diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_downloader.py b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_downloader.py
index d4d0bb691f..df194161e6 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_downloader.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_downloader.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def __init__(
             for url, filename in StaticCacheJsonLdDownloader.CONTEXT_FILE_MAPPING.items()
         }
 
-    def load(self, url: str, options: Optional[Dict] = None):
+    async def load(self, url: str, options: Optional[Dict] = None):
         """Load a jsonld document from URL.
 
         Prioritize local static cache before attempting to download from the URL.
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ def load(self, url: str, options: Optional[Dict] = None):
             return cached
 
         logger.debug("Context %s not in static cache, resolving from URL.", url)
-        return self._live_load(url, options)
+        return await self._live_load(url, options)
 
-    def _live_load(self, url: str, options: Optional[Dict] = None):
-        doc, link_header = self.documents_downloader.download(url, options)
+    async def _live_load(self, url: str, options: Optional[Dict] = None):
+        doc, link_header = await self.documents_downloader.download(url, options)
         return self.document_parser.parse(doc, link_header)
 
 
diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py
index e5078c8c6c..68c4e8586a 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/document_loader.py
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ async def _load_did_document(self, did: str, options: dict):
 
         return document
 
-    def _load_http_document(self, url: str, options: dict):
-        document = self.requests_loader(url, options)
+    async def _load_http_document(self, url: str, options: dict):
+        document = await self.requests_loader(url, options)
 
         return document
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ async def _load_async(self, url: str, options: dict):
         if url.startswith("did:"):
             document = await self._load_did_document(url, options)
         elif url.startswith("http://") or url.startswith("https://"):
-            document = self._load_http_document(url, options)
+            document = await self._load_http_document(url, options)
         else:
             raise LinkedDataProofException(
                 "Unrecognized url format. Must start with "
diff --git a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py
index ba3a9cf41b..103f06ec7c 100644
--- a/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py
+++ b/aries_cloudagent/vc/ld_proofs/tests/test_document_downloader.py
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@
 )
 
 
-def test_load_cache_hit():
+async def test_load_cache_hit():
     downloader = Mock()
     context_loader = StaticCacheJsonLdDownloader(document_downloader=downloader)
 
-    context_loader.load("https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1")
+    await context_loader.load("https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1")
     downloader.download.assert_not_called()
 
 
-def test_load_cache_miss_triggers_download():
+async def test_load_cache_miss_triggers_download():
     downloader = Mock()
     downloader.download = Mock(return_value=(None, None))
     context_loader = StaticCacheJsonLdDownloader(document_downloader=downloader)
 
-    context_loader.load("https://www.w3.org/2018/very_unlikely_name/v1")
+    await context_loader.load("https://www.w3.org/2018/very_unlikely_name/v1")
     downloader.download.assert_called()