diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 72918e1e..cabc2e5a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ libp2p-tcp = { version = "0.19.2", path = "transports/tcp", optional = true }
 libp2p-websocket = { version = "0.20.0", path = "transports/websocket", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 env_logger = "0.7.1"
 
 [workspace]
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 0d9eb3f7..7253dd3d 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ zeroize = "1"
 ring = { version = "0.16.9", features = ["alloc", "std"], default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 libp2p-mplex = { path = "../muxers/mplex" }
 libp2p-secio = { path = "../protocols/secio" }
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
diff --git a/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml b/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml
index 802e21fd..e30081cf 100644
--- a/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml
+++ b/misc/multistream-select/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ smallvec = "1.0"
 unsigned-varint = "0.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 quickcheck = "0.9.0"
 rand = "0.7.2"
 rw-stream-sink = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml b/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
index 2f0658f5..8791e9d0 100644
--- a/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/muxers/mplex/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ parking_lot = "0.10"
 unsigned-varint = { version = "0.4", features = ["futures-codec"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
diff --git a/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml b/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
index c5602c90..c3983d24 100644
--- a/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/deflate/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ libp2p-core = { version = "0.19.2", path = "../../core" }
 flate2 = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
 quickcheck = "0.9"
 rand = "0.7"
diff --git a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
index 607578ed..183686d2 100644
--- a/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/gossipsub/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ smallvec = "1.1.0"
 prost = "0.6.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 env_logger = "0.7.1"
 libp2p-plaintext = { path = "../plaintext" }
 libp2p-yamux = { path = "../../muxers/yamux" }
diff --git a/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml b/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
index 7208c4ce..e1d7415e 100644
--- a/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/identify/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ smallvec = "1.0"
 wasm-timer = "0.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 libp2p-mplex = { path = "../../muxers/mplex" }
 libp2p-secio = { path = "../../protocols/secio" }
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
diff --git a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
index 833efd19..ec538b49 100644
--- a/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/mdns/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["peer-to-peer", "libp2p", "networking"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 data-encoding = "2.0"
 dns-parser = "0.8"
 either = "1.5.3"
diff --git a/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml b/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
index 52dddb0d..c243f57f 100644
--- a/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/ping/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void = "1.0"
 wasm-timer = "0.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
 libp2p-secio = { path = "../../protocols/secio" }
 libp2p-yamux = { path = "../../muxers/yamux" }
diff --git a/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml b/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
index 08ab36a1..aaf31383 100644
--- a/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/protocols/secio/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ secp256k1 = []
 aes-all = ["aesni"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-async-std = "1.5.0"
+async-std = "1.6.2"
 criterion = "0.3"
 libp2p-mplex = { path = "../../muxers/mplex" }
 libp2p-tcp = { path = "../../transports/tcp", features = ["async-std"] }
diff --git a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
index 53a30886..6c771d87 100644
--- a/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["peer-to-peer", "libp2p", "networking"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [dependencies]
-async-std = { version = "1.5.0", optional = true }
+async-std = { version = "1.6.2", optional = true }
 futures = "0.3.1"
 futures-timer = "3.0"
 get_if_addrs = "0.5.3"
diff --git a/transports/uds/Cargo.toml b/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
index 1f8b289b..ae8f2492 100644
--- a/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/uds/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["peer-to-peer", "libp2p", "networking"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous"]
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_os = "unknown"))))'.dependencies]
-async-std = { version = "1.5.0", optional = true }
+async-std = { version = "1.6.2", optional = true }
 libp2p-core = { version = "0.19.2", path = "../../core" }
 log = "0.4.1"
 futures = "0.3.1"