diff --git a/benches/Cargo.toml b/benches/Cargo.toml
index f5e6e12285..7c8c15c339 100644
--- a/benches/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 publish = false
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-criterion = "0.3"
+criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["async_tokio", "html_reports"] }
 futures-channel = "0.3.15"
 futures-util = "0.3.15"
 jsonrpsee = { path = "../jsonrpsee", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/benches/bench.rs b/benches/bench.rs
index 84a077f934..3c450373e7 100644
--- a/benches/bench.rs
+++ b/benches/bench.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use criterion::*;
+use futures_util::future::join_all;
 use helpers::{SUB_METHOD_NAME, UNSUB_METHOD_NAME};
 use jsonrpsee::{
 	http_client::{
@@ -134,10 +135,8 @@ impl RequestBencher for AsyncBencher {
 
 fn run_round_trip(rt: &TokioRuntime, crit: &mut Criterion, client: Arc<impl Client>, name: &str, request: RequestType) {
 	crit.bench_function(&request.group_name(name), |b| {
-		b.iter(|| {
-			rt.block_on(async {
-				black_box(client.request::<String>(request.method_name(), JsonRpcParams::NoParams).await.unwrap());
-			})
+		b.to_async(rt).iter(|| async {
+			black_box(client.request::<String>(request.method_name(), JsonRpcParams::NoParams).await.unwrap());
 		})
 	});
 }
@@ -145,29 +144,28 @@ fn run_round_trip(rt: &TokioRuntime, crit: &mut Criterion, client: Arc<impl Clie
 fn run_sub_round_trip(rt: &TokioRuntime, crit: &mut Criterion, client: Arc<impl SubscriptionClient>, name: &str) {
 	let mut group = crit.benchmark_group(name);
 	group.bench_function("subscribe", |b| {
-		b.iter_with_large_drop(|| {
-			rt.block_on(async {
-				black_box(
-					client
-						.subscribe::<String>(SUB_METHOD_NAME, JsonRpcParams::NoParams, UNSUB_METHOD_NAME)
-						.await
-						.unwrap(),
-				);
-			})
+		b.to_async(rt).iter_with_large_drop(|| async {
+			black_box(
+				client.subscribe::<String>(SUB_METHOD_NAME, JsonRpcParams::NoParams, UNSUB_METHOD_NAME).await.unwrap(),
+			);
 		})
 	});
 	group.bench_function("subscribe_response", |b| {
-		b.iter_with_setup(
+		b.to_async(rt).iter_with_setup(
 			|| {
-				rt.block_on(async {
-					client
-						.subscribe::<String>(SUB_METHOD_NAME, JsonRpcParams::NoParams, UNSUB_METHOD_NAME)
-						.await
-						.unwrap()
+				// We have to use `block_in_place` here since `b.to_async(rt)` automatically enters the
+				// runtime context and simply calling `block_on` here will cause the code to panic.
+				tokio::task::block_in_place(|| {
+					tokio::runtime::Handle::current().block_on(async {
+						client
+							.subscribe::<String>(SUB_METHOD_NAME, JsonRpcParams::NoParams, UNSUB_METHOD_NAME)
+							.await
+							.unwrap()
+					})
 				})
 			},
-			|mut sub| {
-				rt.block_on(async { black_box(sub.next().await.unwrap()) });
+			|mut sub| async move {
+				black_box(sub.next().await.unwrap());
 				// Note that this benchmark will include costs for measuring `drop` for subscription,
 				// since it's not possible to combine both `iter_with_setup` and `iter_with_large_drop`.
 				// To estimate pure cost of method, one should subtract the result of `unsub` bench
@@ -208,7 +206,7 @@ fn run_round_trip_with_batch(
 		let batch = vec![(request.method_name(), JsonRpcParams::NoParams); *batch_size];
 		group.throughput(Throughput::Elements(*batch_size as u64));
 		group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::from_parameter(batch_size), batch_size, |b, _| {
-			b.iter(|| rt.block_on(async { client.batch_request::<String>(batch.clone()).await.unwrap() }))
+			b.to_async(rt).iter(|| async { client.batch_request::<String>(batch.clone()).await.unwrap() })
 		});
 	}
 	group.finish();
@@ -224,21 +222,19 @@ fn run_concurrent_round_trip<C: 'static + Client + Send + Sync>(
 	let mut group = crit.benchmark_group(request.group_name(name));
 	for num_concurrent_tasks in helpers::concurrent_tasks() {
 		group.bench_function(format!("{}", num_concurrent_tasks), |b| {
-			b.iter(|| {
-				let mut tasks = Vec::new();
-				for _ in 0..num_concurrent_tasks {
-					let client_rc = client.clone();
-					let task = rt.spawn(async move {
-						let _ = black_box(
-							client_rc.request::<String>(request.method_name(), JsonRpcParams::NoParams).await.unwrap(),
-						);
+			b.to_async(rt).iter_with_setup(
+				|| (0..num_concurrent_tasks).map(|_| client.clone()),
+				|clients| async {
+					let tasks = clients.map(|client| {
+						rt.spawn(async move {
+							let _ = black_box(
+								client.request::<String>(request.method_name(), JsonRpcParams::NoParams).await.unwrap(),
+							);
+						})
 					});
-					tasks.push(task);
-				}
-				for task in tasks {
-					rt.block_on(task).unwrap();
-				}
-			})
+					join_all(tasks).await;
+				},
+			)
 		});
 	}
 	group.finish();