diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 07cbfc8..cc8e641 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "meshcore"
-version = "2.2.4"
+version = "2.2.5"
 authors = [
   { name="Florent de Lamotte", email="florent@frizoncorrea.fr" },
   { name="Alex Wolden", email="awolden@gmail.com" },
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 license = "MIT"
 license-files = ["LICEN[CS]E*"]
-dependencies = [ "bleak", "pyserial-asyncio", "pycayennelpp" ]
+dependencies = [ "bleak", "pyserial-asyncio-fast", "pycayennelpp" ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["pytest", "pytest-asyncio", "black", "ruff"]
diff --git a/src/meshcore/serial_cx.py b/src/meshcore/serial_cx.py
index e547fc9..de12b03 100644
--- a/src/meshcore/serial_cx.py
+++ b/src/meshcore/serial_cx.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ mccli.py : CLI interface to MeschCore BLE companion app
 
 import asyncio
 import logging
-import serial_asyncio
+import serial_asyncio_fast as serial_asyncio
 
 # Get logger
 logger = logging.getLogger("meshcore")