diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0cb5efd24..2863e13b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5058,6 +5058,7 @@ name = "zenoh"
 version = "1.0.0-dev"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
+ "async-channel 2.3.1",
  "async-trait",
  "bytes",
  "flume",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index de23d2eea..dca6ce200 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ async-global-executor = "2.4.1"
 async-io = "2.3.4"
 async-std = { version = "1.6.5", features = ["tokio1"] }
 async-trait = "0.1.82"
+async-channel = "2.3.1"
 base64 = "0.22.1"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
 bytes = "1.7.1"
diff --git a/zenoh/Cargo.toml b/zenoh/Cargo.toml
index 6a998b296..b5f1e8a3f 100644
--- a/zenoh/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zenoh/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ unstable = ["internal_config", "zenoh-keyexpr/unstable", "zenoh-config/unstable"
 internal_config = []
 
 [dependencies]
+async-channel = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt", "macros", "time"] }
 tokio-util = { workspace = true }
 ahash = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/zenoh/src/api/builders/close.rs b/zenoh/src/api/builders/close.rs
index 63011e488..f7244d9f9 100644
--- a/zenoh/src/api/builders/close.rs
+++ b/zenoh/src/api/builders/close.rs
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ impl<TOutput: Send + 'static> IntoFuture for BackgroundCloseBuilder<TOutput> {
     fn into_future(self) -> Self::IntoFuture {
         Box::pin(
             async move {
-                let (tx, rx) = flume::bounded::<TOutput>(1);
+                let (tx, rx) = async_channel::bounded::<TOutput>(1);
 
                 ZRuntime::Application.spawn(async move {
-                    tx.send_async(self.inner.await)
+                    tx.send(self.inner.await)
                         .await
                         .expect("BackgroundCloseBuilder: critical error sending the result")
                 });
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ impl<TOutput: Send + 'static> IntoFuture for BackgroundCloseBuilder<TOutput> {
 #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", feature = "internal"))]
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct NolocalJoinHandle<TOutput: Send + 'static> {
-    rx: flume::Receiver<TOutput>,
+    rx: async_channel::Receiver<TOutput>,
 }
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable", feature = "internal"))]
 impl<TOutput: Send + 'static> NolocalJoinHandle<TOutput> {
-    fn new(rx: flume::Receiver<TOutput>) -> Self {
+    fn new(rx: async_channel::Receiver<TOutput>) -> Self {
         Self { rx }
     }
 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl<TOutput: Send + 'static> Resolvable for NolocalJoinHandle<TOutput> {
 impl<TOutput: Send + 'static> Wait for NolocalJoinHandle<TOutput> {
     fn wait(self) -> Self::To {
         self.rx
-            .recv()
+            .recv_blocking()
             .expect("NolocalJoinHandle: critical error receiving the result")
     }
 }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ impl<TOutput: Send + 'static> IntoFuture for NolocalJoinHandle<TOutput> {
         Box::pin(
             async move {
                 self.rx
-                    .recv_async()
+                    .recv()
                     .await
                     .expect("NolocalJoinHandle: critical error receiving the result")
             }