diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py
index 2f2c29daa8ba..4e0c6eb007c6 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/connections.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def get_task_token() -> datamodels.TIToken:
         status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN: {"description": "Task does not have access to the connection"},
     },
 )
-async def get_connection(
+def get_connection(
     connection_id: str,
     token: Annotated[datamodels.TIToken, Depends(get_task_token)],
 ) -> datamodels.ConnectionResponse: