diff --git a/apps/test/client/Cargo.toml b/apps/test/client/Cargo.toml
index e609874..cca9adc 100644
--- a/apps/test/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/test/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ hex = "0.4.3"
 hidapi = "2.6.3"
 ledger-transport-hid = "0.11.0"
 sdk = { package = "vanadium-client-sdk", path = "../../../client-sdk"}
-tokio = { version = "1.38.1", features = ["io-util", "macros", "net", "rt", "sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.38.1", features = ["io-util", "macros", "net", "rt", "rt-multi-thread", "sync"] }
 
 [lib]
 name = "vnd_test_client"
diff --git a/apps/test/client/src/main.rs b/apps/test/client/src/main.rs
index 4f6b360..35d8908 100644
--- a/apps/test/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/test/client/src/main.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ fn parse_command(line: &str) -> Result<CliCommand, String> {
     }
 }
 
-#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread")]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let args = Args::parse();