diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1f13028072ed..124747999041 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 sqlparser = { version = "0.50.0", features = ["visitor"] }
 tempfile = "3"
 thiserror = "1.0.44"
-tokio = { version = "1.36", features = ["macros", "rt", "sync", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.36", features = ["macros", "rt", "sync"] }
 url = "2.2"
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/datafusion/common-runtime/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/common-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 832057ba62d6..a21c72cd9f83 100644
--- a/datafusion/common-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/common-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 log = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.36", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "time"] }