diff --git a/stdlib/asyncio/events.pyi b/stdlib/asyncio/events.pyi
index 1096176cf..6ef9117b6 100644
--- a/stdlib/asyncio/events.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/asyncio/events.pyi
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class AbstractEventLoop(metaclass=ABCMeta):
     @abstractmethod
     def call_soon_threadsafe(self, callback: Callable[..., Any], *args: Any) -> Handle: ...
     @abstractmethod
-    def run_in_executor(self, executor: Any, func: Callable[..., _T], *args: Any) -> Awaitable[_T]: ...
+    def run_in_executor(self, executor: Any, func: Callable[..., _T], *args: Any) -> Future[_T]: ...
     @abstractmethod
     def set_default_executor(self, executor: Any) -> None: ...
     # Network I/O methods returning Futures.