diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6739989..7e1de0e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "httpx-oauth>=0.16.1,<0.17",
     "uvicorn[standard]>=0.34.0,<0.35",
     "temporalio>=1.10.0",
+    "uvloop>=0.21.0",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
diff --git a/src/applications/temporal_worker/__main__.py b/src/applications/temporal_worker/__main__.py
index 24d3970..a2563a0 100644
--- a/src/applications/temporal_worker/__main__.py
+++ b/src/applications/temporal_worker/__main__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-from asyncio import run
+from asyncio import run, set_event_loop_policy
+
+import uvloop
 
 from core.temporal import get_client
 
@@ -53,4 +55,7 @@ async def main():
     await worker.run()
 
 
+set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+
+
 run(main())
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index dc4a774..429599a 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "temporalio" },
     { name = "twitchapi" },
     { name = "uvicorn", extra = ["standard"] },
+    { name = "uvloop" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -274,6 +275,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "temporalio", specifier = ">=1.10.0" },
     { name = "twitchapi", specifier = ">=4.4.0,<5" },
     { name = "uvicorn", extras = ["standard"], specifier = ">=0.34.0,<0.35" },
+    { name = "uvloop", specifier = ">=0.21.0" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]