diff --git a/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh b/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh
index 6b42600e91a0..3d2d7c40709e 100755
--- a/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh
+++ b/services/web/server/docker/boot.sh
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ if [ "${SC_BOOT_MODE}" = "debug" ]; then
   exec python -m debugpy --listen 0.0.0.0:"${WEBSERVER_REMOTE_DEBUGGING_PORT}" -m gunicorn simcore_service_webserver.cli:app_factory \
     --log-level="${SERVER_LOG_LEVEL}" \
     --bind 0.0.0.0:8080 \
-    --worker-class aiohttp.GunicornWebWorker \
+    --worker-class aiohttp.GunicornUVLoopWebWorker \
     --workers="${WEBSERVER_GUNICORN_WORKERS:-1}" \
     --name="webserver_$(hostname)_$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%T')_$$" \
     --access-logfile='-' \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ else
   exec gunicorn simcore_service_webserver.cli:app_factory \
     --log-level="${SERVER_LOG_LEVEL}" \
     --bind 0.0.0.0:8080 \
-    --worker-class aiohttp.GunicornWebWorker \
+    --worker-class aiohttp.GunicornUVLoopWebWorker \
     --workers="${WEBSERVER_GUNICORN_WORKERS:-1}" \
     --name="webserver_$(hostname)_$(date +'%Y-%m-%d_%T')_$$" \
     --access-logfile='-' \
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in
index 41887896cd51..977b148c6877 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.in
@@ -54,3 +54,4 @@ redis
 swagger-ui-py
 tenacity
 twilio
+uvloop
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
index 40c7857d6a13..72226f08fbec 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_base.txt
@@ -1021,6 +1021,8 @@ urllib3==2.2.3
     #   -c requirements/../../../../packages/simcore-sdk/requirements/../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   -c requirements/../../../../requirements/constraints.txt
     #   requests
+uvloop==0.21.0
+    # via -r requirements/_base.in
 werkzeug==2.1.2
     # via -r requirements/../../../../packages/service-library/requirements/_aiohttp.in
 wrapt==1.16.0
diff --git a/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt b/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt
index be28ea0836aa..02d18cdd2b24 100644
--- a/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt
+++ b/services/web/server/requirements/_test.txt
@@ -355,7 +355,9 @@ uvicorn==0.34.0
     #   fastapi
     #   fastapi-cli
 uvloop==0.21.0
-    # via uvicorn
+    # via
+    #   -c requirements/_base.txt
+    #   uvicorn
 watchfiles==1.0.4
     # via uvicorn
 websockets==15.0