diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f047040bdc..35f3540cf0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ bevy_image = { path = "crates/bevy_image", version = "0.17.0-dev", default-featu
 bevy_gizmos = { path = "crates/bevy_gizmos", version = "0.17.0-dev", default-features = false }
 # Needed to poll Task examples
 futures-lite = "2.0.1"
-async-std = "1.13"
+async-io = "2"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 argh = "0.1.12"
 thiserror = "2.0"
diff --git a/examples/async_tasks/async_compute.rs b/examples/async_tasks/async_compute.rs
index 0b5a044563..297afa350d 100644
--- a/examples/async_tasks/async_compute.rs
+++ b/examples/async_tasks/async_compute.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn spawn_tasks(mut commands: Commands) {
                     let duration = Duration::from_secs_f32(rand::thread_rng().gen_range(0.05..5.0));
 
                     // Pretend this is a time-intensive function. :)
-                    async_std::task::sleep(duration).await;
+                    async_io::Timer::after(duration).await;
 
                     // Such hard work, all done!
                     let transform = Transform::from_xyz(x as f32, y as f32, z as f32);