diff --git a/ninja_extra/security/session.py b/ninja_extra/security/session.py
index 6d729978..60789d69 100644
--- a/ninja_extra/security/session.py
+++ b/ninja_extra/security/session.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.middleware import get_user
 from django.http import HttpRequest
-from ninja.signature import is_async
 
 from ninja_extra.security.api_key import AsyncAPIKeyCookie
 
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ class AsyncSessionAuth(AsyncAPIKeyCookie):
     async def authenticate(
         self, request: HttpRequest, key: Optional[str]
     ) -> Optional[Any]:
-        if hasattr(request, "auser") and is_async(request.auser):
+        from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+
+        if hasattr(request, "auser"):
             current_user = await request.auser()
         else:
-            current_user = request.user
+            current_user = await sync_to_async(get_user)(request)
 
         if current_user.is_authenticated:
             return current_user
diff --git a/tests/test_async_auth.py b/tests/test_async_auth.py
index dea9ea9c..96d63644 100644
--- a/tests/test_async_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_async_auth.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     AsyncAPIKeyQuery,
     AsyncHttpBasicAuth,
     AsyncHttpBearer,
-    async_django_auth,
 )
 
 user_secret = base64.b64encode("admin:secret".encode("utf-8")).decode()
@@ -145,7 +144,6 @@ async def test_csrf_on():
     api = NinjaExtraAPI(csrf=True, urls_namespace="async_auth")
 
     for path, auth in [
-        ("django_auth", async_django_auth),
         ("callable", callable_auth),
         ("apikeyquery", KeyQuery()),
         ("apikeyheader", KeyHeader()),
@@ -163,8 +161,6 @@ async def test_csrf_on():
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "path,kwargs,expected_code,expected_body",
     [
-        ("/django_auth", {}, 401, BODY_UNAUTHORIZED_DEFAULT),
-        ("/django_auth", {"user": MockUser("admin")}, 200, {"auth": "admin"}),
         ("/callable", {}, 401, BODY_UNAUTHORIZED_DEFAULT),
         ("/callable?auth=demo", {}, 200, {"auth": "demo"}),
         ("/apikeyquery", {}, 401, BODY_UNAUTHORIZED_DEFAULT),
diff --git a/tests/test_security/test_session.py b/tests/test_security/test_session.py
index f20e1de6..a01b5566 100644
--- a/tests/test_security/test_session.py
+++ b/tests/test_security/test_session.py
@@ -1,40 +1,47 @@
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, Mock
 
 import pytest
+from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from django.contrib.sessions.middleware import SessionMiddleware
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 
-from ninja_extra.security.session import AsyncSessionAuth
+from ninja_extra.security import async_django_auth
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.django_db
 async def test_async_session_auth():
-    auth = AsyncSessionAuth()
     request = HttpRequest()
 
+    # Add session to request
+    middleware = SessionMiddleware(lambda x: x)
+    await sync_to_async(middleware.process_request)(request)
+    await sync_to_async(request.session.save)()
+
     # Test async authenticated user
     async_user = AsyncMock()
     async_user.is_authenticated = True
     request.auser = AsyncMock(return_value=async_user)
 
-    authenticated_user = await auth.authenticate(request, None)
+    authenticated_user = await async_django_auth.authenticate(request, None)
     assert authenticated_user == async_user
     request.auser.assert_called_once()
 
     # Test async non-authenticated user
     async_user.is_authenticated = False
-    authenticated_user = await auth.authenticate(request, None)
+    authenticated_user = await async_django_auth.authenticate(request, None)
     assert authenticated_user is None
 
     # Test non-async authenticated user
     delattr(request, "auser")
     sync_user = Mock()
     sync_user.is_authenticated = True
-    request.user = sync_user
+    request._cached_user = sync_user
 
-    authenticated_user = await auth.authenticate(request, None)
+    authenticated_user = await async_django_auth.authenticate(request, None)
     assert authenticated_user == sync_user
 
     # Test non-async non-authenticated user
     sync_user.is_authenticated = False
-    authenticated_user = await auth.authenticate(request, None)
+    authenticated_user = await async_django_auth.authenticate(request, None)
     assert authenticated_user is None