diff --git a/src/s5p/http.py b/src/s5p/http.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f29c12a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/s5p/http.py
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+"""Minimal async HTTP/1.1 client using asyncio streams."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+import logging
+import ssl
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("s5p")
+
+
+async def http_get_json(url: str, timeout: float = 10.0) -> dict:
+    """GET a URL and return parsed JSON response."""
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    host = parsed.hostname or ""
+    use_tls = parsed.scheme == "https"
+    default_port = 443 if use_tls else 80
+    port = parsed.port or default_port
+    path = parsed.path or "/"
+    if parsed.query:
+        path = f"{path}?{parsed.query}"
+
+    ssl_ctx = ssl.create_default_context() if use_tls else None
+    reader, writer = await asyncio.wait_for(
+        asyncio.open_connection(host, port, ssl=ssl_ctx),
+        timeout=timeout,
+    )
+
+    try:
+        request = (
+            f"GET {path} HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+            f"Host: {host}\r\n"
+            f"Accept: application/json\r\n"
+            f"Connection: close\r\n"
+            f"\r\n"
+        )
+        writer.write(request.encode())
+        await writer.drain()
+
+        body = await _read_response(reader, timeout)
+        return json.loads(body)
+    finally:
+        writer.close()
+        try:
+            await writer.wait_closed()
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+
+async def http_post_json(url: str, payload: dict, timeout: float = 10.0) -> None:
+    """POST JSON body to a URL (fire-and-forget)."""
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    host = parsed.hostname or ""
+    use_tls = parsed.scheme == "https"
+    default_port = 443 if use_tls else 80
+    port = parsed.port or default_port
+    path = parsed.path or "/"
+    if parsed.query:
+        path = f"{path}?{parsed.query}"
+
+    ssl_ctx = ssl.create_default_context() if use_tls else None
+    reader, writer = await asyncio.wait_for(
+        asyncio.open_connection(host, port, ssl=ssl_ctx),
+        timeout=timeout,
+    )
+
+    try:
+        body = json.dumps(payload).encode()
+        request = (
+            f"POST {path} HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+            f"Host: {host}\r\n"
+            f"Content-Type: application/json\r\n"
+            f"Content-Length: {len(body)}\r\n"
+            f"Connection: close\r\n"
+            f"\r\n"
+        )
+        writer.write(request.encode() + body)
+        await writer.drain()
+
+        # Read response status to detect errors, but don't require body.
+        status_line = await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readline(), timeout=timeout)
+        parts = status_line.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").split(None, 2)
+        if len(parts) >= 2 and not parts[1].startswith("2"):
+            logger.debug("http_post_json: %s returned %s", url, parts[1])
+    finally:
+        writer.close()
+        try:
+            await writer.wait_closed()
+        except OSError:
+            pass
+
+
+async def _read_response(reader: asyncio.StreamReader, timeout: float) -> bytes:
+    """Read HTTP response, return body bytes. Handles Content-Length and chunked."""
+    # Status line
+    status_line = await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readline(), timeout=timeout)
+    parts = status_line.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").split(None, 2)
+    if len(parts) < 2 or not parts[1].startswith("2"):
+        status = parts[1] if len(parts) >= 2 else "?"
+        raise OSError(f"HTTP {status}: {status_line.decode(errors='replace').strip()}")
+
+    # Headers
+    content_length = -1
+    chunked = False
+    while True:
+        line = await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readline(), timeout=timeout)
+        if line in (b"\r\n", b"\n", b""):
+            break
+        header = line.decode("utf-8", errors="replace").lower()
+        if header.startswith("content-length:"):
+            content_length = int(header.split(":", 1)[1].strip())
+        elif header.startswith("transfer-encoding:") and "chunked" in header:
+            chunked = True
+
+    # Body
+    if chunked:
+        return await _read_chunked(reader, timeout)
+    elif content_length >= 0:
+        return await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readexactly(content_length), timeout=timeout)
+    else:
+        # Connection: close -- read until EOF
+        return await asyncio.wait_for(reader.read(), timeout=timeout)
+
+
+async def _read_chunked(reader: asyncio.StreamReader, timeout: float) -> bytes:
+    """Read chunked transfer-encoding body."""
+    parts: list[bytes] = []
+    while True:
+        size_line = await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readline(), timeout=timeout)
+        size = int(size_line.strip(), 16)
+        if size == 0:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readline(), timeout=timeout)  # trailing CRLF
+            break
+        chunk = await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readexactly(size), timeout=timeout)
+        parts.append(chunk)
+        await asyncio.wait_for(reader.readline(), timeout=timeout)  # trailing CRLF
+    return b"".join(parts)
diff --git a/src/s5p/pool.py b/src/s5p/pool.py
index cf8e905..ca5a0ef 100644
--- a/src/s5p/pool.py
+++ b/src/s5p/pool.py
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import logging
 import os
 import random
 import time
-import urllib.request
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlparse
 
