.5.6
 
 - Bump the minimum supported Rust version to 1.38. (#877)
diff --git a/Cargo.lock.saved b/Cargo.lock
similarity index 67%
rename from Cargo.lock.saved
rename to Cargo.lock
index e40f836..e4b10f4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock.saved
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.5.7"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "crossbeam-utils",
@@ -21,19 +21,18 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
-version = "0.8.11"
+version = "0.8.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "51887d4adc7b564537b15adcfb307936f8075dfcd5f00dde9a9f1d29383682bc"
+checksum = "3c063cd8cc95f5c377ed0d4b49a4b21f632396ff690e8470c29b3359b346984b"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "once_cell",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4eb1a864a501629691edf6c15a593b7a51eebaa1e8468e9ddc623de7c9b58ec6"
+checksum = "c05aeb6a22b8f62540c194aac980f2115af067bfe15a0734d7277a768d396b31"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
@@ -42,40 +41,34 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.1.19"
+version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+checksum = "ee512640fe35acbfb4bb779db6f0d80704c2cacfa2e39b601ef3e3f47d1ae4c7"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.126"
+version = "0.2.139"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "349d5a591cd28b49e1d1037471617a32ddcda5731b99419008085f72d5a53836"
+checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
-version = "1.13.1"
+version = "1.15.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "19e64526ebdee182341572e50e9ad03965aa510cd94427a4549448f285e957a1"
+checksum = "0fac9e2da13b5eb447a6ce3d392f23a29d8694bff781bf03a16cd9ac8697593b"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "once_cell"
-version = "1.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18a6dbe30758c9f83eb00cbea4ac95966305f5a7772f3f42ebfc7fc7eddbd8e1"
-
-[[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eb9f9e6e233e5c4a35559a617bf40a4ec447db2e84c20b55a6f83167b7e57872"
+checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
@@ -100,18 +93,18 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d34f1408f55294453790c48b2f1ebbb1c5b4b7563eb1f418bcfcfdbb06ebb4e7"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook"
-version = "0.3.14"
+version = "0.3.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a253b5e89e2698464fc26b545c9edceb338e18a89effeeecfea192c3025be29d"
+checksum = "732768f1176d21d09e076c23a93123d40bba92d50c4058da34d45c8de8e682b9"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "signal-hook-registry",
@@ -119,9 +112,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e51e73328dc4ac0c7ccbda3a494dfa03df1de2f46018127f60c693f2648455b0"
+checksum = "d8229b473baa5980ac72ef434c4415e70c4b5e71b423043adb4ba059f89c99a1"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 619fad4..b0e95c3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 edition = "2018"
 rust-version = "1.38"
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.5.7"
 description = "Multi-producer multi-consumer channels for message passing"
 homepage = "https://github.com/crossbeam-rs/crossbeam/tree/master/crossbeam-channel"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml.orig b/Cargo.toml.orig
index 8089202..25c3678 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml.orig
+++ b/Cargo.toml.orig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # - Update CHANGELOG.md
 # - Update README.md
 # - Create "crossbeam-channel-X.Y.Z" git tag
-version = "0.5.6"
+version = "0.5.7"
 edition = "2018"
 rust-version = "1.38"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/METADATA b/METADATA
index d482420..d824734 100644
--- a/METADATA
+++ b/METADATA
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
   }
   url {
     type: ARCHIVE
-    value: "https://static.crates.io/crates/crossbeam-channel/crossbeam-channel-0.5.6.crate"
+    value: "https://static.crates.io/crates/crossbeam-channel/crossbeam-channel-0.5.7.crate"
   }
-  version: "0.5.6"
+  version: "0.5.7"
   license_type: NOTICE
   last_upgrade_date {
-    year: 2022
-    month: 12
-    day: 8
+    year: 2023
+    month: 3
+    day: 6
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/channel.rs b/src/channel.rs
index 800fe63..bd24115 100644
--- a/src/channel.rs
+++ b/src/channel.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 };
 use crate::flavors;
 use crate::select::{Operation, SelectHandle, Token};
-use crate::utils;
 
 /// Creates a channel of unbounded capacity.
 ///
@@ -160,7 +159,7 @@
 /// let ms = |ms| Duration::from_millis(ms);
 ///
 /// // Returns `true` if `a` and `b` are very close `Instant`s.
-/// let eq = |a, b| a + ms(50) > b && b + ms(50) > a;
+/// let eq = |a, b| a + ms(60) > b && b + ms(60) > a;
 ///
 /// let start = Instant::now();
 /// let r = after(ms(100));
@@ -172,8 +171,11 @@
 /// assert!(eq(Instant::now(), start + ms(500)));
 /// ```
 pub fn after(duration: Duration) -> Receiver<Instant> {
-    Receiver {
-        flavor: ReceiverFlavor::At(Arc::new(flavors::at::Channel::new_timeout(duration))),
+    match Instant::now().checked_add(duration) {
+        Some(deadline) => Receiver {
+            flavor: ReceiverFlavor::At(Arc::new(flavors::at::Channel::new_deadline(deadline))),
+        },
+        None => never(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -320,8 +322,14 @@
 /// assert!(eq(Instant::now(), start + ms(700)));
 /// ```
 pub fn tick(duration: Duration) -> Receiver<Instant> {
-    Receiver {
-        flavor: ReceiverFlavor::Tick(Arc::new(flavors::tick::Channel::new(duration))),
+    match Instant::now().checked_add(duration) {
+        Some(delivery_time) => Receiver {
+            flavor: ReceiverFlavor::Tick(Arc::new(flavors::tick::Channel::new(
+                delivery_time,
+                duration,
+            ))),
+        },
+        None => never(),
     }
 }
 
