diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5255c263..3a9a37b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ rusqlite = { version = "0.40.0", features = ["column_decltype"] }
 rustls-pemfile = "2.0"
 ## webpki-roots has mozilla's set of roots
 ## rustls-native-certs loads roots from current system
-gluesql = { version = "0.19", default-features = false, features = [
+gluesql = { version = "0.20", default-features = false, features = [
   "gluesql_memory_storage",
 ] }
 
diff --git a/examples/gluesql.rs b/examples/gluesql.rs
index 739bb1e5..8388e5c0 100644
--- a/examples/gluesql.rs
+++ b/examples/gluesql.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl SimpleQueryHandler for GluesqlProcessor {
     {
         println!("{:?}", query);
         let mut glue = self.glue.lock().unwrap();
-        futures::executor::block_on(glue.execute(query))
+        glue.execute(query)
             .map_err(|err| PgWireError::ApiError(Box::new(err)))
             .and_then(|payloads| {
                 payloads