diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 37595ae041..326e94e06f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dashmap = { version = "4.0.1", optional = true }
 fnv = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 futures-channel = "0.3"
 futures-executor = "0.3"
-futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "sink"] }
+futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "sink", "async-await"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 percent-encoding = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 pin-project = { version = "1.0.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/benches/trace.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/benches/trace.rs
index e9f9dad0c7..4d75e7493c 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/benches/trace.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/benches/trace.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ struct VoidExporter;
 
 impl SpanExporter for VoidExporter {
     fn export(&mut self, _spans: Vec<SpanData>) -> BoxFuture<'static, ExportResult> {
-        Box::pin(futures::future::ready(Ok(())))
+        Box::pin(futures_util::future::ready(Ok(())))
     }
 }