diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b490a4a4c..44740e8db6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ checksum = "30ca9a001c1e8ba5149f91a74362376cc6bc5b919d92d988668657bd570bdcec"
 dependencies = [
  "async-task",
  "concurrent-queue",
- "fastrand 2.3.0",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "fastrand",
+ "futures-lite",
  "slab",
 ]
 
@@ -206,61 +206,32 @@ checksum = "05b1b633a2115cd122d73b955eadd9916c18c8f510ec9cd1686404c60ad1c29c"
 dependencies = [
  "async-channel 2.3.1",
  "async-executor",
- "async-io 2.4.0",
- "async-lock 3.4.0",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
  "blocking",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite",
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "async-io"
-version = "1.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fc5b45d93ef0529756f812ca52e44c221b35341892d3dcc34132ac02f3dd2af"
-dependencies = [
- "async-lock 2.8.0",
- "autocfg",
- "cfg-if",
- "concurrent-queue",
- "futures-lite 1.13.0",
- "log",
- "parking",
- "polling 2.8.0",
- "rustix 0.37.28",
- "slab",
- "socket2 0.4.10",
- "waker-fn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "async-io"
-version = "2.4.0"
+version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43a2b323ccce0a1d90b449fd71f2a06ca7faa7c54c2751f06c9bd851fc061059"
+checksum = "1237c0ae75a0f3765f58910ff9cdd0a12eeb39ab2f4c7de23262f337f0aacbb3"
 dependencies = [
- "async-lock 3.4.0",
+ "async-lock",
  "cfg-if",
  "concurrent-queue",
  "futures-io",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite",
  "parking",
- "polling 3.7.4",
- "rustix 0.38.43",
+ "polling",
+ "rustix 1.0.7",
  "slab",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "async-lock"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "287272293e9d8c41773cec55e365490fe034813a2f172f502d6ddcf75b2f582b"
-dependencies = [
- "event-listener 2.5.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-lock"
 version = "3.4.0"
@@ -281,13 +252,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-attributes",
  "async-channel 1.9.0",
  "async-global-executor",
- "async-io 2.4.0",
- "async-lock 3.4.0",
+ "async-io",
+ "async-lock",
  "crossbeam-utils",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite",
  "gloo-timers",
  "kv-log-macro",
  "log",
@@ -565,7 +536,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-channel 2.3.1",
  "async-task",
  "futures-io",
- "futures-lite 2.5.0",
+ "futures-lite",
  "piper",
 ]
 
@@ -1276,15 +1247,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fastrand"
-version = "1.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e51093e27b0797c359783294ca4f0a911c270184cb10f85783b118614a1501be"
-dependencies = [
- "instant",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -1435,28 +1397,13 @@ version = "0.3.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e5c1b78ca4aae1ac06c48a526a655760685149f0d465d21f37abfe57ce075c6"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-lite"
-version = "1.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49a9d51ce47660b1e808d3c990b4709f2f415d928835a17dfd16991515c46bce"
-dependencies = [
- "fastrand 1.9.0",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-io",
- "memchr",
- "parking",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "waker-fn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-lite"
 version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cef40d21ae2c515b51041df9ed313ed21e572df340ea58a922a0aefe7e8891a1"
 dependencies = [
- "fastrand 2.3.0",
+ "fastrand",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-io",
  "parking",
@@ -1599,12 +1546,6 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hermit-abi"
-version = "0.3.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hermit-abi"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1706,7 +1647,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.5.8",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
@@ -1927,17 +1868,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "io-lifetimes"
-version = "1.0.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eae7b9aee968036d54dce06cebaefd919e4472e753296daccd6d344e3e2df0c2"
-dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.3.9",
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnet"
 version = "2.10.1"
@@ -1959,7 +1889,7 @@ version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "261f68e344040fbd0edea105bef17c66edf46f984ddb1115b775ce31be948f4b"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi 0.4.0",
+ "hermit-abi",
  "libc",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
@@ -2091,12 +2021,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.3.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ef53942eb7bf7ff43a617b3e2c1c4a5ecf5944a7c1bc12d7ee39bbb15e5c1519"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.4.15"
@@ -2539,7 +2463,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96c8c490f422ef9a4efd2cb5b42b76c8613d7e7dfc1caf667b8a3350a5acc066"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic-waker",
- "fastrand 2.3.0",
+ "fastrand",
  "futures-io",
 ]
 
