diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 71b031f5..9c772167 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ surf = { version = "1.0.3", optional = true }
 [target.'cfg(not(target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
 async-executor = { version = "0.1.2", features = ["async-io"], optional = true }
 async-io = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
-blocking = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
+blocking = { version = "0.5.2", optional = true }
 futures-lite = { version = "0.1.8", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs b/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs
index 9c836f24..8d6f3a51 100644
--- a/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs
+++ b/src/task/spawn_blocking.rs
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ where
     F: FnOnce() -> T + Send + 'static,
     T: Send + 'static,
 {
-    task::spawn(async move { blocking::unblock!(f()) })
+    task::spawn(blocking::unblock(f))
 }