diff --git a/wdfn-server/requirements.txt b/wdfn-server/requirements.txt
index e5ebc777ab360e4c6f7f5e51f0cc47a6fe3208b8..abdc26b70a68d9d40e7e1b9839ee36a5f113d965 100644
--- a/wdfn-server/requirements.txt
+++ b/wdfn-server/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-aiohttp==3.7.4.post0
+aiohttp[speedups]==3.7.4.post0
 aioresponses==0.7.2
 certifi==2021.5.30
 Flask[async]==2.0.1