@@ -2598,22 +2522,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "plotters-backend",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "polling"
-version = "2.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4b2d323e8ca7996b3e23126511a523f7e62924d93ecd5ae73b333815b0eb3dce"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "concurrent-queue",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "polling"
 version = "3.7.4"
@@ -2622,7 +2530,7 @@ checksum = "a604568c3202727d1507653cb121dbd627a58684eb09a820fd746bee38b4442f"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "concurrent-queue",
- "hermit-abi 0.4.0",
+ "hermit-abi",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "rustix 0.38.43",
  "tracing",
@@ -2991,20 +2899,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustix"
-version = "0.37.28"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "519165d378b97752ca44bbe15047d5d3409e875f39327546b42ac81d7e18c1b6"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "errno",
- "io-lifetimes",
- "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys 0.3.8",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.43"
@@ -3020,15 +2914,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.0.5"
+version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d97817398dd4bb2e6da002002db259209759911da105da92bec29ccb12cf58bf"
+checksum = "c71e83d6afe7ff64890ec6b71d6a69bb8a610ab78ce364b3352876bb4c801266"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.7.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.9.4",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3351,16 +3245,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.4.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9f7916fc008ca5542385b89a3d3ce689953c143e9304a9bf8beec1de48994c0d"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.5.8"
@@ -3448,7 +3332,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "sqlx-core"
 version = "0.9.0-alpha.1"
 dependencies = [
- "async-io 1.13.0",
+ "async-io",
  "async-std",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bigdecimal",
@@ -3975,7 +3859,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a8a559c81686f576e8cd0290cd2a24a2a9ad80c98b3478856500fcbd7acd704"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "fastrand 2.3.0",
+ "fastrand",
  "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 0.38.43",
@@ -3997,7 +3881,7 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "45c6481c4829e4cc63825e62c49186a34538b7b2750b73b266581ffb612fb5ed"
 dependencies = [
- "rustix 1.0.5",
+ "rustix 1.0.7",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
@@ -4126,7 +4010,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.5.8",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio-macros",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
@@ -4498,12 +4382,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "waker-fn"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "317211a0dc0ceedd78fb2ca9a44aed3d7b9b26f81870d485c07122b4350673b7"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml b/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
index 1bba2d65bb..c80be1e5d5 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sqlx-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ipnetwork = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 mac_address = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
-async-io = { version = "1.9.0", optional = true }
+async-io = { version = "2.4.1", optional = true }
 base64 = { version = "0.22.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 bytes = "1.1.0"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.34", default-features = false, features = ["clock"], optional = true }
diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/rt/rt_async_std/socket.rs b/sqlx-core/src/rt/rt_async_std/socket.rs
index 2d66d70c76..869924d0c9 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/rt/rt_async_std/socket.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/rt/rt_async_std/socket.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ use async_io::Async;
 
 impl Socket for Async<TcpStream> {
     fn try_read(&mut self, buf: &mut dyn ReadBuf) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.get_mut().read(buf.init_mut())
+        self.get_ref().read(buf.init_mut())
     }
 
     fn try_write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.get_mut().write(buf)
+        self.get_ref().write(buf)
     }
 
     fn poll_read_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ impl Socket for Async<TcpStream> {
     }
 
     fn poll_shutdown(&mut self, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
-        Poll::Ready(self.get_mut().shutdown(Shutdown::Both))
+        Poll::Ready(self.get_ref().shutdown(Shutdown::Both))
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
 impl Socket for Async<std::os::unix::net::UnixStream> {
     fn try_read(&mut self, buf: &mut dyn ReadBuf) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.get_mut().read(buf.init_mut())
+        self.get_ref().read(buf.init_mut())
     }
 
     fn try_write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.get_mut().write(buf)
+        self.get_ref().write(buf)
     }
 
     fn poll_read_ready(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ impl Socket for Async<std::os::unix::net::UnixStream> {
     }
 
     fn poll_shutdown(&mut self, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
-        Poll::Ready(self.get_mut().shutdown(Shutdown::Both))
+        Poll::Ready(self.get_ref().shutdown(Shutdown::Both))
     }
 }