diff --git a/__tests__/unit/index.js b/__tests__/unit/index.js
index 3bd4973..dbfe6a0 100644
--- a/__tests__/unit/index.js
+++ b/__tests__/unit/index.js
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ describe('knativebus', () => {
       expect(axios).not.toBeCalled()
     })
 
-    it('throws an error if aggregate has no config', () => {
+    it('throws an error if aggregate has no config', async () => {
       const bus = knativebus(testBusConfig)
       const command = 'turtle.crawl'
       const data = { id: 1 }
 
       try {
-        bus.send(command, data)
+        await bus.send(command, data)
       } catch (err) {
         expect(err).toEqual(new Error('"turtle" has not been configured'))
       }
@@ -170,26 +170,26 @@ describe('knativebus', () => {
       const data = { id: 1 }
 
       try {
-        bus.publish(event, data)
+        await bus.publish(event, data)
       } catch (e) {
         expect(e).toEqual(new Error('"example" events broker url has not been configured'))
       }
       expect(axios).not.toBeCalled()
     })
 
-    it('throws an error if aggregate has no config', () => {
+    it('throws an error if aggregate has no config', async () => {
       const bus = knativebus(testBusConfig)
       const event = 'turtle.crawled'
       const data = { id: 1 }
 
       try {
-        bus.publish(event, data)
+        await bus.publish(event, data)
       } catch (err) {
         expect(err).toEqual(new Error('"turtle" has not been configured'))
       }
     })
 
-    it('publish', () => {
+    it('publish', async () => {
       const bus = knativebus(testBusConfig)
 
       const axios = require('axios')
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ describe('knativebus', () => {
       const event = 'example.event-happened'
       const data = { id: 1 }
 
-      bus.publish(event, data)
+      await bus.publish(event, data)
       expect(axios).toBeCalledWith({
         method: 'post',
         url: testBusConfig.aggregates.example.events,
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ describe('knativebus', () => {
       }, { timeout: 0 })
     })
 
-    it('publish with retry', () => {
+    it('publish with retry', async () => {
       const bus = knativebus({
         ...testBusConfig,
         retry: true
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ describe('knativebus', () => {
       const event = 'example.event-happened'
       const data = { id: 1 }
 
-      bus.publish(event, data)
+      await bus.publish(event, data)
       expect(axios).toBeCalledWith({
         method: 'post',
         url: testBusConfig.aggregates.example.events,
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index f3e87a4..7a7c9a5 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const knativebus = (config) => {
   }
 
   return {
-    publish: (type, data) => {
+    publish: async (type, data) => {
       const splitType = type.split('.')
 
       if (splitType.length < 2) throw new Error('format events as {aggregate}.{event-happened}')
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export const knativebus = (config) => {
 
       info(`Publishing CloudEvent to KNative domain events channel (${modelDomainEventsChannel}): ${JSON.stringify(ce, null, 2)}`)
 
-      return axios({
+      const result = await axios({
         method: 'post',
         url: modelDomainEventsChannel,
         data: message.body,
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ export const knativebus = (config) => {
       }, {
         timeout
       })
+
+      return result
     },
-    send: (type, data) => {
+    send: async (type, data) => {
       const splitType = type.split('.')
 
       if (splitType.length < 2) throw new Error('format commands as {aggregate}.{command}')
@@ -83,12 +85,14 @@ export const knativebus = (config) => {
 
       info(`Sending cloud event to KNative model broker (${modelBroker}): ${JSON.stringify(ce, null, 2)}`)
 
-      return axios({
+      const result = await axios({
         method: 'post',
         url: modelBroker,
         data: message.body,
         headers: message.headers
       }, { timeout })
+
+      return result
     }
   }
 }