diff --git a/debian/geotrek-api.service b/debian/geotrek-api.service
index 23c47332b3..d70d3b79b2 100644
--- a/debian/geotrek-api.service
+++ b/debian/geotrek-api.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ StartLimitIntervalSec=30
 StartLimitBurst=2
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/opt/geotrek-admin/bin/gunicorn --config=/opt/geotrek-admin/var/conf/gunicorn-geotrek_api.conf.py geotrek.wsgi
+ExecStart=/opt/geotrek-admin/bin/gunicorn --config=/opt/geotrek-admin/var/conf/gunicorn-geotrek_api.conf.py geotrek.asgi -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
 Restart=on-failure
 User=geotrek
 Group=geotrek
diff --git a/debian/geotrek-ui.service b/debian/geotrek-ui.service
index 6927d48af9..401bc854a4 100644
--- a/debian/geotrek-ui.service
+++ b/debian/geotrek-ui.service
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ StartLimitIntervalSec=30
 StartLimitBurst=2
 
 [Service]
-ExecStart=/opt/geotrek-admin/bin/gunicorn --config=/opt/geotrek-admin/var/conf/gunicorn-geotrek.conf.py geotrek.wsgi
+ExecStart=/opt/geotrek-admin/bin/gunicorn --config=/opt/geotrek-admin/var/conf/gunicorn-geotrek.conf.py geotrek.asgi -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
 Restart=on-failure
 User=geotrek
 Group=geotrek
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 0bf0139a0f..765abd2cbb 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -101,4 +101,4 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get -yqq full-upgrade && \
 
 USER geotrek
 
-CMD ["gunicorn", "geotrek.wsgi:application", "--bind=0.0.0.0:8000"]
+CMD ["sh", "-c", "gunicorn geotrek.asgi:application --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker --workers ${GUNICORN_WORKERS:-5}"]
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 5c6e5e780d..76b802ee53 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ CHANGELOG
 2.109.3+dev     (XXXX-XX-XX)
 ----------------------------
 
+**Performances**
+
+- change deployment from standard WSGI to ASGI mode (asynchronous)
+
 
 2.109.3     (2024-10-29)
 ----------------------------
diff --git a/geotrek/asgi.py b/geotrek/asgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4090e5e1e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geotrek/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for Overhead Cables And Birdlife backend project.
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "geotrek.settings")
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb3f1f939b..8fcf012b9e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ click==8.1.3
     #   click-repl
     #   cligj
     #   fiona
+    #   uvicorn
 click-didyoumean==0.3.1
     # via celery
 click-plugins==1.1.1
@@ -206,6 +207,8 @@ gpxpy==1.6.2
     # via mapentity
 gunicorn==22.0.0
     # via geotrek (setup.py)
+h11==0.14.0
+    # via uvicorn
 html5lib==1.1
     # via weasyprint
 idna==3.7
@@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ typing-extensions==4.12.2
     #   asgiref
     #   django-modeltranslation
     #   kombu
+    #   uvicorn
 tzdata==2024.2
     # via
     #   backports-zoneinfo
@@ -375,6 +379,8 @@ urllib3==2.2.2
     # via
     #   requests
     #   sentry-sdk
+uvicorn==0.32.0
+    # via geotrek (setup.py)
 vine==5.1.0
     # via
     #   amqp
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b34032010c..d32ee3baad 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def run(self):
         "django-treebeard",
         # prod,
         'gunicorn',
+        'uvicorn',
         'sentry-sdk',
         'easy-thumbnails[svg]',
     ],