diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 11d373e..4cd4528 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
-version = "1.1.3"
+version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+checksum = "ddd31a130427c27518df266943a5308ed92d4b226cc639f5a8f1002816174301"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ version = "1.0.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5192cca8006f1fd4f7237516f40fa183bb07f8fbdfedaa0036de5ea9b0b45e78"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-trait"
+version = "0.1.89"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -80,20 +91,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bson"
-version = "3.0.0"
+version = "3.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "74c1c1044eb5689370b9da714b543a4a8d15601f4a68538dcadcf9c41b916aff"
+checksum = "b3f109694c4f45353972af96bf97d8a057f82e2d6e496457f4d135b9867a518c"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "base64",
  "bitvec",
- "getrandom 0.2.16",
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "hex",
  "indexmap",
  "js-sys",
- "once_cell",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
  "serde_bytes",
  "simdutf8",
  "thiserror",
@@ -115,9 +124,9 @@ checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.10.1"
+version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d71b6127be86fdcfddb610f7182ac57211d4b18a3e9c82eb2d17662f2227ad6a"
+checksum = "b35204fbdc0b3f4446b89fc1ac2cf84a8a68971995d0bf2e925ec7cd960f9cb3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cast"
@@ -160,18 +169,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "4.5.50"
+version = "4.5.53"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c2cfd7bf8a6017ddaa4e32ffe7403d547790db06bd171c1c53926faab501623"
+checksum = "c9e340e012a1bf4935f5282ed1436d1489548e8f72308207ea5df0e23d2d03f8"
 dependencies = [
  "clap_builder",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap_builder"
-version = "4.5.50"
+version = "4.5.53"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0a4c05b9e80c5ccd3a7ef080ad7b6ba7d6fc00a985b8b157197075677c82c7a0"
+checksum = "d76b5d13eaa18c901fd2f7fca939fefe3a0727a953561fefdf3b2922b8569d00"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
@@ -288,6 +297,7 @@ checksum = "77ce24cb58228fbb8aa041425bb1050850ac19177686ea6e0f41a70416f56fdb"
 name = "forceps"
 version = "0.4.1"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
  "bson",
  "bytes",
  "criterion",
@@ -295,9 +305,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "lru",
  "md5",
  "parking_lot 0.12.5",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
+ "serde",
  "sled",
  "tokio",
+ "twox-hash",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -332,10 +344,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "335ff9f135e4384c8150d6f27c6daed433577f86b4750418338c01a1a2528592"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "wasi",
- "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -365,9 +375,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.16.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5419bdc4f6a9207fbeba6d11b604d481addf78ecd10c11ad51e76c2f6482748d"
+checksum = "841d1cc9bed7f9236f321df977030373f4a4163ae1a7dbfe1a51a2c1a51d9100"
 dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
  "equivalent",
@@ -382,9 +392,9 @@ checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
-version = "2.12.0"
+version = "2.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6717a8d2a5a929a1a2eb43a12812498ed141a0bcfb7e8f7844fbdbe4303bba9f"
+checksum = "0ad4bb2b565bca0645f4d68c5c9af97fba094e9791da685bf83cb5f3ce74acf2"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown",
@@ -416,9 +426,9 @@ checksum = "4a5f13b858c8d314ee3e8f639011f7ccefe71f97f96e50151fb991f267928e2c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
-version = "0.3.81"
+version = "0.3.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec48937a97411dcb524a265206ccd4c90bb711fca92b2792c407f268825b9305"
+checksum = "464a3709c7f55f1f721e5389aa6ea4e3bc6aba669353300af094b29ffbdde1d8"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -426,9 +436,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.177"
+version = "0.2.178"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2874a2af47a2325c2001a6e6fad9b16a53b802102b528163885171cf92b15976"
+checksum = "37c93d8daa9d8a012fd8ab92f088405fb202ea0b6ab73ee2482ae66af4f42091"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
@@ -441,9 +451,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
-version = "0.4.28"
+version = "0.4.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34080505efa8e45a4b816c349525ebe327ceaa8559756f0356cba97ef3bf7432"
+checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "lru"
@@ -612,9 +622,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
-version = "1.0.41"
+version = "1.0.42"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ce25767e7b499d1b604768e7cde645d14cc8584231ea6b295e9c9eb22c02e1d1"
+checksum = "a338cc41d27e6cc6dce6cefc13a0729dfbb81c262b1f519331575dd80ef3067f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
@@ -631,14 +641,35 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -648,7 +679,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.16",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -809,9 +849,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
-version = "1.4.6"
+version = "1.4.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b2a4719bff48cee6b39d12c020eeb490953ad2443b7055bd0b21fca26bd8c28b"
+checksum = "7664a098b8e616bdfcc2dc0e9ac44eb231eedf41db4e9fe95d8d32ec728dedad"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
@@ -854,11 +894,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "static_assertions"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "2.0.108"
+version = "2.0.111"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da58917d35242480a05c2897064da0a80589a2a0476c9a3f2fdc83b53502e917"
+checksum = "390cc9a294ab71bdb1aa2e99d13be9c753cd2d7bd6560c77118597410c4d2e87"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -960,21 +1006,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "twox-hash"
+version = "1.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97fee6b57c6a41524a810daee9286c02d7752c4253064d0b05472833a438f675"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "static_assertions",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
-version = "1.0.20"
+version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "462eeb75aeb73aea900253ce739c8e18a67423fadf006037cd3ff27e82748a06"
+checksum = "9312f7c4f6ff9069b165498234ce8be658059c6728633667c526e27dc2cf1df5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.18.1"
+version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f87b8aa10b915a06587d0dec516c282ff295b475d94abf425d62b57710070a2"
+checksum = "e2e054861b4bd027cd373e18e8d8d8e6548085000e41290d95ce0c373a654b4a"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "js-sys",
- "serde",
+ "serde_core",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -1011,9 +1068,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c1da10c01ae9f1ae40cbfac0bac3b1e724b320abfcf52229f80b547c0d250e2d"
+checksum = "0d759f433fa64a2d763d1340820e46e111a7a5ab75f993d1852d70b03dbb80fd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "once_cell",
@@ -1022,25 +1079,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
-version = "0.2.104"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "671c9a5a66f49d8a47345ab942e2cb93c7d1d0339065d4f8139c486121b43b19"
-dependencies = [
- "bumpalo",
- "log",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-shared",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ca60477e4c59f5f2986c50191cd972e3a50d8a95603bc9434501cf156a9a119"
+checksum = "48cb0d2638f8baedbc542ed444afc0644a29166f1595371af4fecf8ce1e7eeb3"
 dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
@@ -1048,31 +1091,31 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f07d2f20d4da7b26400c9f4a0511e6e0345b040694e8a75bd41d578fa4421d7"
+checksum = "cefb59d5cd5f92d9dcf80e4683949f15ca4b511f4ac0a6e14d4e1ac60c6ecd40"
 dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn",
- "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
-version = "0.2.104"
+version = "0.2.106"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bad67dc8b2a1a6e5448428adec4c3e84c43e561d8c9ee8a9e5aabeb193ec41d1"
+checksum = "cbc538057e648b67f72a982e708d485b2efa771e1ac05fec311f9f63e5800db4"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "web-sys"
-version = "0.3.81"
+version = "0.3.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9367c417a924a74cae129e6a2ae3b47fabb1f8995595ab474029da749a8be120"
+checksum = "9b32828d774c412041098d182a8b38b16ea816958e07cf40eec2bc080ae137ac"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
@@ -1215,18 +1258,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy"
-version = "0.8.27"
+version = "0.8.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0894878a5fa3edfd6da3f88c4805f4c8558e2b996227a3d864f47fe11e38282c"
+checksum = "fd74ec98b9250adb3ca554bdde269adf631549f51d8a8f8f0a10b50f1cb298c3"
 dependencies = [
  "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zerocopy-derive"
-version = "0.8.27"
+version = "0.8.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "88d2b8d9c68ad2b9e4340d7832716a4d21a22a1154777ad56ea55c51a9cf3831"
+checksum = "d8a8d209fdf45cf5138cbb5a506f6b52522a25afccc534d1475dad8e31105c6a"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 22b9c65..9080c32 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,18 +16,26 @@ categories = [
 ]
 edition = "2024"
 
