diff --git a/pywb/utils/geventserver.py b/pywb/utils/geventserver.py
index 73857f2a..a42519be 100644
--- a/pywb/utils/geventserver.py
+++ b/pywb/utils/geventserver.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from gevent.wsgi import WSGIServer, WSGIHandler
+from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer, WSGIHandler
 from gevent import spawn
 import logging
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f877ac8c..0f9a8622 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ brotlipy
 pyyaml
 werkzeug
 webencodings
-gevent==1.2.2
+gevent[dnspython]  # extra recommend by gevent, c-ares resolver to be deprecated soon
 webassets==0.12.1
 portalocker
 wsgiprox>=1.5.1