diff --git a/net/webrtc/Cargo.toml b/net/webrtc/Cargo.toml
index 02c418fc..583a58db 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net/webrtc/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ once_cell = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1"
 thiserror = "1"
 futures = "0.3"
-async-std = { version = "1", features = ["unstable"] }
-async-native-tls = { version = "0.4.0" }
-async-tungstenite = { version = "0.19", features = ["async-std-runtime", "async-native-tls"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["fs", "macros", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
+tokio-native-tls = "0.3.0"
+tokio-stream = "0.1.11"
+async-tungstenite = { version = "0.19", features = ["tokio-runtime", "tokio-native-tls"] }
 serde = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
 fastrand = "1.0"
diff --git a/net/webrtc/examples/webrtcsink-stats-server.rs b/net/webrtc/examples/webrtcsink-stats-server.rs
index 6a2fb994..bf284492 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/examples/webrtcsink-stats-server.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/examples/webrtcsink-stats-server.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use anyhow::Error;
 
-use async_std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
-use async_std::task;
+use tokio::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
+use tokio::task;
+use tokio::time;
 use async_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMessage;
 use clap::Parser;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
@@ -150,9 +151,10 @@ async fn run(args: Args) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let ws_clone = ws.downgrade();
     let state_clone = state.clone();
     task::spawn(async move {
-        let mut interval = async_std::stream::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+        let mut interval = time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
 
-        while interval.next().await.is_some() {
+        loop {
+            interval.tick().await;
             if let Some(ws) = ws_clone.upgrade() {
                 let stats = ws.property::<gst::Structure>("stats");
                 let stats = serialize_value(&stats.to_value()).unwrap();
@@ -193,7 +195,7 @@ async fn accept_connection(state: Arc<Mutex<State>>, stream: TcpStream) {
         .expect("connected streams should have a peer address");
     info!("Peer address: {}", addr);
 
-    let mut ws_stream = async_tungstenite::accept_async(stream)
+    let mut ws_stream = async_tungstenite::tokio::accept_async(stream)
         .await
         .expect("Error during the websocket handshake occurred");
 
@@ -218,10 +220,11 @@ async fn accept_connection(state: Arc<Mutex<State>>, stream: TcpStream) {
     });
 }
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     gst::init()?;
 
     let args = Args::parse();
 
-    task::block_on(run(args))
+    run(args).await
 }
diff --git a/net/webrtc/signalling/Cargo.toml b/net/webrtc/signalling/Cargo.toml
index cc71a5e0..48882ce1 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/signalling/Cargo.toml
+++ b/net/webrtc/signalling/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ repository = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-rs"
 rust-version = "1.63"
 
 [dependencies]
+once_cell = "1.0"
 anyhow = "1"
-async-std = { version = "1", features = ["unstable", "attributes"] }
-async-native-tls = "0.4"
-async-tungstenite = { version = "0.19", features = ["async-std-runtime", "async-native-tls"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["fs", "io-util", "macros", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }
+tokio-native-tls = "0.3.0"
+async-tungstenite = { version = "0.19", features = ["tokio-runtime", "tokio-native-tls"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/net/webrtc/signalling/src/bin/server.rs b/net/webrtc/signalling/src/bin/server.rs
index 52219da9..35eca2ad 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/signalling/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/signalling/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
-use async_std::task;
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+use tokio::task;
 use clap::Parser;
 use gst_plugin_webrtc_signalling::handlers::Handler;
 use gst_plugin_webrtc_signalling::server::Server;
 use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
 
 use anyhow::Error;
-use async_native_tls::TlsAcceptor;
-use async_std::fs::File as AsyncFile;
-use async_std::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio_native_tls::native_tls::TlsAcceptor;
+use tokio::fs;
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 use tracing::{info, warn};
 
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
@@ -49,55 +50,57 @@ fn initialize_logging(envvar_name: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     let args = Args::parse();
     let server = Server::spawn(|stream| Handler::new(stream));
 
     initialize_logging("WEBRTCSINK_SIGNALLING_SERVER_LOG")?;
 
