diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d6d1d0fb2f4..56411edacf4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5
 	github.com/mholt/acmez v1.2.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.15.1
-	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.39.1
+	github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.40.0
 	github.com/smallstep/certificates v0.25.0
 	github.com/smallstep/nosql v0.6.0
 	github.com/smallstep/truststore v0.12.1
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.9.5 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.3.4 // indirect
+	github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/smallstep/go-attestation v0.4.4-0.20230627102604-cf579e53cbd2 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.2.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 07bf90d1ce7..7b5857e0ef9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -467,10 +467,10 @@ github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0 h1:wzCHvIvM5SxWqYvwgVL7yJY8Lz3PKn49KQtpgMYJf
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0/go.mod h1:+pB4zwohETzFnmlpe6yd2lSc+0/46IYZRB/chUwxUZY=
 github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.4.0 h1:Cr9BXA1sQS2SmDUWjSofMPNKmvF6IiIfDRmgU0w1ZCo=
 github.com/quic-go/qpack v0.4.0/go.mod h1:UZVnYIfi5GRk+zI9UMaCPsmZ2xKJP7XBUvVyT1Knj9A=
-github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.3.4 h1:MfFAPULvst4yoMgY9QmtpYmfij/em7O8UUi+bNVm7Cg=
-github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.3.4/go.mod h1:X9Nh97ZL80Z+bX/gUXMbipO6OxdiDi58b/fMC9mAL+k=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.39.1 h1:d/m3oaN/SD2c+f7/yEjZxe2zEVotXprnrCCJ2y/ZZFE=
-github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.39.1/go.mod h1:T09QsDQWjLiQ74ZmacDfqZmhY/NLnw5BC40MANNNZ1Q=
+github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.4.1 h1:D33340mCNDAIKBqXuAvexTNMUByrYmFYVfKfDN5nfFs=
+github.com/quic-go/qtls-go1-20 v0.4.1/go.mod h1:X9Nh97ZL80Z+bX/gUXMbipO6OxdiDi58b/fMC9mAL+k=
+github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.40.0 h1:GYd1iznlKm7dpHD7pOVpUvItgMPo/jrMgDWZhMCecqw=
+github.com/quic-go/quic-go v0.40.0/go.mod h1:PeN7kuVJ4xZbxSv/4OX6S1USOX8MJvydwpTx31vx60c=
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/server.go b/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
index b9861918900..d060738f1dc 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/server.go
@@ -318,8 +318,7 @@ func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		// so we can track the number of bytes read from it
 		var bodyReader *lengthReader
 		if r.Body != nil {
-			bodyReader = getLengthReader(r.Body)
-			defer putLengthReader(bodyReader)
+			bodyReader = &lengthReader{Source: r.Body}
 			r.Body = bodyReader
 		}
 
@@ -903,24 +902,6 @@ type lengthReader struct {
 	Length int
 }
 
-var lengthReaderPool = sync.Pool{
-	New: func() interface{} {
-		return &lengthReader{}
-	},
-}
-
-func getLengthReader(source io.ReadCloser) *lengthReader {
-	reader := lengthReaderPool.Get().(*lengthReader)
-	reader.Source = source
-	return reader
-}
-
-func putLengthReader(reader *lengthReader) {
-	reader.Source = nil
-	reader.Length = 0
-	lengthReaderPool.Put(reader)
-}
-
 func (r *lengthReader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	n, err := r.Source.Read(b)
 	r.Length += n
diff --git a/usagepool.go b/usagepool.go
index 7007849fb95..e011be961d0 100644
--- a/usagepool.go
+++ b/usagepool.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (up *UsagePool) LoadOrNew(key any, construct Constructor) (value any, loade
 // LoadOrStore loads the value associated with key from the pool if it
 // already exists, or stores it if it does not exist. It returns the
 // value that was either loaded or stored, and true if the value already
-// existed and was
+// existed and was loaded, false if the value didn't exist and was stored.
 func (up *UsagePool) LoadOrStore(key, val any) (value any, loaded bool) {
 	var upv *usagePoolVal
 	up.Lock()