diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/rust_tests.yml
index 67749ab3..551419fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust_tests.yml
@@ -22,15 +22,17 @@ jobs:
           - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
           - x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
           - wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          - wasm32-wasi
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+    # setup wasmedge
+    - run: curl -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/master/utils/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- -p /usr/local
     # Setup musl if needed
     - run: sudo apt-get update
       if: matrix.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'
     - run: sudo apt-get install -y musl musl-dev musl-tools cmake
       if: matrix.target == 'x86_64-unknown-linux-musl'
-
     # # Caching stuff
     - uses: actions/cache@v2
       with:
@@ -96,7 +98,22 @@ jobs:
         command: build
         toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
         args: --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --features reqwest
-
+    - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      name: "Build"
+      if: matrix.target == 'wasm32-wasi'
+      with:
+        command: build
+        toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
+        args: --target ${{ matrix.target }} --features "http-binding hyper hyper_wasi"
+    - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+      name: "Test"
+      if: matrix.target == 'wasm32-wasi'
+      with:
+        command: test
+        toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
+        args: --target ${{ matrix.target }} --features "http-binding hyper hyper_wasi"
+      env:
+        CARGO_TARGET_WASM32_WASI_RUNNER: wasmedge
     # Build examples
     - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
       name: "Build reqwest-wasm-example"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 29f150bf..bb72c950 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,13 +46,12 @@ uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v4"] }
 actix-web = { version = "4", optional = true }
 actix-http = { version = "3", optional = true }
 reqwest-lib = { version = "^0.11", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"], optional = true, package = "reqwest" }
-rdkafka-lib = { version = "^0.29", features = ["cmake-build"], optional = true, package = "rdkafka" }
+rdkafka-lib = { version = "^0.36", features = ["cmake-build"], optional = true, package = "rdkafka" }
 warp-lib = { version = "^0.3", optional = true, package = "warp" }
 async-trait = { version = "^0.1.33", optional = true }
 bytes = { version = "^1.0", optional = true }
 futures = { version = "^0.3", optional = true }
 http = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
-hyper = { version = "^0.14", optional = true }
 axum-lib = { version = "^0.6", optional = true, package="axum"}
 http-body = { version = "^0.4", optional = true }
 poem-lib = { version = "=1.2.34", optional = true, package = "poem" }
@@ -64,6 +63,12 @@ hostname = "^0.3"
 [target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", target_os = "unknown"))'.dependencies]
 web-sys = { version = "^0.3", features = ["Window", "Location"] }
 
+[target.'cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))'.dependencies]
+hyper = { version = "^0.14", optional = true }
+
+[target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", target_os = "wasi"))'.dependencies]
+hyper_wasi = { version = "0.15", features = ["full"], optional = true }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest = "0.6"
 claims = "0.7.1"
@@ -72,11 +77,25 @@ serde_yaml = "0.8"
 rmp-serde = "1"
 
 # runtime dev-deps
-actix-rt = { version = "^2" }
+
 url = { version = "^2.1", features = ["serde"] }
 serde_json = { version = "^1.0" }
 chrono = { version = "^0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 mockito = "0.25.1"
-tokio = { version = "^1.0", features = ["full"] }
 mime = "0.3"
+
+
+[target.'cfg(not(target_os = "wasi"))'.dev-dependencies]
+actix-rt = { version = "^2" }
+tokio = { version = "^1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
+
+[target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "wasm32", target_os = "wasi"))'.dev-dependencies]
+tokio_wasi = { version = "1", features = [
+    "io-util",
+    "fs",
+    "net",
+    "time",
+    "rt",
+    "macros",
+] }
diff --git a/tests/version_number.rs b/tests/version_number.rs
index 288592d0..b65761a6 100644
--- a/tests/version_number.rs
+++ b/tests/version_number.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #[test]
+#[cfg_attr(target_os = "wasi", ignore)]
 fn test_readme_deps() {
     version_sync::assert_markdown_deps_updated!("README.md");
 }
 
 #[test]
+#[cfg_attr(target_os = "wasi", ignore)]
 fn test_html_root_url() {
     version_sync::assert_html_root_url_updated!("src/lib.rs");
 }