diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3977705941..2e9152a13a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ setup(name='tinygrad',
             "bottle",
             "ggml-python"
         ],
-        'webgpu': ["wgpu==v0.18.1"],
+        'webgpu': ["wgpu"],
         'docs': [
             "mkdocs",
             "mkdocs-material",
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_webgpu.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_webgpu.py
index 5a2e33c014..0e61c2553a 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_webgpu.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_webgpu.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ class WebGpuAllocator(Allocator):
 
 class WebGpuDevice(Compiled):
   def __init__(self, device:str):
-    adapter = wgpu.gpu.request_adapter(power_preference="high-performance")
+    adapter = wgpu.gpu.request_adapter_sync(power_preference="high-performance")
     timestamp_supported = wgpu.FeatureName.timestamp_query in adapter.features
-    wgpu_device = adapter.request_device(required_features=[wgpu.FeatureName.timestamp_query] if timestamp_supported else [])
+    wgpu_device = adapter.request_device_sync(required_features=[wgpu.FeatureName.timestamp_query] if timestamp_supported else [])
     super().__init__(device, WebGpuAllocator(wgpu_device), WGSLRenderer(), Compiler(),
                      functools.partial(WebGPUProgram, (wgpu_device, timestamp_supported)))