diff --git a/modules/tools/lsp/+lsp.el b/modules/tools/lsp/+lsp.el
index 2054c6bc438..1f70844928b 100644
--- a/modules/tools/lsp/+lsp.el
+++ b/modules/tools/lsp/+lsp.el
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ instead is more sensible."
     (set-lookup-handlers! 'lsp-ui-mode
       :definition 'lsp-ui-peek-find-definitions
       :implementations 'lsp-ui-peek-find-implementation
-      :references 'lsp-ui-peek-find-references))
+      :references 'lsp-ui-peek-find-references
+      :async t))
 
   (setq lsp-ui-peek-enable (featurep! +peek)
         lsp-ui-doc-max-height 8