diff --git a/network/examples/tcp_loadtest.rs b/network/examples/tcp_loadtest.rs
index 9d3d1c6bf1..3d0d346fe7 100644
--- a/network/examples/tcp_loadtest.rs
+++ b/network/examples/tcp_loadtest.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), u32> {
         threads.push(thread::spawn(move || {
             let mut stream = match TcpStream::connect(addr.as_ref()) {
                 Err(err) => {
-                    total_finished_threads.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    total_finished_threads.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
                     panic!("could not open connection: {}", err);
                 },
                 Ok(s) => s,
@@ -70,15 +70,15 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), u32> {
                 if cur.duration_since(thread_last_sync) >= Duration::from_secs(1) {
                     thread_last_sync = cur;
                     println!("[{}]send: {}MiB/s", i, thread_bytes_send / (1024 * 1024));
-                    total_bytes_send.fetch_add(thread_bytes_send, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    total_bytes_send.fetch_add(thread_bytes_send, Ordering::SeqCst);
                     thread_bytes_send = 0;
                 }
 
-                total_send_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                total_send_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
                 let ret = stream.write_all(data[0..(tosend as usize)].as_bytes());
                 if ret.is_err() {
                     println!("[{}] error: {}", i, ret.err().unwrap());
-                    total_finished_threads.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    total_finished_threads.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
                     return;
                 }
                 //stream.flush();
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), u32> {
         }));
     }
 
-    while total_finished_threads.load(Ordering::Relaxed) < thread_count {
+    while total_finished_threads.load(Ordering::SeqCst) < thread_count {
         thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10));
     }
 
@@ -96,16 +96,16 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), u32> {
     println!("test ended");
     println!(
         "total send: {}MiB",
-        total_bytes_send.load(Ordering::Relaxed) / (1024 * 1024)
+        total_bytes_send.load(Ordering::SeqCst) / (1024 * 1024)
     );
     println!("total time: {}s", dur.as_secs());
     println!(
         "average: {}KiB/s",
-        total_bytes_send.load(Ordering::Relaxed) * 1000 / dur.as_millis() as u64 / 1024
+        total_bytes_send.load(Ordering::SeqCst) * 1000 / dur.as_millis() as u64 / 1024
     );
     println!(
         "send count: {}/s",
-        total_send_count.load(Ordering::Relaxed) * 1000 / dur.as_millis() as u64
+        total_send_count.load(Ordering::SeqCst) * 1000 / dur.as_millis() as u64
     );
 
     Ok(())
diff --git a/network/src/participant.rs b/network/src/participant.rs
index 66668ca898..afa30266e8 100644
--- a/network/src/participant.rs
+++ b/network/src/participant.rs
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ impl BParticipant {
         self.open_stream_channels.lock().await.take();
         trace!("Stop send_mgr");
         self.shutdown_barrier
-            .fetch_sub(Self::BARR_SEND, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            .fetch_sub(Self::BARR_SEND, Ordering::SeqCst);
     }
 
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -536,12 +536,12 @@ impl BParticipant {
         }
         trace!("receiving no longer possible, closing all streams");
         for (_, si) in self.streams.write().await.drain() {
-            si.send_closed.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            si.send_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
             self.metrics.streams_closed(&self.remote_pid_string);
         }
         trace!("Stop recv_mgr");
         self.shutdown_barrier
-            .fetch_sub(Self::BARR_RECV, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            .fetch_sub(Self::BARR_RECV, Ordering::SeqCst);
     }
 
     async fn create_channel_mgr(
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ impl BParticipant {
             .await;
         trace!("Stop create_channel_mgr");
         self.shutdown_barrier
-            .fetch_sub(Self::BARR_CHANNEL, Ordering::Relaxed);
+            .fetch_sub(Self::BARR_CHANNEL, Ordering::SeqCst);
     }
 
     /// sink shutdown:
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ impl BParticipant {
         let wait_for_manager = || async {
             let mut sleep = 0.01f64;
             loop {
-                let bytes = self.shutdown_barrier.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+                let bytes = self.shutdown_barrier.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
                 if bytes == 0 {
                     break;
                 }
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ impl BParticipant {
         {
             let lock = self.streams.read().await;
             for si in lock.values() {
-                si.send_closed.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                si.send_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
             }
         }
 
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ impl BParticipant {
         let stream = { self.streams.write().await.remove(&sid) };
         match stream {
             Some(si) => {
-                si.send_closed.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                si.send_closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
                 si.b2a_msg_recv_s.lock().await.close();
             },
             None => {
diff --git a/network/src/scheduler.rs b/network/src/scheduler.rs
index 5d02c24876..fa4ca0fa14 100644
--- a/network/src/scheduler.rs
+++ b/network/src/scheduler.rs
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ impl Scheduler {
         trace!("Start scheduler_shutdown_mgr");
         a2s_scheduler_shutdown_r.await.unwrap();
         info!("Shutdown of scheduler requested");
-        self.closed.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.closed.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
         debug!("Shutting down all BParticipants gracefully");
         let mut participants = self.participants.lock().await;
         let waitings = participants