diff --git a/evm/Cargo.toml b/evm/Cargo.toml
index bf775bbb48bb..8be0758b6a03 100644
--- a/evm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/evm/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3.11"
 tracing-error = "0.2.0"
 
 # Threading/futures
-tokio = { version = "1.10.1" }
+tokio = { version = "1.10.1", features = ["time"] }
 parking_lot = "0.12.0"
 futures = "0.3.21"
 once_cell = "1.9.0"
diff --git a/evm/src/executor/fork/backend.rs b/evm/src/executor/fork/backend.rs
index 952a1088d728..cbd7cbe53605 100644
--- a/evm/src/executor/fork/backend.rs
+++ b/evm/src/executor/fork/backend.rs
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ impl SharedBackend {
             .name("fork-backend-thread".to_string())
             .spawn(move || {
                 let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
-                    .enable_io()
+                    .enable_all()
                     .build()
                     .expect("failed to create fork-backend-thread tokio runtime");