diff --git a/src/HttpClientRequestAdapter.cs b/src/HttpClientRequestAdapter.cs
index 7626fc8..51bc17c 100644
--- a/src/HttpClientRequestAdapter.cs
+++ b/src/HttpClientRequestAdapter.cs
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ private async Task ThrowIfFailedResponse(HttpResponseMessage response, Dictionar
                 return null;// ensure a useful stream is passed to the factory
 #pragma warning disable CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
             //TODO remove with v2
-            var rootNode = pNodeFactory is IAsyncParseNodeFactory asyncParseNodeFactory ? await asyncParseNodeFactory.GetRootParseNodeAsync(responseContentType!, contentStream, cancellationToken) : pNodeFactory.GetRootParseNode(responseContentType!, contentStream);
+            var rootNode = pNodeFactory is IAsyncParseNodeFactory asyncParseNodeFactory ? await asyncParseNodeFactory.GetRootParseNodeAsync(responseContentType!, contentStream, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false) : pNodeFactory.GetRootParseNode(responseContentType!, contentStream);
 #pragma warning restore CS0618 // Type or member is obsolete
             return rootNode;
         }