diff --git a/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extensions/AsyncCompatibility.swift b/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extensions/AsyncCompatibility.swift
index b152f15..8bfbb32 100644
--- a/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extensions/AsyncCompatibility.swift
+++ b/Sources/YouTubeKit/Extensions/AsyncCompatibility.swift
@@ -7,36 +7,70 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
-/// Backward compatibility of iOS 15 URLSession async function for older versions
+/// Thread-safe holder tying an in-flight `URLSessionTask` to Swift task cancellation.
+/// If the surrounding Swift task is cancelled before the URLSessionTask is registered,
+/// the URLSessionTask is cancelled immediately upon registration.
+private final class URLSessionTaskCancellationBox: @unchecked Sendable {
+    private let lock = NSLock()
+    private var task: URLSessionTask?
+    private var isCancelled = false
+
+    func register(_ task: URLSessionTask) {
+        lock.lock()
+        self.task = task
+        let cancelled = isCancelled
+        lock.unlock()
+        if cancelled {
+            task.cancel()
+        }
+    }
+
+    func cancel() {
+        lock.lock()
+        isCancelled = true
+        let task = self.task
+        lock.unlock()
+        task?.cancel()
+    }
+}
+
+/// Backward compatibility of iOS 15 URLSession async function for older versions.
+/// Cancellation-aware: cancelling the surrounding Swift task cancels the underlying
+/// `URLSessionTask` (the request fails with `URLError.cancelled`) instead of letting
+/// the download run to completion.
 @available(iOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, tvOS 13.0, macOS 10.15, *)
 extension URLSession {
-    
+
     func data(from url: URL) async throws -> (Data, URLResponse) {
-        try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
-            dataTask(with: url) { data, response, error in
-                guard let data = data, let response = response else {
-                    let error = error ?? URLError(.unknown)
-                    return continuation.resume(throwing: error)
-                }
-                
-                continuation.resume(returning: (data, response))
-            }
-            .resume()
-        }
+        try await performCancellableDataTask { dataTask(with: url, completionHandler: $0) }
     }
-    
+
     func data(for request: URLRequest) async throws -> (Data, URLResponse) {
-        try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
-            dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
-                guard let data = data, let response = response else {
-                    let error = error ?? URLError(.unknown)
-                    return continuation.resume(throwing: error)
-                }
+        try await performCancellableDataTask { dataTask(with: request, completionHandler: $0) }
+    }
+
+    /// Shared body for the async shims: bridge a completion-handler `dataTask` to
+    /// async, cancelling the underlying `URLSessionTask` when the Swift task is cancelled.
+    private func performCancellableDataTask(
+        _ makeTask: (@escaping (Data?, URLResponse?, Error?) -> Void) -> URLSessionDataTask
+    ) async throws -> (Data, URLResponse) {
+        let box = URLSessionTaskCancellationBox()
+        return try await withTaskCancellationHandler {
+            try await withCheckedThrowingContinuation { continuation in
+                let task = makeTask { data, response, error in
+                    guard let data = data, let response = response else {
+                        let error = error ?? URLError(.unknown)
+                        return continuation.resume(throwing: error)
+                    }
 
-                continuation.resume(returning: (data, response))
+                    continuation.resume(returning: (data, response))
+                }
+                box.register(task)
+                task.resume()
             }
-            .resume()
+        } onCancel: {
+            box.cancel()
         }
     }
-    
+
 }