diff --git a/src/api/toolchain_routes.py b/src/api/toolchain_routes.py
index e04cbc6..af49557 100644
--- a/src/api/toolchain_routes.py
+++ b/src/api/toolchain_routes.py
@@ -464,12 +464,12 @@ async def _handle_issue_comment(payload: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     sha_match = re.search(r"commit:\s*`?([0-9a-f]{40})`?", body)
     if sha_match:
         try:
-            resp = requests.get(
-                f"{_GITEA_BASE}/commits/{sha_match.group(1)}/status",
-                headers={"Authorization": f"token {_GITEA_TOKEN}"},
-                timeout=5,
-            )
-            if resp.ok:
+            async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0) as client:
+                resp = await client.get(
+                    f"{_GITEA_BASE}/commits/{sha_match.group(1)}/status",
+                    headers={"Authorization": f"token {_GITEA_TOKEN}"},
+                )
+            if resp.status_code == 200:
                 statuses = resp.json().get("statuses", [])
                 for s in statuses:
                     if s.get("status") == "failure" or s.get("state") == "failure":