diff --git a/Package.swift b/Package.swift
index d481859c..352ee2a3 100644
--- a/Package.swift
+++ b/Package.swift
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// swift-tools-version:5.8
+// swift-tools-version:5.9
 import PackageDescription
 
 let package = Package(
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let package = Package(
         .library(name: "Fluent", targets: ["Fluent"]),
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/fluent-kit.git", from: "1.48.4"),
+        .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/fluent-kit.git", from: "1.49.0"),
         .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/vapor.git", from: "4.101.0"),
     ],
     targets: [
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ let package = Package(
 )
 
 var swiftSettings: [SwiftSetting] { [
+    .enableUpcomingFeature("ExistentialAny"),
     .enableUpcomingFeature("ConciseMagicFile"),
     .enableUpcomingFeature("ForwardTrailingClosures"),
+    .enableUpcomingFeature("ImportObjcForwardDeclarations"),
+    .enableUpcomingFeature("DisableOutwardActorInference"),
+    .enableExperimentalFeature("StrictConcurrency=complete"),
 ] }
diff --git a/Package@swift-5.9.swift b/Package@swift-5.9.swift
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b4afba6..00000000
--- a/Package@swift-5.9.swift
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// swift-tools-version:5.9
-import PackageDescription
-
-let package = Package(
-    name: "fluent",
-    platforms: [
-        .macOS(.v10_15),
-        .iOS(.v13),
-        .watchOS(.v6),
-        .tvOS(.v13),
-    ],
-    products: [
-        .library(name: "Fluent", targets: ["Fluent"]),
-    ],
-    dependencies: [
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/fluent-kit.git", from: "1.48.4"),
-        .package(url: "https://github.com/vapor/vapor.git", from: "4.101.0"),
-    ],
-    targets: [
-        .target(
-            name: "Fluent",
-            dependencies: [
-                .product(name: "FluentKit", package: "fluent-kit"),
-                .product(name: "Vapor", package: "vapor"),
-            ],
-            swiftSettings: swiftSettings
-        ),
-        .testTarget(
-            name: "FluentTests",
-            dependencies: [
-                .target(name: "Fluent"),
-                .product(name: "XCTFluent", package: "fluent-kit"),
-                .product(name: "XCTVapor", package: "vapor"),
-            ],
-            swiftSettings: swiftSettings
-        ),
-    ]
-)
-
-var swiftSettings: [SwiftSetting] { [
-    .enableUpcomingFeature("ExistentialAny"),
-    .enableUpcomingFeature("ConciseMagicFile"),
-    .enableUpcomingFeature("ForwardTrailingClosures"),
-    .enableUpcomingFeature("ImportObjcForwardDeclarations"),
-    .enableUpcomingFeature("DisableOutwardActorInference"),
-    .enableExperimentalFeature("StrictConcurrency=complete"),
-] }
diff --git a/Sources/Fluent/FluentProvider.swift b/Sources/Fluent/FluentProvider.swift
index 6a02d882..3e3e7d9e 100644
--- a/Sources/Fluent/FluentProvider.swift
+++ b/Sources/Fluent/FluentProvider.swift
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ extension Application {
             func shutdown(_ application: Application) {
                 application.databases.shutdown()
             }
+            
+            func shutdownAsync(_ application: Application) async {
+                await application.databases.shutdownAsync()
+            }
         }
 
         let application: Application
diff --git a/Tests/FluentTests/SessionTests.swift b/Tests/FluentTests/SessionTests.swift
index efe4fd2c..8a611bb2 100644
--- a/Tests/FluentTests/SessionTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/FluentTests/SessionTests.swift
@@ -113,4 +113,8 @@ struct StaticDatabase: DatabaseConfiguration, DatabaseDriver {
     func shutdown() {
         // Do nothing.
     }
+    
+    func shutdownAsync() async {
+        // Do nothing
+    }
 }