diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a0dfcf8ec4..c0e2601795 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "blocking",
  "futures-lite 2.0.0",
  "once_cell",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5756,6 +5757,7 @@ name = "zenoh-plugin-rest"
 version = "1.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "async-std",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "clap",
  "flume",
diff --git a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml
index ce1385034a..1c83711a08 100644
--- a/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/zenoh-plugin-rest/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ name = "zenoh_plugin_rest"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
+async-std = { version = "1.6.5", features = ["tokio1"] }
 anyhow = { workspace = true, features = ["default"] }
 base64 = { workspace = true }
 flume = { workspace = true }