diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d61525c59e..a9e01f0c06 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1477,14 +1477,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indicatif"
-version = "0.16.2"
+version = "0.17.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2d207dc617c7a380ab07ff572a6e52fa202a2a8f355860ac9c38e23f8196be1b"
+checksum = "8ff8cc23a7393a397ed1d7f56e6365cba772aba9f9912ab968b03043c395d057"
 dependencies = [
  "console",
- "lazy_static",
+ "instant",
  "number_prefix",
- "regex",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "unicode-width",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2187,6 +2188,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "plotters-backend",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "portable-atomic"
+version = "1.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "767eb9f07d4a5ebcb39bbf2d452058a93c011373abf6832e24194a1c3f004794"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ppv-lite86"
 version = "0.2.16"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3a3c2e4e65..9a09f0fce1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dyn-clone = "1.0"
 expanduser = "1.2"
 futures = "0.3.24"
 fuser = "0.12"
-indicatif = "0.16.2"
+indicatif = "0.17.5"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 libc = "0.2.80"
 nix = "0.26.2"
diff --git a/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/Cargo.toml b/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/Cargo.toml
index c4611ced1b..2a742c6706 100644
--- a/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ proc-macro = true
 [dependencies]
 syn = "2.0"
 quote = "1.0"
+indicatif = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-indicatif = { workspace = true }
-tracing = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
+tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/src/lib.rs b/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/src/lib.rs
index 0afde19a12..f214730f58 100644
--- a/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/progress_bar_derive_macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ use proc_macro::TokenStream;
 use quote::{format_ident, quote};
 use syn::LitStr;
 
-/// Derive macro for generating boilerplate `Default` and `Drop` impls
-/// for a struct with `indicatif::ProgressBar` fields.
+/// Derive macro for generating boilerplate [`Default`] and [`Drop`] impls
+/// for a struct with [`indicatif::ProgressBar`] fields.
 ///
-/// The struct is required to have a field named `renderer` and one or more
-/// fields of type `indicatif::ProgressBar`. Each progress bar field requires
-/// a `#[progress_bar]` attribute with a `message` argument. A `template`
-/// argument is also required either at the struct level or the field level.
+/// The struct is required to have one or more fields of type [`indicatif::ProgressBar`].
+/// Each progress bar field requires a `#[progress_bar]` attribute with a `message`
+/// argument. A `template` argument is also required either at the struct level or
+/// the field level.
 ///
 /// # Example
 ///
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ use syn::LitStr;
 /// use progress_bar_derive_macro::ProgressBar;
 /// #[derive(ProgressBar)]
 /// struct MyStruct {
-///     renderer: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
 ///     #[progress_bar(
 ///         message = "processing widgets",
 ///         template = "      {spinner} {msg:<16.green} [{bar:40.cyan/dim}] {pos:>8}/{len:6}"
@@ -120,6 +119,7 @@ fn impl_proc_macro_derive(ast: &syn::DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
                     bars.push(quote! {
                         let #ident_style = indicatif::ProgressStyle::default_bar()
                             .template(#template)
+                            .expect("Invalid progress bar template")
                             .tick_strings(TICK_STRINGS)
                             .progress_chars(PROGRESS_CHARS);
                         let #ident = bars.add(
@@ -143,26 +143,9 @@ fn impl_proc_macro_derive(ast: &syn::DeriveInput) -> TokenStream {
 
                 let bars = indicatif::MultiProgress::new();
                 #(#bars)*
-                #(#progress_bar_field_names.enable_steady_tick(100);)*
-                // the progress bar must be awaited from some thread
-                // or nothing will be shown in the terminal
-                let renderer = Some(std::thread::spawn(move || {
-                    if let Err(err) = bars.join() {
-                        tracing::error!("Failed to render commit progress: {}", err);
-                    }
-                }));
+                #(#progress_bar_field_names.enable_steady_tick(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));)*
                 Self {
                     #(#progress_bar_field_names,)*
-                    renderer,
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl Drop for #name {
-            fn drop(&mut self) {
-                #(self.#progress_bar_field_names.finish_and_clear();)*
-                if let Some(r) = self.renderer.take() {
-                    let _ = r.join();
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/crates/spfs/src/check.rs b/crates/spfs/src/check.rs
index c9866d2358..a050c6638e 100644
--- a/crates/spfs/src/check.rs
+++ b/crates/spfs/src/check.rs
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ impl CheckReporter for ConsoleCheckReporter {
 
 #[derive(ProgressBar)]
 struct ConsoleCheckReporterBars {
-    renderer: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
     #[progress_bar(
         message = "scanning objects",
         template = "      {spinner} {msg:<18.green} {pos:>9} reached in {elapsed:.cyan} [{per_sec}]"
diff --git a/crates/spfs/src/clean.rs b/crates/spfs/src/clean.rs
index 1c26f14c0b..e803e787cb 100644
--- a/crates/spfs/src/clean.rs
+++ b/crates/spfs/src/clean.rs
@@ -952,7 +952,6 @@ impl CleanReporter for ConsoleCleanReporter {
     template = " {spinner} {msg:<17.green} {pos:>10.cyan} found {len:>10.yellow} to remove [{per_sec}]"
 )]
 struct ConsoleCleanReporterBars {
-    renderer: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
     #[progress_bar(message = "cleaning tags")]
     tags: indicatif::ProgressBar,
     #[progress_bar(message = "cleaning objects")]
diff --git a/crates/spfs/src/commit.rs b/crates/spfs/src/commit.rs
index 65c75b5037..13dbbd577d 100644
--- a/crates/spfs/src/commit.rs
+++ b/crates/spfs/src/commit.rs
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ impl CommitReporter for ConsoleCommitReporter {
 #[derive(ProgressBar)]
 #[progress_bar(template = "      {spinner} {msg:<18.green} [{bar:40.cyan/dim}] {pos:>8}/{len:6}")]
 struct ConsoleCommitReporterBars {
-    renderer: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
     #[progress_bar(message = "computing manifest")]
     entries: indicatif::ProgressBar,
     #[progress_bar(message = "committing blobs")]
diff --git a/crates/spfs/src/storage/fs/render_reporter.rs b/crates/spfs/src/storage/fs/render_reporter.rs
index 4edeeae104..61374dc2d1 100644
--- a/crates/spfs/src/storage/fs/render_reporter.rs
+++ b/crates/spfs/src/storage/fs/render_reporter.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ impl RenderReporter for ConsoleRenderReporter {
 #[derive(ProgressBar)]
 #[progress_bar(template = "      {spinner} {msg:<16.green} [{bar:40.cyan/dim}] {pos:>8}/{len:6}")]
 struct ConsoleRenderReporterBars {
-    renderer: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
     #[progress_bar(message = "rendering layers")]
     layers: indicatif::ProgressBar,
     #[progress_bar(message = "rendering entries")]
diff --git a/crates/spfs/src/sync.rs b/crates/spfs/src/sync.rs
index f82af1a142..3e79125e29 100644
--- a/crates/spfs/src/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/spfs/src/sync.rs
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ impl SyncReporter for ConsoleSyncReporter {
 
 #[derive(ProgressBar)]
 struct ConsoleSyncReporterBars {
-    renderer: Option<std::thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
     #[progress_bar(
         message = "syncing layers",
         template = "      {spinner} {msg:<16.green} [{bar:40.cyan/dim}] {pos:>8}/{len:6}"