diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index 3b06d60..43f6777 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-libp2p = { version = "0.35.0", default-features = false, features = ["dns", "noise", "plaintext", "tcp-async-io", "yamux"] }
+libp2p = { version = "0.36.0", default-features = false, features = ["dns-async-std", "noise", "plaintext", "tcp-async-io", "yamux"] }
 futures_codec = "0.4"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 async-std = { version = "1.6.2", features = ["attributes"] }
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index 1a38300..4b7d195 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod handler;
 mod protocol;
 
 pub use behaviour::{Perf, PerfEvent};
+use futures::executor::block_on;
 
 use libp2p::{
     core::{
@@ -139,7 +140,9 @@ pub fn build_transport(
     let transport = if in_memory {
         EitherTransport::Left(MemoryTransport {})
     } else {
-        EitherTransport::Right(dns::DnsConfig::new(tcp::TcpConfig::new().nodelay(true))?)
+        EitherTransport::Right(block_on(dns::DnsConfig::system(
+            tcp::TcpConfig::new().nodelay(true),
+        ))?)
     };
 
     Ok(transport