-    task::block_on(async move {
-        let addr = format!("{}:{}", args.host, args.port);
+    let addr = format!("{}:{}", args.host, args.port);
 
-        // Create the event loop and TCP listener we'll accept connections on.
-        let listener = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await?;
+    // Create the event loop and TCP listener we'll accept connections on.
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await?;
 
-        let acceptor = match args.cert {
-            Some(cert) => {
-                let key = AsyncFile::open(cert).await?;
-                Some(TlsAcceptor::new(key, args.cert_password.as_deref().unwrap_or("")).await?)
+    let acceptor = match args.cert {
+        Some(cert) => {
+            let mut file = fs::File::open(cert).await?;
+            let mut identity = vec![];
+            file.read_to_end(&mut identity).await?;
+            let identity = tokio_native_tls::native_tls::Identity::from_pkcs12(&identity, args.cert_password.as_deref().unwrap_or("")).unwrap();
+            Some(tokio_native_tls::TlsAcceptor::from(TlsAcceptor::new(identity).unwrap()))
+        }
+        None => None,
+    };
+
+    info!("Listening on: {}", addr);
+
+    while let Ok((stream, _)) = listener.accept().await {
+        let mut server_clone = server.clone();
+
+        let address = match stream.peer_addr() {
+            Ok(address) => address,
+            Err(err) => {
+                warn!("Connected peer with no address: {}", err);
+                continue;
             }
-            None => None,
         };
 
-        info!("Listening on: {}", addr);
+        info!("Accepting connection from {}", address);
 
-        while let Ok((stream, _)) = listener.accept().await {
-            let mut server_clone = server.clone();
-
-            let address = match stream.peer_addr() {
-                Ok(address) => address,
+        if let Some(ref acceptor) = acceptor {
+            let stream = match acceptor.accept(stream).await {
+                Ok(stream) => stream,
                 Err(err) => {
-                    warn!("Connected peer with no address: {}", err);
+                    warn!("Failed to accept TLS connection from {}: {}", address, err);
                     continue;
                 }
             };
-
-            info!("Accepting connection from {}", address);
-
-            if let Some(ref acceptor) = acceptor {
-                let stream = match acceptor.accept(stream).await {
-                    Ok(stream) => stream,
-                    Err(err) => {
-                        warn!("Failed to accept TLS connection from {}: {}", address, err);
-                        continue;
-                    }
-                };
-                task::spawn(async move { server_clone.accept_async(stream).await });
-            } else {
-                task::spawn(async move { server_clone.accept_async(stream).await });
-            }
+            task::spawn(async move { server_clone.accept_async(stream).await });
+        } else {
+            task::spawn(async move { server_clone.accept_async(stream).await });
         }
+    }
 
-        Ok(())
-    })
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/net/webrtc/signalling/src/handlers/mod.rs b/net/webrtc/signalling/src/handlers/mod.rs
index 5095dc94..0c86a5c0 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/signalling/src/handlers/mod.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/signalling/src/handlers/mod.rs
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_register_producer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_list_producers() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_welcome() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ mod tests {
         new_peer(&mut tx, &mut handler, "consumer").await;
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_listener() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_start_session() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_remove_peer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_end_session_consumer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_disconnect_consumer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_end_session_producer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_end_session_twice() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_sdp_exchange() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_ice_exchange() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_sdp_exchange_wrong_direction_offer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_start_session_no_producer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_stop_producing() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_unregistering_with_listeners() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_start_session_no_consumer() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_start_session_twice() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_ne!(session0_id, session1_id);
     }
 