+[features]
+default = ["md5"]
+md5 = ["dep:md5"]
+xxhash = ["dep:twox-hash"]
+
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+async-trait = "0.1.50"
 bson = "3.0.0"
-sled = "0.34.7"
-hex = "0.4.3"
-md5 = "0.8.0"
-rand = "0.9.2"
-tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["fs", "io-util"] }
 bytes = "1.10.1"
+hex = "0.4.3"
 lru = "0.16.2"
+md5 = { version = "0.8.0", optional = true }
 parking_lot = "0.12.5"
+rand = { version = "0.9.2", features = ["small_rng"], default-features = false}
+serde = {version = "1.0.125", features = ["derive"]}
+sled = "0.34.7"
+tokio = {version = "1.48.0", features = ["fs", "io-util"]}
+twox-hash = { version = "1.6.3", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/cache.rs b/src/cache.rs
index aebf748..ef24dc7 100644
--- a/src/cache.rs
+++ b/src/cache.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pub use builder::CacheBuilder;
 
 use crate::{ForcepError, MetaDb, Metadata, Result, mem_cache::MemCache};
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use sled::Db;
 use std::io;
 use std::path;
 use std::result;
@@ -116,6 +117,11 @@ impl Cache {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Gets a reference to the underlying meta database.
+    pub fn get_meta_db_ref(&self) -> &Db {
+        self.meta.get_db_ref()
+    }
+
     /// Creates a PathBuf based on the key provided
     fn path_from_key(&self, key: &[u8]) -> path::PathBuf {
         let hex = hex::encode(key);
diff --git a/src/evictors.rs b/src/evictors.rs
index 1efcecd..35c8850 100644
--- a/src/evictors.rs
+++ b/src/evictors.rs
@@ -273,14 +273,14 @@ impl LruEvictor {
 impl MinSzEvictor for LruEvictor {
     type Candidate = LruEc;
 