 from .config import ChainHop, PoolSourceConfig, ProxyPoolConfig, parse_proxy_url
+from .http import http_get_json, http_post_json
 from .proto import ProtoError, build_chain
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("s5p")
@@ -152,26 +152,35 @@ class ProxyPool:
     # -- source fetching -----------------------------------------------------
 
     async def _fetch_all_sources(self) -> None:
-        """Fetch proxies from all configured sources and merge."""
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        """Fetch proxies from all configured sources in parallel and merge."""
+
+        async def _fetch_one(src: PoolSourceConfig) -> list[ChainHop]:
+            if src.url:
+                return await self._fetch_api(src)
+            elif src.file:
+                loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+                return await loop.run_in_executor(None, self._fetch_file_sync, src)
+            return []
+
+        results = await asyncio.gather(
+            *[_fetch_one(s) for s in self._cfg.sources],
+            return_exceptions=True,
+        )
+
         proxies: list[ChainHop] = []
-        for src in self._cfg.sources:
-            try:
-                if src.url:
-                    batch = await loop.run_in_executor(None, self._fetch_api_sync, src)
-                    logger.info("pool: fetched %d proxies from %s", len(batch), src.url)
-                    proxies.extend(batch)
-                elif src.file:
-                    batch = await loop.run_in_executor(None, self._fetch_file_sync, src)
-                    logger.info("pool: loaded %d proxies from %s", len(batch), src.file)
-                    proxies.extend(batch)
-            except Exception as e:
-                label = src.url or src.file or "?"
-                logger.warning("pool: source %s failed: %s", label, e)
+        for i, result in enumerate(results):
+            src = self._cfg.sources[i]
+            label = src.url or src.file or "?"
+            if isinstance(result, Exception):
+                logger.warning("pool: source %s failed: %s", label, result)
+            else:
+                kind = "fetched" if src.url else "loaded"
+                logger.info("pool: %s %d proxies from %s", kind, len(result), label)
+                proxies.extend(result)
         self._merge(proxies)
 
-    def _fetch_api_sync(self, src: PoolSourceConfig) -> list[ChainHop]:
-        """Fetch proxies from an HTTP API (runs in executor)."""
+    async def _fetch_api(self, src: PoolSourceConfig) -> list[ChainHop]:
+        """Fetch proxies from an HTTP API (async)."""
         params: dict[str, str] = {}
         if src.limit:
             params["limit"] = str(src.limit)
@@ -185,9 +194,7 @@ class ProxyPool:
             sep = "&" if "?" in url else "?"
             url = f"{url}{sep}{urlencode(params)}"
 
-        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Accept": "application/json"})
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
-            data = json.loads(resp.read())
+        data = await http_get_json(url)
 
         proxies: list[ChainHop] = []
         for entry in data.get("proxies", []):
@@ -405,7 +412,7 @@ class ProxyPool:
             asyncio.ensure_future(self._report_dead(dead))
 
     async def _report_dead(self, keys: list[str]) -> None:
-        """POST dead proxy list to report_url (fire-and-forget)."""
+        """POST dead proxy list to report_url (fire-and-forget, async)."""
         dead = []
         for key in keys:
             # key format: proto://host:port
@@ -416,25 +423,12 @@ class ProxyPool:
         if not dead:
             return
 
-        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
         try:
-            await loop.run_in_executor(None, self._report_sync, dead)
+            await http_post_json(self._cfg.report_url, {"dead": dead})
             logger.info("pool: reported %d dead proxies to %s", len(dead), self._cfg.report_url)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("pool: report failed: %s", e)
 
