diff --git a/CommonClient.py b/CommonClient.py
index 682f55ba4d3e..53f7d67544ae 100644
--- a/CommonClient.py
+++ b/CommonClient.py
@@ -540,14 +540,26 @@ async def process_server_cmd(ctx: CommonContext, args: dict):
     ctx.on_package(cmd, args)
 
 
+def stream_input(stream, queue):
+    def queuer():
+        text = stream.readline().strip()
+        if text:
+            queue.put_nowait(text)
+
+    from threading import Thread
+    thread = Thread(target=queuer, name=f"Stream handler for {stream.name}", daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    return thread
+
+
 async def console_loop(ctx: CommonContext):
     import sys
     commandprocessor = ctx.command_processor(ctx)
+    queue = asyncio.Queue()
+    stream_input(sys.stdin, queue)
     while not ctx.exit_event.is_set():
         try:
-            input_text = await asyncio.get_event_loop().run_in_executor(
-                None, sys.stdin.readline
-            )
+            input_text = await queue.get()
             input_text = input_text.strip()
 
             if ctx.input_requests > 0:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bf31f568f84f..c32a51858418 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 colorama>=0.4.4
-websockets>=10.0
+websockets>=10.1
 PyYAML>=6.0
 fuzzywuzzy>=0.18.0
-prompt_toolkit>=3.0.22
+prompt_toolkit>=3.0.23
 appdirs>=1.4.4
 jinja2>=3.0.3
 schema>=0.7.4