diff --git a/Source/MySql.Data/NativeDriver.cs b/Source/MySql.Data/NativeDriver.cs
index abad7c6d9..1d60ef81d 100644
--- a/Source/MySql.Data/NativeDriver.cs
+++ b/Source/MySql.Data/NativeDriver.cs
@@ -192,16 +192,16 @@ public void Configure()
       stream.Encoding = Encoding;
     }
 
-    public async void Open()
+    public void Open()
     {
       // connect to one of our specified hosts
       try
       {
-#if NETSTANDARD1_3
-            baseStream = StreamCreator.GetStream(Settings).Result;
-#else
-            baseStream = await StreamCreator.GetStream(Settings);
-#endif
+
+        var streamTask = StreamCreator.GetStream(Settings);
+        streamTask.Wait();
+        baseStream = streamTask.Result;
+
 #if !CF && !RT && !NETSTANDARD1_3
          if (Settings.IncludeSecurityAsserts)
             MySqlSecurityPermission.CreatePermissionSet(false).Assert();
diff --git a/Source/MySql.Data/project.json b/Source/MySql.Data/project.json
index e3e54198a..f3570fe99 100644
--- a/Source/MySql.Data/project.json
+++ b/Source/MySql.Data/project.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "version": "6.9.810",
+  "version": "6.9.811",
   "description": "MySQL client library targeting netstandard 1.3",
   "authors": [ "Oracle", "SapientGuardian", "ebyte23" ],
   "buildOptions": {