diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 74acc07..866693b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -478,12 +478,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "germ"
-version = "0.3.10"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e1a3b6e49850abb8a060002e2a3ec9a7e49626fc10192a93703f54e2589b9361"
+checksum = "6a44d21599b2d90136a258162d244267909f00073c4dce7ebda5a91b10f93f59"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "rustls 0.21.10",
+ "tokio 1.36.0",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
  "url",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 47fe7f5..7ee4012 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ atom_syndication = "0.12.2"
 chrono = "0.4.35"
 clap = { version = "4.5.3", features = ["derive"] }
 gemini-feed = "0.1.0"
-germ = "0.3"
+germ = {version = "0.4", features = ["blocking"] }
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
 regex = "1.10.3"
 tokio = {version = "1.36", features = [ "full" ] }
diff --git a/src/gemfeed.rs b/src/gemfeed.rs
index 0e3e86a..6f03db3 100644
--- a/src/gemfeed.rs
+++ b/src/gemfeed.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use anyhow::{anyhow, Error, Result};
 use atom_syndication::{Entry as AtomEntry, Feed as AtomFeed};
 use germ::ast::{Ast as GemtextAst, Node as GemtextNode};
 use germ::convert::{self as germ_convert, Target};
-use germ::request::{request as gemini_request, Response as GeminiResponse};
+use germ::request::blocking::request as gemini_request;
+use germ::request::Response as GeminiResponse;
 use url::Url;
 
 use crate::Cli;