-    #[async_std::test]
+    #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_start_session_stop_producing() {
         let (mut tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
         let mut handler = Handler::new(Box::pin(rx));
diff --git a/net/webrtc/signalling/src/server/mod.rs b/net/webrtc/signalling/src/server/mod.rs
index 3e774ddc..b1d4e6ff 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/signalling/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/signalling/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 
 use anyhow::Error;
-use async_std::task;
+use tokio::task;
 use async_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMessage;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::prelude::*;
-use futures::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ impl Server {
                 if let Err(err) = peer.send_task_handle.await {
                     trace!(peer_id = %peer_id, "Error while joining send task: {}", err);
                 }
-                peer.receive_task_handle.await;
+
+                if let Err(err) = peer.receive_task_handle.await {
+                    trace!(peer_id = %peer_id, "Error while joining receive task: {}", err);
+                }
             });
         }
     }
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ impl Server {
     where
         S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send,
     {
-        let ws = match async_tungstenite::accept_async(stream).await {
+        let ws = match async_tungstenite::tokio::accept_async(stream).await {
             Ok(ws) => ws,
             Err(err) => {
                 warn!("Error during the websocket handshake: {}", err);
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ impl Server {
         let (mut ws_sink, mut ws_stream) = ws.split();
         let send_task_handle = task::spawn(async move {
             loop {
-                match async_std::future::timeout(
+                match tokio::time::timeout(
                     std::time::Duration::from_secs(30),
                     websocket_receiver.next(),
                 )
diff --git a/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs b/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs
index 8d8b5622..924c067a 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/src/signaller/imp.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 use crate::webrtcsink::WebRTCSink;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Error};
-use async_std::task;
+use tokio::runtime;
+use tokio::task;
 use async_tungstenite::tungstenite::Message as WsMessage;
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
 use futures::prelude::*;
@@ -24,6 +25,14 @@ static CAT: Lazy<gst::DebugCategory> = Lazy::new(|| {
     )
 });
 
+static RUNTIME: Lazy<runtime::Runtime> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .worker_threads(1)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+});
+
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct State {
     /// Sender for the websocket messages
@@ -58,15 +67,16 @@ impl Signaller {
         let settings = self.settings.lock().unwrap().clone();
 
         let connector = if let Some(path) = settings.cafile {
-            let cert = async_std::fs::read_to_string(&path).await?;
-            let cert = async_native_tls::Certificate::from_pem(cert.as_bytes())?;
-            let connector = async_native_tls::TlsConnector::new();
-            Some(connector.add_root_certificate(cert))
+            let cert = tokio::fs::read_to_string(&path).await?;
+            let cert = tokio_native_tls::native_tls::Certificate::from_pem(cert.as_bytes())?;
+            let mut connector_builder = tokio_native_tls::native_tls::TlsConnector::builder();
+            let connector = connector_builder.add_root_certificate(cert).build()?;
+            Some(tokio_native_tls::TlsConnector::from(connector))
         } else {
             None
         };
 
-        let (ws, _) = async_tungstenite::async_std::connect_async_with_tls_connector(
+        let (ws, _) = async_tungstenite::tokio::connect_async_with_tls_connector(
             settings.address.unwrap(),
             connector,
         )
@@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ impl Signaller {
 
         let element_clone = element.downgrade();
         let receive_task_handle = task::spawn(async move {
-            while let Some(msg) = async_std::stream::StreamExt::next(&mut ws_stream).await {
+            while let Some(msg) = tokio_stream::StreamExt::next(&mut ws_stream).await {
                 if let Some(element) = element_clone.upgrade() {
                     match msg {
                         Ok(WsMessage::Text(msg)) => {
@@ -275,7 +285,7 @@ impl Signaller {
 
         if let Some(mut sender) = state.websocket_sender.clone() {
             let element = element.downgrade();
-            task::spawn(async move {
+            RUNTIME.spawn(async move {
                 if let Err(err) = sender.send(msg).await {
                     if let Some(element) = element.upgrade() {
                         element.handle_signalling_error(anyhow!("Error: {}", err).into());
@@ -305,7 +315,7 @@ impl Signaller {
 
