diff --git a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
index 77d9454..b00de50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cont_integration.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Pin dependencies for MSRV
       if: matrix.rust.version == '1.63.0'
       run: |
-        cargo update -p reqwest --precise "0.12.4"
-        cargo update -p minreq --precise "2.13.2"
+        cargo update -p async-minreq --precise "2.0.0"
         cargo update -p zstd-sys --precise "2.0.8+zstd.1.5.5"
         cargo update -p time --precise "0.3.20"
         cargo update -p home --precise "0.5.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4d676cb..7a7a262 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bitcoin = { version = "0.32", features = ["serde", "std"], default-features = fa
 hex = { version = "0.2", package = "hex-conservative" }
 log = "^0.4"
 minreq = { version = "2.11.0", features = ["json-using-serde"], optional = true }
-reqwest = { version = "0.12",  features = ["json"], default-features = false, optional = true }
+async-minreq = { version = "0.12",  features = ["json"], default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 # default async runtime
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["time"], optional = true }
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ blocking-https-native = ["blocking", "minreq/https-native"]
 blocking-https-bundled = ["blocking", "minreq/https-bundled"]
 
 tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
-async = ["reqwest", "reqwest/socks", "tokio?/time"]
-async-https = ["async", "reqwest/default-tls"]
-async-https-native = ["async", "reqwest/native-tls"]
-async-https-rustls = ["async", "reqwest/rustls-tls"]
-async-https-rustls-manual-roots = ["async", "reqwest/rustls-tls-manual-roots"]
+async = ["async-minreq", "tokio?/time"]
+async-https = ["async", "async-minreq"]
+async-https-native = ["async", "async-minreq"]
+async-https-rustls = ["async", "async-minreq"]
+async-https-rustls-manual-roots = ["async", "async-minreq"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 670daf3..7432203 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This library should compile with any combination of features with Rust 1.63.0.
 To build with the MSRV you will need to pin dependencies as follows:
 
 ```shell
-cargo update -p reqwest --precise "0.12.4"
+cargo update -p async-minreq --precise "0.12.4"
 cargo update -p minreq --precise "2.13.2"
 cargo update -p zstd-sys --precise "2.0.8+zstd.1.5.5"
 cargo update -p time --precise "0.3.20"
diff --git a/src/async.rs b/src/async.rs
index b72988b..da33378 100644
--- a/src/async.rs
+++ b/src/async.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // You may not use this file except in accordance with one or both of these
 // licenses.
 
-//! Esplora by way of `reqwest` HTTP client.
+//! Esplora by way of `async-minreq` HTTP client.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use bitcoin::{
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace};
 
-use reqwest::{header, Client, Response};
+use async-minreq::{header, Client, Response};
 
 use crate::api::AddressStats;
 use crate::{
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ use crate::{
 pub struct AsyncClient<S = DefaultSleeper> {
     /// The URL of the Esplora Server.
     url: String,
-    /// The inner [`reqwest::Client`] to make HTTP requests.
+    /// The inner [`async-minreq::Client`] to make HTTP requests.
     client: Client,
     /// Number of times to retry a request
     max_retries: usize,
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl<S: Sleeper> AsyncClient<S> {
 
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
         if let Some(proxy) = &builder.proxy {
-            client_builder = client_builder.proxy(reqwest::Proxy::all(proxy)?);
+            client_builder = client_builder.proxy(async-minreq::Proxy::all(proxy)?);
         }
 
         #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ impl<S: Sleeper> AsyncClient<S> {
             });
         }
 
-        response.json::<T>().await.map_err(Error::Reqwest)
+        response.json::<T>().await.map_err(Error::async-minreq)
     }
 
     /// Make an HTTP GET request to given URL, deserializing to `Option<T>`.
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ impl<S: Sleeper> AsyncClient<S> {
     }
 }
 
-fn is_status_retryable(status: reqwest::StatusCode) -> bool {
+fn is_status_retryable(status: async-minreq::StatusCode) -> bool {
     RETRYABLE_ERROR_CODES.contains(&status.as_u16())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5c48318..58f304d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! async Esplora client to query Esplora's backend.
 //!
 //! The library provides the possibility to build a blocking
-//! client using [`minreq`] and an async client using [`reqwest`].
+//! client using [`minreq`] and an async client using [`async-minreq`].
 //! The library supports communicating to Esplora via a proxy
 //! and also using TLS (SSL) for secure communication.
 //!
@@ -53,14 +53,14 @@
 //!   capabilities using the platform's native TLS backend (likely OpenSSL).
 //! * `blocking-https-bundled` enables [`minreq`], the blocking client with proxy and TLS (SSL)
 //!   capabilities using a bundled OpenSSL library backend.
-//! * `async` enables [`reqwest`], the async client with proxy capabilities.
-//! * `async-https` enables [`reqwest`], the async client with support for proxying and TLS (SSL)
-//!   using the default [`reqwest`] TLS backend.
-//! * `async-https-native` enables [`reqwest`], the async client with support for proxying and TLS
+//! * `async` enables [`async-minreq`], the async client with proxy capabilities.
+//! * `async-https` enables [`async-minreq`], the async client with support for proxying and TLS (SSL)
+//!   using the default [`async-minreq`] TLS backend.
+//! * `async-https-native` enables [`async-minreq`], the async client with support for proxying and TLS
 //!   (SSL) using the platform's native TLS backend (likely OpenSSL).
-//! * `async-https-rustls` enables [`reqwest`], the async client with support for proxying and TLS
+//! * `async-https-rustls` enables [`async-minreq`], the async client with support for proxying and TLS
 //!   (SSL) using the `rustls` TLS backend.
-//! * `async-https-rustls-manual-roots` enables [`reqwest`], the async client with support for
+//! * `async-https-rustls-manual-roots` enables [`async-minreq`], the async client with support for
 //!   proxying and TLS (SSL) using the `rustls` TLS backend without using its the default root
 //!   certificates.
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ pub struct Builder {
     ///
     /// Note that the format of this value and the supported protocols change
     /// slightly between the blocking version of the client (using `minreq`)
-    /// and the async version (using `reqwest`). For more details check with
+    /// and the async version (using `async-minreq`). For more details check with
     /// the documentation of the two crates. Both of them are compiled with
     /// the `socks` feature enabled.
     ///
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Error during `minreq` HTTP request
     #[cfg(feature = "blocking")]
     Minreq(::minreq::Error),
-    /// Error during reqwest HTTP request
+    /// Error during async-minreq HTTP request
     #[cfg(feature = "async")]
-    Reqwest(::reqwest::Error),
+    async-minreq(::async-minreq::Error),
     /// HTTP response error
     HttpResponse { status: u16, message: String },
     /// Invalid number returned
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for Error {}
 #[cfg(feature = "blocking")]
 impl_error!(::minreq::Error, Minreq, Error);
 #[cfg(feature = "async")]
-impl_error!(::reqwest::Error, Reqwest, Error);
+impl_error!(::async-minreq::Error, async-minreq, Error);
 impl_error!(std::num::ParseIntError, Parsing, Error);
 impl_error!(bitcoin::consensus::encode::Error, BitcoinEncoding, Error);
 impl_error!(bitcoin::hex::HexToArrayError, HexToArray, Error);