@@ -474,7 +482,10 @@
     /// );
     /// ```
     pub fn send_timeout(&self, msg: T, timeout: Duration) -> Result<(), SendTimeoutError<T>> {
-        self.send_deadline(msg, utils::convert_timeout_to_deadline(timeout))
+        match Instant::now().checked_add(timeout) {
+            Some(deadline) => self.send_deadline(msg, deadline),
+            None => self.send(msg).map_err(SendTimeoutError::from),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Waits for a message to be sent into the channel, but only until a given deadline.
@@ -864,7 +875,10 @@
     /// );
     /// ```
     pub fn recv_timeout(&self, timeout: Duration) -> Result<T, RecvTimeoutError> {
-        self.recv_deadline(utils::convert_timeout_to_deadline(timeout))
+        match Instant::now().checked_add(timeout) {
+            Some(deadline) => self.recv_deadline(deadline),
+            None => self.recv().map_err(RecvTimeoutError::from),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Waits for a message to be received from the channel, but only before a given deadline.
diff --git a/src/flavors/at.rs b/src/flavors/at.rs
index ca5ee60..515c4e3 100644
--- a/src/flavors/at.rs
+++ b/src/flavors/at.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::thread;
-use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use std::time::Instant;
 
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::err::{RecvTimeoutError, TryRecvError};
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
             received: AtomicBool::new(false),
         }
     }
-    /// Creates a channel that delivers a message after a certain duration of time.
-    #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn new_timeout(dur: Duration) -> Self {
-        Self::new_deadline(utils::convert_timeout_to_deadline(dur))
-    }
 
     /// Attempts to receive a message without blocking.
     #[inline]
diff --git a/src/flavors/tick.rs b/src/flavors/tick.rs
index 4201b6e..d38f6a5 100644
--- a/src/flavors/tick.rs
+++ b/src/flavors/tick.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::err::{RecvTimeoutError, TryRecvError};
 use crate::select::{Operation, SelectHandle, Token};
-use crate::utils;
 
 /// Result of a receive operation.
 pub(crate) type TickToken = Option<Instant>;
@@ -27,9 +26,9 @@
 impl Channel {
     /// Creates a channel that delivers messages periodically.
     #[inline]
-    pub(crate) fn new(dur: Duration) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(delivery_time: Instant, dur: Duration) -> Self {
         Channel {
-            delivery_time: AtomicCell::new(utils::convert_timeout_to_deadline(dur)),
+            delivery_time: AtomicCell::new(delivery_time),
             duration: dur,
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/select.rs b/src/select.rs
index 57d67a3..3eb0b97 100644
--- a/src/select.rs
+++ b/src/select.rs
@@ -487,7 +487,10 @@
     handles: &mut [(&'a dyn SelectHandle, usize, *const u8)],
     timeout: Duration,
 ) -> Result<SelectedOperation<'a>, SelectTimeoutError> {
-    select_deadline(handles, utils::convert_timeout_to_deadline(timeout))
+    match Instant::now().checked_add(timeout) {
+        Some(deadline) => select_deadline(handles, deadline),
+        None => Ok(select(handles)),
+    }
 }
 
 /// Blocks until a given deadline, or until one of the operations becomes ready and selects it.
@@ -1045,7 +1048,10 @@
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub fn ready_timeout(&mut self, timeout: Duration) -> Result<usize, ReadyTimeoutError> {
-        self.ready_deadline(utils::convert_timeout_to_deadline(timeout))
+        match Instant::now().checked_add(timeout) {
+            Some(deadline) => self.ready_deadline(deadline),
+            None => Ok(self.ready()),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Blocks until a given deadline, or until one of the operations becomes ready.
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 9f14c8e..f623f27 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -56,11 +56,3 @@
         }
     }
 }
-
-// https://github.com/crossbeam-rs/crossbeam/issues/795
-pub(crate) fn convert_timeout_to_deadline(timeout: Duration) -> Instant {
-    match Instant::now().checked_add(timeout) {
-        Some(deadline) => deadline,
-        None => Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(86400 * 365 * 30),
-    }
-}
diff --git a/tests/golang.rs b/tests/golang.rs
index 8050716..41149f4 100644
--- a/tests/golang.rs
+++ b/tests/golang.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //!   - https://golang.org/LICENSE
 //!   - https://golang.org/PATENTS
 
-#![allow(clippy::mutex_atomic, clippy::redundant_clone)]
+#![allow(clippy::redundant_clone)]
 
 use std::alloc::{GlobalAlloc, Layout, System};
 use std::any::Any;
diff --git a/tests/ready.rs b/tests/ready.rs
index d8dd6ce..6e3fb2b 100644
--- a/tests/ready.rs
+++ b/tests/ready.rs
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)] // this test makes timing assumptions, but Miri is so slow it violates them
 fn default_only() {
     let start = Instant::now();