diff --git a/hamilton/function_modifiers/recursive.py b/hamilton/function_modifiers/recursive.py
index e05c13469..7f9504e31 100644
--- a/hamilton/function_modifiers/recursive.py
+++ b/hamilton/function_modifiers/recursive.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import inspect
 import sys
 from types import ModuleType
 from typing import Any, Callable, Collection, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
@@ -329,6 +330,9 @@ def add_namespace(
 
         # Reassign sources
         for node_ in nodes:
+            # This is not perfect -- we might get strangeness if its dynamically generated
+            # that said, it should work
+            is_async = inspect.iscoroutinefunction(node_.callable)
             new_name = new_name_map[node_.name]
             kwarg_mapping = {
                 (new_name_map[key] if key in new_name_map else key): key
@@ -347,12 +351,23 @@ def fn(
                 new_kwargs = {_kwarg_mapping[kwarg]: value for kwarg, value in kwargs.items()}
                 return _callabl(**new_kwargs)
 
+            async def async_fn(
+                _callabl=node_.callable,
+                _kwarg_mapping=dict(kwarg_mapping),
+                _new_name=new_name,
+                _new_name_map=dict(new_name_map),
+                **kwargs,
+            ):
+                new_kwargs = {_kwarg_mapping[kwarg]: value for kwarg, value in kwargs.items()}
+                return await _callabl(**new_kwargs)
+
             new_input_types = {
                 dep: node_.input_types[original_dep] for dep, original_dep in kwarg_mapping.items()
             }
+            fn_to_use = async_fn if is_async else fn
 
             new_nodes.append(
-                node_.copy_with(input_types=new_input_types, name=new_name, callabl=fn)
+                node_.copy_with(input_types=new_input_types, name=new_name, callabl=fn_to_use)
             )
         return new_nodes
 
@@ -362,6 +377,7 @@ def add_final_node(self, fn: Callable, node_name: str, namespace: str):
         :param fn:
         :return:
         """
+        is_async = inspect.iscoroutinefunction(fn)  # determine if its async
         node_ = node.Node.from_fn(fn)
         namespaced_input_map = {
             (assign_namespace(key, namespace) if key not in self.external_inputs else key): key
@@ -380,7 +396,12 @@ def new_function(**kwargs):
             # Have to translate it back to use the kwargs the fn is expecting
             return fn(**kwargs_without_namespace)
 
-        return node_.copy_with(name=node_name, input_types=new_input_types, callabl=new_function)
+        async def async_function(**kwargs):
+            return await new_function(**kwargs)
+
+        fn_to_use = async_function if is_async else new_function
+
+        return node_.copy_with(name=node_name, input_types=new_input_types, callabl=fn_to_use)
 
     def _derive_namespace(self, fn: Callable) -> str:
         """Utility function to derive a namespace from a function.
diff --git a/hamilton/version.py b/hamilton/version.py
index a0b0d57e3..9bb8b401a 100644
--- a/hamilton/version.py
+++ b/hamilton/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = (1, 61, 0)
+VERSION = (1, 62, 0, "rc0")