-    #[inline]
-    fn min_size(&self) -> u64 {
-        self.min_sz
-    }
     #[inline]
     fn batch_size(&self) -> usize {
         self.batch_size
     }
+    #[inline]
+    fn min_size(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.min_sz
+    }
 }
 impl Evictor for LruEvictor {
     type Err = ForcepError;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 922042f..e8be7bc 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 #![warn(rustdoc::broken_intra_doc_links)]
 
+#[cfg(all(feature = "md5", feature = "xxhash"))]
+compile_error!("feature \"md5\" and feature \"xxhash\" cannot be enabled at the same time");
+
 use std::error;
 use std::io;
 
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ pub use cache::{Cache, CacheBuilder};
 
 mod metadata;
 pub(crate) use metadata::MetaDb;
-pub use metadata::{Md5Bytes, Metadata};
+pub use metadata::{HashBytes, Metadata};
 
 /// A collection of [`Cache`] eviction algorithms and generics
 ///
diff --git a/src/mem_cache.rs b/src/mem_cache.rs
index 5c329d3..fb01531 100644
--- a/src/mem_cache.rs
+++ b/src/mem_cache.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-use crate::Md5Bytes;
+use crate::HashBytes;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use lru::LruCache;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
-type Lru = LruCache<Md5Bytes, Bytes>;
+type Lru = LruCache<HashBytes, Bytes>;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "md5")]
 #[inline]
-fn hash_key(k: &[u8]) -> Md5Bytes {
+fn hash_key(k: &[u8]) -> HashBytes {
     md5::compute(k).into()
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "xxhash")]
+#[inline]
+fn hash_key(k: &[u8]) -> HashBytes {
+    twox_hash::xxh3::hash128(k).to_be_bytes()
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct MemCacheInner {
     cache: Mutex<Lru>,
diff --git a/src/metadata.rs b/src/metadata.rs
index a21b181..697b9a9 100644
--- a/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/metadata.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use crate::{ForcepError, Result};
 use std::path;
 use std::time;
 
-/// Type definition for an array of bytes that make up an `md5` hash.
-pub type Md5Bytes = [u8; 16];
+/// Type definition for an array of bytes that make up an 16-byte hash (e.g., md5, xx3, etc.).
+pub type HashBytes = [u8; 16];
 
 /// Metadata information about a certain entry in the cache
 ///
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub struct Metadata {
     /// Number of times this entry has been HIT (total accesses)
     hits: u64,
     /// Md5 hash of the underlying data
-    integrity: Md5Bytes,
+    integrity: HashBytes,
 }
 
 /// Database for cache entry metadata
@@ -58,12 +58,21 @@ fn now_since_epoch() -> u64 {
 impl Metadata {
     /// Creates a new instance of [`Metadata`] from the given `data`
     pub(crate) fn new(data: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        #[cfg(feature = "md5")]
+        let hash = md5::compute(data).0;
+        #[cfg(feature = "xxhash")]
+        let hash = twox_hash::xxh3::hash128(data).to_be_bytes();
+
+        Self::new_with_hash(data, hash)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn new_with_hash(data: &[u8], hash: HashBytes) -> Self {
         Self {
             size: data.len() as u64,
             last_modified: now_since_epoch(),
             last_accessed: now_since_epoch(),
             hits: 0,
-            integrity: md5::compute(data).into(),
+            integrity: hash,
         }
     }
 
@@ -199,16 +208,20 @@ impl Metadata {
         self.last_accessed
     }
 
-    /// Retrieves the internal [`Md5Bytes`] integrity of the corresponding metadata entry.
+    /// Retrieves the internal [`HashBytes`] integrity of the corresponding metadata entry.
     #[inline]
-    pub fn get_integrity(&self) -> &Md5Bytes {
+    pub fn get_integrity(&self) -> &HashBytes {
         &self.integrity
     }
 
     /// Verifies that the metadata integrity matches the integrity of the data provided.
     #[inline]
     pub fn check_integrity_of(&self, data: &[u8]) -> bool {
-        let other_integrity: Md5Bytes = md5::compute(data).into();
+        #[cfg(feature = "md5")]
+        let other_integrity: HashBytes = md5::compute(data).into();
+        #[cfg(feature = "xxhash")]
+        let other_integrity: HashBytes = twox_hash::xxh3::hash128(data).to_be_bytes();
+
         other_integrity == self.integrity
     }
 }
@@ -221,6 +234,10 @@ impl MetaDb {
             .map(|db| Self { db })
     }
 
+    pub fn get_db_ref(&self) -> &sled::Db {
+        &self.db
+    }
+
     /// Retrieves an entry in the metadata database with the corresponding key.
     pub fn get_metadata(&self, key: &[u8]) -> Result<Metadata> {
         let data = match self.db.get(key) {