diff --git a/api/api/views/image_views.py b/api/api/views/image_views.py
index 955466bcf57..3783169db94 100644
--- a/api/api/views/image_views.py
+++ b/api/api/views/image_views.py
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http.response import FileResponse, HttpResponse
-from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.exceptions import NotFound
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 
-import requests
 from drf_spectacular.utils import extend_schema, extend_schema_view
 from PIL import Image as PILImage
 
@@ -36,6 +34,8 @@
 )
 from api.serializers.media_serializers import PaginatedRequestSerializer
 from api.utils import image_proxy
+from api.utils.aiohttp import get_aiohttp_session
+from api.utils.asyncio import aget_object_or_404
 from api.utils.watermark import watermark
 from api.views.media_views import MediaViewSet
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def tag_collection(self, request, tag, *_, **__):
         url_name="oembed",
         serializer_class=OembedSerializer,
     )
-    def oembed(self, request, *_, **__):
+    async def oembed(self, request, *_, **__):
         """
         Retrieve the structured data for a specified image URL as per the
         [oEmbed spec](https://oembed.com/).
@@ -115,10 +115,12 @@ def oembed(self, request, *_, **__):
         context = self.get_serializer_context()
 
         identifier = params.validated_data["url"]
-        image = get_object_or_404(Image, identifier=identifier)
+        image = await aget_object_or_404(Image, identifier=identifier)
         if not (image.height and image.width):
-            image_file = requests.get(image.url, headers=self.OEMBED_HEADERS)
-            width, height = PILImage.open(io.BytesIO(image_file.content)).size
+            session = await get_aiohttp_session()
+            image_file = await session.get(image.url, headers=self.OEMBED_HEADERS)
+            image_content = await image_file.content.read()
+            width, height = PILImage.open(io.BytesIO(image_content)).size
             context |= {
                 "width": width,
                 "height": height,
diff --git a/api/test/unit/views/test_image_views.py b/api/test/unit/views/test_image_views.py
index dc258dfc246..247dabf8866 100644
--- a/api/test/unit/views/test_image_views.py
+++ b/api/test/unit/views/test_image_views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import json
-from collections.abc import Callable
-from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from test.factory.models.image import ImageFactory
 from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@
 import pook
 import pytest
 from PIL import UnidentifiedImageError
-from requests import Request, Response
+from requests import Response
 
 from api.views.image_views import ImageViewSet
 
@@ -18,47 +16,20 @@
 _MOCK_IMAGE_INFO = json.loads((_MOCK_IMAGE_PATH / "sample-image-info.json").read_text())
 
 
-@dataclass
-class RequestsFixture:
-    requests: list[Request]
-    response_factory: Callable[  # noqa: E731
-        [Request], Response
-    ] = lambda x: RequestsFixture._default_response_factory(x)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _default_response_factory(req: Request) -> Response:
-        res = Response()
-        res.url = req.url
-        res.status_code = 200
-        res._content = _MOCK_IMAGE_BYTES
-        return res
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def requests(monkeypatch) -> RequestsFixture:
-    fixture = RequestsFixture([])
-
-    def requests_get(url, **kwargs):
-        req = Request(method="GET", url=url, **kwargs)
-        fixture.requests.append(req)
-        response = fixture.response_factory(req)
-        return response
-
-    monkeypatch.setattr("requests.get", requests_get)
-
-    return fixture
-
-
 @pytest.mark.django_db
-def test_oembed_sends_ua_header(api_client, requests):
+def test_oembed_sends_ua_header(api_client):
     image = ImageFactory.create()
-    res = api_client.get("/v1/images/oembed/", data={"url": f"/{image.identifier}"})
 
-    assert res.status_code == 200
+    with pook.use():
+        (
+            pook.get(image.url)
+            .header("User-Agent", ImageViewSet.OEMBED_HEADERS["User-Agent"])
+            .reply(200)
+            .body(_MOCK_IMAGE_BYTES, binary=True)
+        )
+        res = api_client.get("/v1/images/oembed/", data={"url": f"/{image.identifier}"})
 
-    assert len(requests.requests) > 0
-    for r in requests.requests:
-        assert r.headers == ImageViewSet.OEMBED_HEADERS
+    assert res.status_code == 200
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db