diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_http.py b/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_http.py
index f98dfda517..f5533316f8 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_http.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/utils/_http.py
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ def hf_request_event_hook(request: httpx.Request) -> None:
     return request_id
 
 
+async def async_hf_request_event_hook(request: httpx.Request) -> None:
+    """
+    Async version of `hf_request_event_hook`.
+    """
+    return hf_request_event_hook(request)
+
+
 def default_client_factory() -> httpx.Client:
     """
     Factory function to create a `httpx.Client` with the default transport.
@@ -118,7 +125,7 @@ def default_async_client_factory() -> httpx.AsyncClient:
     Factory function to create a `httpx.AsyncClient` with the default transport.
     """
     return httpx.AsyncClient(
-        event_hooks={"request": [hf_request_event_hook]},
+        event_hooks={"request": [async_hf_request_event_hook]},
         follow_redirects=True,
         timeout=httpx.Timeout(constants.DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT, write=60.0),
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_http.py b/tests/test_utils_http.py
index cfce921497..0b20f78c75 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_http.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     _adjust_range_header,
     default_client_factory,
     fix_hf_endpoint_in_url,
+    get_async_session,
     get_session,
     http_backoff,
     set_client_factory,
@@ -362,3 +363,18 @@ def test_proxy_env_is_used(monkeypatch):
 
     # Reset
     set_client_factory(default_client_factory)
+
+
+def test_client_get_request():
+    # Check that sync client works
+    client = get_session()
+    response = client.get("https://huggingface.co")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_client_get_request():
+    # Check that async client works
+    client = get_async_session()
+    response = await client.get("https://huggingface.co")
+    assert response.status_code == 200