diff --git a/hive/CHANGELOG.md b/hive/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f81b234..c4f39257 100644
--- a/hive/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/hive/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 2.19.1
+
+- Updates `isolate_channel` to `0.4.0`
+
 ## 2.19.0
 
 - Adds box search to the inspector (by [@ElNgatia](https://github.com/ElNgatia) in [#280](https://github.com/IO-Design-Team/hive_ce/pull/280))
diff --git a/hive/lib/src/isolate/isolated_hive_impl/impl/isolated_hive_impl_vm.dart b/hive/lib/src/isolate/isolated_hive_impl/impl/isolated_hive_impl_vm.dart
index acb72c78..744246ae 100644
--- a/hive/lib/src/isolate/isolated_hive_impl/impl/isolated_hive_impl_vm.dart
+++ b/hive/lib/src/isolate/isolated_hive_impl/impl/isolated_hive_impl_vm.dart
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class IsolatedHiveImpl extends TypeRegistryImpl
 
       final IsolateConnection connection;
       if (send != null) {
-        connection = connectToIsolate(send);
+        connection = await connectToIsolate(send);
       } else {
         connection = await _spawnHiveIsolate();
       }
diff --git a/hive/pubspec.yaml b/hive/pubspec.yaml
index c10563ea..56f7ab4d 100644
--- a/hive/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/hive/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: hive_ce
 description: Hive Community Edition - A spiritual continuation of Hive v2
-version: 2.19.0
+version: 2.19.1
 homepage: https://github.com/IO-Design-Team/hive_ce/tree/main/hive
 
 topics:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies:
   meta: ^1.14.0
   crypto: ^3.0.0
   web: ">=0.5.0 <2.0.0"
-  isolate_channel: ^0.3.0
+  isolate_channel: ^0.4.0
   json_annotation: ^4.9.0
 
 dev_dependencies: