diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/dump/handler.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/dump/handler.rs
index 830bf4d0d..069196451 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/dump/handler.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/dump/handler.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ pub fn generate_uid() -> String {
 }
 
 mod real {
-    use std::{fs::File, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc};
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
 
     use log::{info, trace};
     use meilisearch_auth::AuthController;
     use milli::heed::Env;
     use tokio::fs::create_dir_all;
+    use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
 
     use crate::analytics;
     use crate::compression::to_tar_gz;
@@ -78,15 +80,22 @@ mod real {
 
             let meta = MetadataVersion::new_v5(self.index_db_size, self.task_store_size);
             let meta_path = temp_dump_path.join(META_FILE_NAME);
-            // TODO: blocking
-            let mut meta_file = File::create(&meta_path)?;
-            serde_json::to_writer(&mut meta_file, &meta)?;
+
+            let meta_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&meta)?;
+            let mut meta_file = tokio::fs::File::create(&meta_path).await?;
+            meta_file.write_all(&meta_bytes).await?;
+
             analytics::copy_user_id(&self.db_path, &temp_dump_path);
 
             create_dir_all(&temp_dump_path.join("indexes")).await?;
 
-            // TODO: this is blocking!!
-            AuthController::dump(&self.db_path, &temp_dump_path)?;
+            let db_path = self.db_path.clone();
+            let temp_dump_path_clone = temp_dump_path.clone();
+            tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> Result<()> {
+                AuthController::dump(db_path, temp_dump_path_clone)?;
+                Ok(())
+            })
+            .await??;
             TaskStore::dump(
                 self.env.clone(),
                 &temp_dump_path,