diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f6fc00bdc75e0..c0da27dd98f3c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -381,9 +381,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
+checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
@@ -10724,16 +10724,16 @@ checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.17.0"
+version = "1.22.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2af73ac49756f3f7c01172e34a23e5d0216f6c32333757c2c61feb2bbff5a5ee"
+checksum = "d76ce4a75fb488c605c54bf610f221cea8b0dafb53333c1a67e8ee199dcd2ae3"
 dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
  "bytes",
  "libc",
  "memchr",
  "mio",
  "num_cpus",
- "once_cell",
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.6",
  "signal-hook-registry",
diff --git a/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml b/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml
index 841388c7a68ee..f4c91717964c4 100644
--- a/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/network/sync/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ prost-build = "0.11"
 [dependencies]
 array-bytes = "4.1"
 async-trait = "0.1.58"
+async-std = { version = "1.11.0", default-features = false }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3.0.0", features = ["derive"] }
 futures = "0.3.21"
 libp2p = "0.49.0"
diff --git a/client/network/sync/src/lib.rs b/client/network/sync/src/lib.rs
index f7b801ad7fab1..7fbc6df8aa283 100644
--- a/client/network/sync/src/lib.rs
+++ b/client/network/sync/src/lib.rs
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@ where
 				if let SyncMode::Warp = &self.mode {
 					if self.peers.len() >= MIN_PEERS_TO_START_WARP_SYNC && self.warp_sync.is_none()
 					{
-						async move {
 							match self.warp_sync_params.as_mut().unwrap() {
 								WarpSyncParams::WithProvider(warp_with_provider) => {
 									log::debug!(target: "sync", "Starting warp state sync.");
@@ -609,10 +608,11 @@ where
 								}
 								WarpSyncParams::WaitForTarget(header) => {
 									log::debug!(target: "sync", "Waiting for target block.");
-									self.warp_sync = Some(WarpSync::new_with_target_block(self.client.clone(), header.await.unwrap()));
+									async_std::task::block_on(async {
+										self.warp_sync = Some(WarpSync::new_with_target_block(self.client.clone(), header.await.unwrap()));
+									});
 								}
 							}
-						}.boxed();
 					}
 				}
 				Ok(req)