diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index f44b90b..4df76a4 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ lazy val `rsocket-consul-java` = (project in file("."))
         "io.rsocket" % "rsocket-core" % rsocketVersion,
         "io.rsocket" % "rsocket-load-balancer" % rsocketVersion,
         "io.rsocket" % "rsocket-transport-netty" % rsocketVersion,
-        "org.asynchttpclient" % "async-http-client" % "2.12.4",
+        "org.asynchttpclient" % "async-http-client" % "3.0.2",
         "com.google.code.gson" % "gson" % "2.13.1",
         "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "2.0.17",
         "org.junit.jupiter" % "junit-jupiter" % "5.13.4" % Test,
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dwolla/rsocket/LoadBalancerBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/dwolla/rsocket/LoadBalancerBuilder.java
index cffcb5a..237bbd9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dwolla/rsocket/LoadBalancerBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dwolla/rsocket/LoadBalancerBuilder.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 public class LoadBalancerBuilder {
   private String consulHost = "http://localhost:8500";
-  private static final int requestTimeout = (int) Duration.ofSeconds(90).toMillis();
+  private static final Duration requestTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(90);
 
   private final HttpClient httpClient;