diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5b50ef0811..f126d8a30b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ project("spring-messaging") {
 		compile(project(":spring-beans"))
 		compile(project(":spring-core"))
 		compile(project(":spring-context"))
-		optional("org.projectreactor:reactor-core:1.0.0.RELEASE")
-		optional("org.projectreactor:reactor-tcp:1.0.0.RELEASE")
+		optional("org.projectreactor:reactor-core:1.0.1.RELEASE")
+		optional("org.projectreactor:reactor-tcp:1.0.1.RELEASE")
 		optional("org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-server:${jettyVersion}") {
 			exclude group: "javax.servlet", module: "javax.servlet-api"
 		}
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ project("spring-websocket") {
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core:8.0.3")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:8.0.3")
 		testCompile("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-logging-juli:8.0.3")
-		testCompile("org.projectreactor:reactor-core:1.0.0.RELEASE")
-		testCompile("org.projectreactor:reactor-tcp:1.0.0.RELEASE")
+		testCompile("org.projectreactor:reactor-core:1.0.1.RELEASE")
+		testCompile("org.projectreactor:reactor-tcp:1.0.1.RELEASE")
 		testCompile("log4j:log4j:1.2.17")
 		testCompile("org.slf4j:slf4j-jcl:${slf4jVersion}")
 	}
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorTcpClient.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorTcpClient.java
index 5fb62790c8..61c5d49f83 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorTcpClient.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorTcpClient.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.messaging.tcp.reactor;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ import reactor.tuple.Tuple2;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of {@link org.springframework.messaging.tcp.TcpOperations}
- * based on the Reactor project.
+ * based on the TCP client support of the Reactor project.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 4.0
@@ -60,7 +61,9 @@ public class ReactorTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 
 	private final static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ReactorTcpClient.class);
 
-	private TcpClient<Message<P>, Message<P>> tcpClient;
+	private final TcpClient<Message<P>, Message<P>> tcpClient;
+
+	private final Environment environment;
 
 
 	/**
@@ -76,12 +79,18 @@ public class ReactorTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 	 * @param codec the codec to use for encoding and decoding the TCP stream
 	 */
 	public ReactorTcpClient(String host, int port, Codec<Buffer, Message<P>, Message<P>> codec) {
+
+		// Revisit in 1.1: is Environment still required w/ sync dispatcher?
+		this.environment = new Environment();
+
 		this.tcpClient = new TcpClientSpec<Message<P>, Message<P>>(REACTOR_TCP_CLIENT_TYPE)
-				.env(new Environment())
+				.env(this.environment)
 				.codec(codec)
 				.connect(host, port)
 				.synchronousDispatcher()
 				.get();
+
+		checkReactorVersion();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -96,6 +105,20 @@ public class ReactorTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 	public ReactorTcpClient(TcpClient<Message<P>, Message<P>> tcpClient) {
 		Assert.notNull(tcpClient, "'tcpClient' must not be null");
 		this.tcpClient = tcpClient;
+		this.environment = null;
+		checkReactorVersion();
+	}
+
+	private static void checkReactorVersion() {
+		Class<?> type = null;
+		try {
+			type = ReactorTcpClient.class.getClassLoader().loadClass("reactor.event.dispatch.BaseDispatcher");
+			Assert.isTrue(Modifier.isPublic(type.getModifiers()),
+					"Detected older version of reactor-tcp. Switch to 1.0.1.RELEASE or higher.");
+		}
+		catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+			// Ignore, must be 1.1+
+		}
 	}
 
 
@@ -190,13 +213,19 @@ public class ReactorTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 
 	@Override
 	public ListenableFuture<Void> shutdown() {
-		Promise<Void> promise = this.tcpClient.close();
-		return new AbstractPromiseToListenableFutureAdapter<Void, Void>(promise) {
-			@Override
-			protected Void adapt(Void result) {
-				return result;
-			}
-		};
+		try {
+			Promise<Void> promise = this.tcpClient.close();
+			return new AbstractPromiseToListenableFutureAdapter<Void, Void>(promise) {
+				@Override
+				protected Void adapt(Void result) {
+					return result;
+				}
+			};
+		}
+		finally {
+			this.environment.shutdown();
+
+		}
 	}
 
 }
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