diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
index 6c0c0c13454..16ec0bd3c03 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/PythonClientCodegen.java
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ public class PythonClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig
                         "and", "del", "from", "not", "while", "as", "elif", "global", "or", "with",
                         "assert", "else", "if", "pass", "yield", "break", "except", "import",
                         "print", "class", "exec", "in", "raise", "continue", "finally", "is",
-                        "return", "def", "for", "lambda", "try", "self", "nonlocal", "None", "True", "False"));
+                        "return", "def", "for", "lambda", "try", "self", "nonlocal", "None", "True", 
+                        "False", "async", "await"));
 
         regexModifiers = new HashMap<Character, String>();
         regexModifiers.put('i', "IGNORECASE");