diff --git a/backend-services/src/auth_service/operations/twilio_2fa.py b/backend-services/src/auth_service/operations/twilio_2fa.py
index 35c9521fb..a64979321 100644
--- a/backend-services/src/auth_service/operations/twilio_2fa.py
+++ b/backend-services/src/auth_service/operations/twilio_2fa.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 from twilio.rest import Client
@@ -11,33 +12,55 @@
 )
 from common.settings import AppSettings
 
+executor = ThreadPoolExecutor()
+
+
+def send_sms(client: Client, params: dict) -> str | None:
+    # Perform Twilio API calls here
+    verification = client.verify.v2.services(
+        params["service_sid"]
+    ).verifications.create(to=params["phone_number"], channel="sms")
+    return verification.sid
+
+
+def check_otp_verification(client: Client, params: dict) -> str | None:
+    # Perform Twilio API calls here
+    verification_check = client.verify.v2.services(
+        params["service_sid"]
+    ).verification_checks.create(
+        verification_sid=params["verification_sid"], code=params["otp"]
+    )
+    return verification_check.status
+
 
 async def send_otp_to_user(
     settings: AppSettings, client: Client, params: SendOtp
 ) -> SendOtpResponse:
     loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)  # Set the Twilio client's event loop as the default
-
-    verification = await client.verify.v2.services(
-        settings.twilio_service_sid
-    ).verifications.create_async(to=params.phone_number, channel="sms")
-
-    asyncio.set_event_loop(None)  # Reset the default event loop
-
-    if verification.sid is None:
+    send_sms_params = {
+        "service_sid": settings.twilio_service_sid,
+        "phone_number": params.phone_number,
+    }
+    verification_sid = await loop.run_in_executor(
+        executor, send_sms, client, send_sms_params
+    )
+    if verification_sid is None:
         raise HTTPException(500)
-    return SendOtpResponse(verification_sid=verification.sid)
+    return SendOtpResponse(verification_sid=verification_sid)
 
 
 async def check_otp_verification_status(
     settings: AppSettings, client: Client, params: CheckOtpStatus
 ) -> CheckOtpStatusResponse:
-    verification_check = await client.verify.v2.services(
-        settings.twilio_service_sid
-    ).verification_checks.create_async(
-        verification_sid=params.verification_sid, code=params.otp
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    check_otp_params = {
+        "service_sid": settings.twilio_service_sid,
+        "verification_sid": params.verification_sid,
+        "otp": params.otp,
+    }
+    status = await loop.run_in_executor(
+        executor, check_otp_verification, client, check_otp_params
     )
-
-    if verification_check.status is None:
+    if status is None:
         raise HTTPException(500)
-    return CheckOtpStatusResponse(status=verification_check.status)
+    return CheckOtpStatusResponse(status=status)
diff --git a/backend-services/src/web_asgi/main.py b/backend-services/src/web_asgi/main.py
index e1b3a0c20..ad7078c6c 100644
--- a/backend-services/src/web_asgi/main.py
+++ b/backend-services/src/web_asgi/main.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from motor.motor_asyncio import AsyncIOMotorClient
 from odmantic import AIOEngine
-from twilio.http.async_http_client import AsyncTwilioHttpClient
 from twilio.rest import Client as TwilioClient
 
 from auth_service.schema.actions import (
@@ -60,11 +59,9 @@
     database=app_settings.wallet_db_name,
 )
 
-twilio_http_client = AsyncTwilioHttpClient()
 twilio_client = TwilioClient(
     app_settings.twilio_account_sid,
     app_settings.twilio_auth_token,
-    http_client=twilio_http_client,
 )
 
 origins = [str(app_settings.primary_origin)]