         if let Some(mut sender) = state.websocket_sender.clone() {
             let element = element.downgrade();
-            task::spawn(async move {
+            RUNTIME.spawn(async move {
                 if let Err(err) = sender.send(msg).await {
                     if let Some(element) = element.upgrade() {
                         element.handle_signalling_error(anyhow!("Error: {}", err).into());
@@ -322,17 +332,24 @@ impl Signaller {
         let send_task_handle = state.send_task_handle.take();
         let receive_task_handle = state.receive_task_handle.take();
         if let Some(mut sender) = state.websocket_sender.take() {
-            task::block_on(async move {
+            let element = element.downgrade();
+            RUNTIME.block_on(async move {
                 sender.close_channel();
 
                 if let Some(handle) = send_task_handle {
                     if let Err(err) = handle.await {
-                        gst::warning!(CAT, obj: element, "Error while joining send task: {}", err);
+                        if let Some(element) = element.upgrade() {
+                            gst::warning!(CAT, obj: element, "Error while joining send task: {}", err);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
                 if let Some(handle) = receive_task_handle {
-                    handle.await;
+                    if let Err(err) = handle.await {
+                        if let Some(element) = element.upgrade() {
+                            gst::warning!(CAT, obj: element, "Error while joining receive task: {}", err);
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }
@@ -345,7 +362,7 @@ impl Signaller {
         let session_id = session_id.to_string();
         let element = element.downgrade();
         if let Some(mut sender) = state.websocket_sender.clone() {
-            task::spawn(async move {
+            RUNTIME.spawn(async move {
                 if let Err(err) = sender
                     .send(p::IncomingMessage::EndSession(p::EndSessionMessage {
                         session_id: session_id.to_string(),
diff --git a/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs b/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs
index f499b6f9..22ba814a 100644
--- a/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs
+++ b/net/webrtc/src/webrtcsink/imp.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use gst_utils::StreamProducer;
 use gst_video::subclass::prelude::*;
 use gst_webrtc::WebRTCDataChannel;
 
-use async_std::task;
+use tokio::runtime;
 use futures::prelude::*;
 
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Error};
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ static CAT: Lazy<gst::DebugCategory> = Lazy::new(|| {
     )
 });
 
+static RUNTIME: Lazy<runtime::Runtime> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .worker_threads(1)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+});
+
 const CUDA_MEMORY_FEATURE: &str = "memory:CUDAMemory";
 const GL_MEMORY_FEATURE: &str = "memory:GLMemory";
 const NVMM_MEMORY_FEATURE: &str = "memory:NVMM";
@@ -1226,7 +1234,7 @@ impl WebRTCSink {
         }
 
         if let Some(receiver) = state.codecs_done_receiver.take() {
-            task::block_on(async {
+            RUNTIME.spawn(async {
                 let _ = receiver.await;
             });
         }
@@ -1678,7 +1686,7 @@ impl WebRTCSink {
         let pipeline_clone = pipeline.downgrade();
         let session_id_clone = session_id.to_owned();
 
-        task::spawn(async move {
+        RUNTIME.spawn(async move {
             while let Some(msg) = bus_stream.next().await {
                 if let Some(element) = element_clone.upgrade() {
                     let this = element.imp();
@@ -1931,11 +1939,12 @@ impl WebRTCSink {
 
             let element_clone = element.downgrade();
             let webrtcbin = session.webrtcbin.downgrade();
-            task::spawn(async move {
+            RUNTIME.spawn(async move {
                 let mut interval =
-                    async_std::stream::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+                    tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
 
-                while interval.next().await.is_some() {
+                loop {
+                    interval.tick().await;
                     let element_clone = element_clone.clone();
                     if let (Some(webrtcbin), Some(element)) =
                         (webrtcbin.upgrade(), element_clone.upgrade())
@@ -2294,7 +2303,7 @@ impl WebRTCSink {
 
                     if all_pads_have_caps {
                         let element_clone = element.downgrade();
-                        task::spawn(async move {
+                        RUNTIME.spawn(async move {
                             if let Some(element) = element_clone.upgrade() {
                                 let this = element.imp();
                                 let (fut, handle) =