diff --git a/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml
index eb9cc232e5bf1..7dc04822bfd25 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_tasks/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["bevy"]
 
 [features]
-multi-threaded = ["dep:async-channel", "dep:concurrent-queue"]
+multi-threaded = ["dep:event-listener", "dep:concurrent-queue"]
 
 [dependencies]
 futures-lite = "2.0.1"
 async-executor = "1.11"
-async-channel = { version = "2.2.0", optional = true }
 async-io = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
 concurrent-queue = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
+event-listener = { version = "5.0", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_tasks/src/task_pool.rs b/crates/bevy_tasks/src/task_pool.rs
index 74b3045e782ba..890dc9adf0b93 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_tasks/src/task_pool.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_tasks/src/task_pool.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use std::{
 
 use async_executor::FallibleTask;
 use concurrent_queue::ConcurrentQueue;
+use event_listener::{Event, listener};
 use futures_lite::FutureExt;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ pub struct TaskPool {
 
     // The inner state of the pool.
     threads: Vec<JoinHandle<()>>,
-    shutdown_tx: async_channel::Sender<()>,
+    shutdown: Arc<Event>,
 }
 
 impl TaskPool {
@@ -131,8 +132,7 @@ impl TaskPool {
     }
 
     fn new_internal(builder: TaskPoolBuilder) -> Self {
-        let (shutdown_tx, shutdown_rx) = async_channel::unbounded::<()>();
-
+        let shutdown = Arc::new(Event::new());
         let executor = Arc::new(async_executor::Executor::new());
 
         let num_threads = builder
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ impl TaskPool {
         let threads = (0..num_threads)
             .map(|i| {
                 let ex = Arc::clone(&executor);
-                let shutdown_rx = shutdown_rx.clone();
+                let shutdown = shutdown.clone();
 
                 let thread_name = if let Some(thread_name) = builder.thread_name.as_deref() {
                     format!("{thread_name} ({i})")
@@ -173,11 +173,10 @@ impl TaskPool {
                                             local_executor.tick().await;
                                         }
                                     };
-                                    block_on(ex.run(tick_forever.or(shutdown_rx.recv())))
+                                    listener!(shutdown => shutdown_listener);
+                                    block_on(ex.run(tick_forever.or(shutdown_listener)));
                                 });
-                                if let Ok(value) = res {
-                                    // Use unwrap_err because we expect a Closed error
-                                    value.unwrap_err();
+                                if res.is_ok() {
                                     break;
                                 }
                             }
@@ -190,7 +189,7 @@ impl TaskPool {
         Self {
             executor,
             threads,
-            shutdown_tx,
+            shutdown,
         }
     }
 
@@ -581,7 +580,7 @@ impl Default for TaskPool {
 
 impl Drop for TaskPool {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.shutdown_tx.close();
+        self.shutdown.notify(usize::MAX);
 
         let panicking = thread::panicking();
         for join_handle in self.threads.drain(..) {