-    def _report_sync(self, dead: list[dict[str, str]]) -> None:
-        """Synchronous POST to report_url (runs in executor)."""
-        payload = json.dumps({"dead": dead}).encode()
-        req = urllib.request.Request(
-            self._cfg.report_url,
-            data=payload,
-            headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
-            method="POST",
-        )
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10):
-            pass
-
     def _rebuild_alive(self) -> None:
         """Rebuild the alive keys list from current state."""
         self._alive_keys = [k for k, e in self._proxies.items() if e.alive]
diff --git a/src/s5p/source.py b/src/s5p/source.py
index a742248..8e7cbbd 100644
--- a/src/s5p/source.py
+++ b/src/s5p/source.py
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
-import json
 import logging
 import random
 import time
-import urllib.request
 from urllib.parse import urlencode
 
 from .config import ChainHop, ProxySourceConfig
+from .http import http_get_json
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("s5p")
 
@@ -49,11 +48,10 @@ class ProxySource:
         return random.choice(self._cache)
 
     async def _refresh(self) -> None:
-        """Fetch proxy list from the API."""
+        """Fetch proxy list from the API (async)."""
         async with self._lock:
-            loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
             try:
-                proxies = await loop.run_in_executor(None, self._fetch_sync)
+                proxies = await self._fetch()
                 self._cache = proxies
                 self._last_fetch = time.monotonic()
                 logger.info("proxy source: loaded %d proxies", len(proxies))
@@ -62,8 +60,8 @@ class ProxySource:
                 if self._cache:
                     logger.info("proxy source: using stale cache (%d proxies)", len(self._cache))
 
-    def _fetch_sync(self) -> list[ChainHop]:
-        """Synchronous HTTP fetch (runs in executor)."""
+    async def _fetch(self) -> list[ChainHop]:
+        """Async HTTP fetch."""
         params: dict[str, str] = {}
         if self._cfg.limit:
             params["limit"] = str(self._cfg.limit)
@@ -77,9 +75,7 @@ class ProxySource:
             sep = "&" if "?" in url else "?"
             url = f"{url}{sep}{urlencode(params)}"
 
-        req = urllib.request.Request(url, headers={"Accept": "application/json"})
-        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
-            data = json.loads(resp.read())
+        data = await http_get_json(url)
 
