diff --git a/ntex-connect/Cargo.toml b/ntex-connect/Cargo.toml
index ced3b1e2..57b8d596 100644
--- a/ntex-connect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-connect/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ glommio = ["ntex-rt/glommio", "ntex-glommio"]
 async-std = ["ntex-rt/async-std", "ntex-async-std"]
 
 [dependencies]
-ntex-service = "0.4.0-beta.0"
+ntex-service = "1.0.0-beta.0"
 ntex-bytes = "0.1.15"
 ntex-http = "0.1.8"
 ntex-io = "0.2.0-beta.0"
diff --git a/ntex-io/Cargo.toml b/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
index af4c906c..72fb8388 100644
--- a/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 ntex-codec = "0.6.2"
 ntex-bytes = "0.1.14"
 ntex-util = "0.2.0-beta.0"
-ntex-service = "0.4.0-beta.0"
+ntex-service = "1.0.0-beta.0"
 
 bitflags = "1.3"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/ntex-service/Cargo.toml b/ntex-service/Cargo.toml
index 1b24e4af..1ee12fc1 100644
--- a/ntex-service/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-service/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ntex-service"
-version = "0.4.0-beta.0"
+version = "1.0.0-beta.0"
 authors = ["ntex contributors <team@ntex.rs>"]
 description = "ntex service"
 keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
diff --git a/ntex-service/src/lib.rs b/ntex-service/src/lib.rs
index 00260cae..576f109e 100644
--- a/ntex-service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ntex-service/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! See [`Service`] docs for information on this crate's foundational trait.
 
 #![deny(rust_2018_idioms, warnings)]
-#![allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
+// #![allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
 
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::rc::Rc;
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ mod map;
 mod map_config;
 mod map_err;
 mod map_init_err;
+mod middleware;
 mod pipeline;
 mod then;
-mod transform;
 
 pub use self::apply::{apply_fn, apply_fn_factory};
 pub use self::fn_service::{fn_factory, fn_factory_with_config, fn_service};
 pub use self::map_config::{map_config, unit_config};
+pub use self::middleware::{apply, Identity, Middleware, Stack};
 pub use self::pipeline::{pipeline, pipeline_factory, Pipeline, PipelineFactory};
-pub use self::transform::{apply, Identity, Middleware, Stack};
 
 #[allow(unused_variables)]
 /// An asynchronous function of `Request` to a `Response`.
@@ -369,6 +369,6 @@ pub mod dev {
     pub use crate::map_config::{MapConfig, UnitConfig};
     pub use crate::map_err::{MapErr, MapErrFactory};
     pub use crate::map_init_err::MapInitErr;
+    pub use crate::middleware::ApplyMiddleware;
     pub use crate::then::{Then, ThenFactory};
-    pub use crate::transform::ApplyMiddleware;
 }
diff --git a/ntex-service/src/transform.rs b/ntex-service/src/middleware.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from ntex-service/src/transform.rs
rename to ntex-service/src/middleware.rs
index 969fc2aa..8b9176ef 100644
--- a/ntex-service/src/transform.rs
+++ b/ntex-service/src/middleware.rs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[ntex::test]
-    async fn transform() {
+    async fn middleware() {
         let factory = apply(
             Rc::new(Tr(marker::PhantomData).clone()),
             fn_service(|i: usize| Ready::<_, ()>::Ok(i * 2)),
diff --git a/ntex-service/src/pipeline.rs b/ntex-service/src/pipeline.rs
index 1e256693..7cbb46fb 100644
--- a/ntex-service/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/ntex-service/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use crate::and_then::{AndThen, AndThenFactory};
 use crate::map::{Map, MapFactory};
 use crate::map_err::{MapErr, MapErrFactory};
 use crate::map_init_err::MapInitErr;
+use crate::middleware::{ApplyMiddleware, Middleware};
 use crate::then::{Then, ThenFactory};
-use crate::transform::{ApplyMiddleware, Middleware};
 use crate::{IntoService, IntoServiceFactory, Service, ServiceFactory};
 
 /// Constructs new pipeline with one service in pipeline chain.
diff --git a/ntex-tls/Cargo.toml b/ntex-tls/Cargo.toml
index 1af32b68..4454d634 100644
--- a/ntex-tls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-tls/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rustls = ["tls_rust"]
 ntex-bytes = "0.1.14"
 ntex-io = "0.2.0-beta.0"
 ntex-util = "0.2.0-beta.0"
-ntex-service = "0.4.0-beta.0"
+ntex-service = "1.0.0-beta.0"
 log = "0.4"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 
diff --git a/ntex-util/Cargo.toml b/ntex-util/Cargo.toml
index 8437cbd7..f88df824 100644
--- a/ntex-util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-util/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 ntex-rt = "0.4.6"
-ntex-service = "0.4.0-beta.0"
+ntex-service = "1.0.0-beta.0"
 bitflags = "1.3"
 fxhash = "0.2.1"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/ntex/Cargo.toml b/ntex/Cargo.toml
index 7bfe5baf..317878c6 100644
--- a/ntex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ ntex-codec = "0.6.2"
 ntex-connect = "0.2.0-beta.0"
 ntex-http = "0.1.9"
 ntex-router = "0.5.1"
-ntex-service = "0.4.0-beta.0"
+ntex-service = "1.0.0-beta.0"
 ntex-macros = "0.1.3"
 ntex-util = "0.2.0-beta.0"
 ntex-bytes = "0.1.18"