diff --git a/facet/cli.py b/facet/cli.py
index 89b64fe..b187912 100644
--- a/facet/cli.py
+++ b/facet/cli.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import asyncio
+import json
 import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-import json
+import aiohttp
 
 from facet import settings
 from facet.cli_dispatch import Dispatcher
@@ -186,9 +188,18 @@ def fetch(self, options):
         else:
             include_inactive = options.get('--all')
             facets = Facet.get_all(include_inactive)
-        for facet in facets:
-            facet.fetch()
-            print(facet.format())
+
+        async def fetch_all_facets():
+            conn = aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=False)
+            async with aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=conn) as session:
+                coros = [facet._fetch_async(session) for facet in facets]
+                await asyncio.wait(coros)
+
+        event_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        try:
+            event_loop.run_until_complete(fetch_all_facets())
+        finally:
+            event_loop.close()
 
     def follow(self, options):
         """
diff --git a/facet/core.py b/facet/core.py
index c4be3e5..1efdb89 100644
--- a/facet/core.py
+++ b/facet/core.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import asyncio
 import json
 import subprocess
 from os import listdir
 from os import path
 
+import aiohttp
 import requests
 import yaml
 
@@ -77,14 +79,27 @@ def apply_patch(self, patch):
         self.write_config(config)
 
     def fetch(self):
+        async def _fetch():
+            conn = aiohttp.TCPConnector(ssl=False)
+            async with aiohttp.ClientSession(connector=conn) as session:
+                await self._fetch_async(session)
+
+        event_loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        try:
+            event_loop.run_until_complete(_fetch())
+        finally:
+            event_loop.close()
+
+    async def _fetch_async(self, session):
         if not self.jira:
             return
-        resp = requests.get(self.jira_json_url)
+        resp = await session.get(self.jira_json_url)
         resp.raise_for_status()
-        _json = resp.json()
+        _json = await resp.json()
         assert _json
         with open(self.jira_data_file, 'w') as fp:
             dump_json(_json, fp)
+        print(self.format())
 
     def format(self):
         if self.jira:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7e12e36..9860047 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
         ],
     },
     install_requires=[
+        'aiohttp',
         'clint',
         'docopt',
         'pyyaml',
-        'requests',
     ],
 )