diff --git a/example/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/example/Main.scala b/example/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/example/Main.scala
index cc3ba1e62..b51c6ae26 100644
--- a/example/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/example/Main.scala
+++ b/example/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/example/Main.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object Main extends ZioServerApp {
       )
       meterRegistry <- MicrometerJmxModule.make[Task](configuration.jmx)
       _ <- Resource.eval(MicrometerJvmModule.make[Task](meterRegistry))
-      serverMetricsModule <- Resource.eval(MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule.make[Task](meterRegistry, clock))
+      serverMetricsModule <- Resource.eval(MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule.make[Task](meterRegistry, executorModule.blocker, clock))
       boundedConnectExecutionContext <-
         executorModule
           .makeThreadPoolExecutor(
diff --git a/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.scala b/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.scala
index 848d1165b..2bcf1cee5 100644
--- a/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.scala
+++ b/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.avast.sst.http4s.server.micrometer
 
-import cats.effect.Effect
 import cats.effect.concurrent.Ref
+import cats.effect.{Blocker, ContextShift, Effect, IO}
 import cats.syntax.functor._
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry
 import org.http4s.metrics.{MetricsOps, TerminationType}
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 object MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule {
 
   /** Makes [[org.http4s.metrics.MetricsOps]] to record the usual HTTP server metrics. */
-  def make[F[_]: Effect](meterRegistry: MeterRegistry): F[MetricsOps[F]] = {
+  def make[F[_]: Effect](meterRegistry: MeterRegistry, blocker: Blocker): F[MetricsOps[F]] = {
     val F = Effect[F]
 
+    implicit val iocs: ContextShift[IO] = IO.contextShift(blocker.blockingContext)
+
     for {
       activeRequests <- Ref.of[F, Long](0L)
     } yield new MetricsOps[F] {
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ object MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule {
       meterRegistry.gauge(
         s"$prefix.active-requests",
         activeRequests,
-        (_: Ref[F, Long]) => Effect[F].toIO(activeRequests.get).unsafeRunSync().toDouble
+        (_: Ref[F, Long]) => blocker.blockOn(Effect[F].toIO(activeRequests.get)).unsafeRunSync().toDouble
       )
 
       override def increaseActiveRequests(classifier: Option[String]): F[Unit] = activeRequests.update(_ + 1)
diff --git a/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule.scala b/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule.scala
index a1f902946..c995a3153 100644
--- a/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule.scala
+++ b/http4s-server-micrometer/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.avast.sst.http4s.server.micrometer
 
-import cats.effect.{Clock, Effect, Sync}
+import cats.effect.{Blocker, Clock, Effect, Sync}
 import cats.syntax.flatMap._
 import cats.syntax.functor._
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ object MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule {
   /** Makes [[com.avast.sst.http4s.server.micrometer.MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule]] that can be used to setup monitoring
     * of the whole HTTP server and individual routes.
     */
-  def make[F[_]: Effect](meterRegistry: MeterRegistry, clock: Clock[F]): F[MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule[F]] = {
+  def make[F[_]: Effect](meterRegistry: MeterRegistry, blocker: Blocker, clock: Clock[F]): F[MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule[F]] = {
     implicit val c: Clock[F] = clock
 
     for {
-      metricsOps <- MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.make[F](meterRegistry)
+      metricsOps <- MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.make[F](meterRegistry, blocker)
       routeMetrics <- Sync[F].delay(new RouteMetrics[F](meterRegistry))
     } yield new MicrometerHttp4sServerMetricsModule[F](Metrics(metricsOps), routeMetrics)
   }
diff --git a/http4s-server-micrometer/src/test/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModuleTest.scala b/http4s-server-micrometer/src/test/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModuleTest.scala
index 9509e0dc2..734cec8e5 100644
--- a/http4s-server-micrometer/src/test/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModuleTest.scala
+++ b/http4s-server-micrometer/src/test/scala/com/avast/sst/http4s/server/micrometer/MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModuleTest.scala
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 package com.avast.sst.http4s.server.micrometer
 
-import cats.effect.IO
+import cats.effect.{Blocker, IO}
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.simple.SimpleMeterRegistry
 import org.http4s.{Method, Status}
 import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
 
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import java.util.concurrent.{Executors, TimeUnit}
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 
 class MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModuleTest extends AnyFunSuite {
 
   test("http4s MetricsOps for Micrometer") {
     val registry = new SimpleMeterRegistry()
-    val metricsOps = MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.make[IO](registry).unsafeRunSync()
+    val blocker = Blocker.liftExecutionContext(ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(Executors.newCachedThreadPool()))
+    val metricsOps = MicrometerHttp4sMetricsOpsModule.make[IO](registry, blocker).unsafeRunSync()
 
     metricsOps.increaseActiveRequests(None).unsafeRunSync()
     metricsOps.recordTotalTime(Method.GET, Status.Ok, 2500, None).unsafeRunSync()
diff --git a/micrometer-statsd/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/micrometer/statsd/MicrometerStatsDModule.scala b/micrometer-statsd/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/micrometer/statsd/MicrometerStatsDModule.scala
index 4c1d55350..4ed077035 100644
--- a/micrometer-statsd/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/micrometer/statsd/MicrometerStatsDModule.scala
+++ b/micrometer-statsd/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/micrometer/statsd/MicrometerStatsDModule.scala
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 package com.avast.sst.micrometer.statsd
 
-import cats.effect.{Resource, Sync}
+import cats.effect.{Blocker, ContextShift, Resource, Sync}
 import com.avast.sst.micrometer.PrefixMeterFilter
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.Clock
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.config.{MeterFilter, NamingConvention}
 import io.micrometer.core.instrument.util.HierarchicalNameMapper
-import io.micrometer.statsd.{StatsdConfig, StatsdFlavor, StatsdMeterRegistry, StatsdProtocol}
+import io.micrometer.statsd._
 
 import java.time.Duration
 
 object MicrometerStatsDModule {
 
   /** Makes configured [[io.micrometer.statsd.StatsdMeterRegistry]]. */
-  def make[F[_]: Sync](
+  def make[F[_]: Sync: ContextShift](
       config: MicrometerStatsDConfig,
+      blocker: Blocker,
       clock: Clock = Clock.SYSTEM,
       nameMapper: HierarchicalNameMapper = HierarchicalNameMapper.DEFAULT,
       namingConvention: Option[NamingConvention] = None,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ object MicrometerStatsDModule {
 
           registry
         }
-      }(registry => Sync[F].delay(registry.close()))
+      }(registry => blocker.delay(registry.close()))
   }
 
   private class CustomStatsdConfig(c: MicrometerStatsDConfig) extends StatsdConfig {