diff --git a/Octokit/Clients/OAuthClient.cs b/Octokit/Clients/OAuthClient.cs
index d283b5a4..e6e17fb8 100644
--- a/Octokit/Clients/OAuthClient.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Clients/OAuthClient.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Octokit
 
             var body = new FormUrlEncodedContent(request.ToParametersDictionary());
 
-            var response = await connection.Post<OauthToken>(endPoint, body, "application/json", null, hostAddress);
+            var response = await connection.Post<OauthToken>(endPoint, body, "application/json", null, hostAddress).ConfigureAwait(false);
             return response.Body;
         }
     }