         proxies: list[ChainHop] = []
         for entry in data.get("proxies", []):
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56fe4f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+"""Tests for the async HTTP client."""
+
+import asyncio
+import json
+
+import pytest
+
+from s5p.http import http_get_json, http_post_json
+
+
+async def _run_mock_server(handler, host="127.0.0.1", port=0):
+    """Start a mock TCP server, return (server, port)."""
+    server = await asyncio.start_server(handler, host, port)
+    port = server.sockets[0].getsockname()[1]
+    return server, port
+
+
+class TestHttpGetJson:
+    """Test async HTTP GET."""
+
+    def test_basic_get(self):
+        payload = {"proxies": [{"proto": "socks5", "proxy": "1.2.3.4:1080"}]}
+        body = json.dumps(payload).encode()
+
+        async def handler(reader, writer):
+            await reader.readline()  # request line
+            while (await reader.readline()) not in (b"\r\n", b"\n", b""):
+                pass
+            writer.write(
+                f"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+                f"Content-Length: {len(body)}\r\n"
+                f"Connection: close\r\n"
+                f"\r\n".encode()
+                + body
+            )
+            await writer.drain()
+            writer.close()
+
+        async def run():
+            server, port = await _run_mock_server(handler)
+            async with server:
+                result = await http_get_json(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/test")
+                assert result == payload
+
+        asyncio.run(run())
+
+    def test_chunked_response(self):
+        payload = {"status": "ok"}
+        body = json.dumps(payload).encode()
+
+        async def handler(reader, writer):
+            await reader.readline()
+            while (await reader.readline()) not in (b"\r\n", b"\n", b""):
+                pass
+            writer.write(
+                b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+                b"Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n"
+                b"Connection: close\r\n"
+                b"\r\n"
+            )
+            # Send body as a single chunk
+            writer.write(f"{len(body):x}\r\n".encode() + body + b"\r\n")
+            writer.write(b"0\r\n\r\n")
+            await writer.drain()
+            writer.close()
+
+        async def run():
+            server, port = await _run_mock_server(handler)
+            async with server:
+                result = await http_get_json(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/chunked")
+                assert result == payload
+
+        asyncio.run(run())
+
+    def test_error_status(self):
+        async def handler(reader, writer):
+            await reader.readline()
+            while (await reader.readline()) not in (b"\r\n", b"\n", b""):
+                pass
+            writer.write(b"HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n")
+            await writer.drain()
+            writer.close()
+
+        async def run():
+            server, port = await _run_mock_server(handler)
+            async with server:
+                with pytest.raises(OSError, match="HTTP 500"):
+                    await http_get_json(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/fail")
+
+        asyncio.run(run())
+
+    def test_connection_close_body(self):
+        """Server sends no Content-Length, just closes connection."""
+        payload = {"key": "value"}
+        body = json.dumps(payload).encode()
+
+        async def handler(reader, writer):
+            await reader.readline()
+            while (await reader.readline()) not in (b"\r\n", b"\n", b""):
+                pass
+            writer.write(
+                b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+                b"Connection: close\r\n"
+                b"\r\n"
+                + body
+            )
+            await writer.drain()
+            writer.close()
+            await writer.wait_closed()
+
+        async def run():
+            server, port = await _run_mock_server(handler)
+            async with server:
+                result = await http_get_json(f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/nosize")
+                assert result == payload
+
+        asyncio.run(run())
+
+
+class TestHttpPostJson:
+    """Test async HTTP POST."""
+
+    def test_basic_post(self):
+        received = {}
+
+        async def handler(reader, writer):
+            request_line = await reader.readline()
+            received["method"] = request_line.decode().split()[0]
+            content_length = 0
+            while True:
+                line = await reader.readline()
+                if line in (b"\r\n", b"\n", b""):
+                    break
+                header = line.decode().lower()
+                if header.startswith("content-length:"):
+                    content_length = int(header.split(":", 1)[1].strip())
+            body = await reader.readexactly(content_length)
+            received["body"] = json.loads(body)
+            writer.write(b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n")
+            await writer.drain()
+            writer.close()
+
+        async def run():
+            server, port = await _run_mock_server(handler)
+            async with server:
+                await http_post_json(
+                    f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}/report",
+                    {"dead": [{"proto": "socks5", "proxy": "1.2.3.4:1080"}]},
+                )
+                assert received["method"] == "POST"
+                assert received["body"]["dead"][0]["proto"] == "socks5"
+
+        asyncio.run(run())
diff --git a/tests/test_pool.py b/tests/test_pool.py
index 0cf7540..1e30986 100644
--- a/tests/test_pool.py
+++ b/tests/test_pool.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 """Tests for the managed proxy pool."""
 
-import json
 import time
 
 import pytest
@@ -304,21 +303,20 @@ class TestProxyPoolReport:
             asyncio.run(pool._run_health_tests())
             mock_report.assert_not_called()
 
-    def test_report_sync_payload(self):
-        from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+    def test_report_async_payload(self):
+        import asyncio
+        from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
 
         cfg = ProxyPoolConfig(sources=[], report_url="http://api:8081/report")
         pool = ProxyPool(cfg, [], timeout=10.0)
 
-        dead = [{"proto": "socks5", "proxy": "10.0.0.1:1080"}]
-        with patch("s5p.pool.urllib.request.urlopen", new_callable=MagicMock) as mock_open:
-            mock_open.return_value.__enter__ = MagicMock()
-            mock_open.return_value.__exit__ = MagicMock(return_value=False)
-            pool._report_sync(dead)
-            req = mock_open.call_args[0][0]
-            assert req.method == "POST"
-            assert req.full_url == "http://api:8081/report"
-            assert b'"dead"' in req.data
+        with patch("s5p.pool.http_post_json", new_callable=AsyncMock) as mock_post:
+            asyncio.run(pool._report_dead(["socks5://10.0.0.1:1080"]))
+            mock_post.assert_called_once()
+            url = mock_post.call_args[0][0]
+            payload = mock_post.call_args[0][1]
+            assert url == "http://api:8081/report"
+            assert payload == {"dead": [{"proto": "socks5", "proxy": "10.0.0.1:1080"}]}
 
 
 class TestProxyPoolStaleExpiry: