diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e920c16..31198c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ node_modules
 
 # Optional REPL history
 .node_repl_history
+
+.idea/
+yarn.lock
diff --git a/lib/apicontrollersbase.js b/lib/apicontrollersbase.js
index 877c91b..181bfa1 100644
--- a/lib/apicontrollersbase.js
+++ b/lib/apicontrollersbase.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var request = require('request');
+var got = require('got');
 var logger = require('./logger.js').logger;
 var config = require('./config').config;
 var constants = require('./constants').constants;
+var hpagent  = require('hpagent');
 
 class APIOperationBase {
 	constructor(apiRequest) {
@@ -80,43 +81,32 @@ class APIOperationBase {
 
 		logger.debug(JSON.stringify(this._request, 2, null));
 
-		var reqOpts = {
-			url: this._endpoint,
-			method: 'POST',
-			json: true,
-			timeout: config.timeout,
-			body: this._request
-		};
+		var reqOpts = { timeout: config.timeout, json: this._request, method: 'POST' };
 
-		if(config.proxy.setProxy){
-			reqOpts['proxy'] = config.proxy.proxyUrl;
+		if (config.proxy.setProxy) {
+			reqOpts['agent'] = {
+				https: new hpagent.HttpsProxyAgent({
+					proxy: config.proxy.proxyUrl
+				})
+			};
 		}
 
-		request(reqOpts, function(error, response, body){
-			if(error) {
-				logger.error(error);
-			} else 
-			{
-				//TODO: slice added due to BOM character. remove once BOM character is removed.
-				if(typeof body!=='undefined'){
-					var responseObj = JSON.parse(body.slice(1));
+		got(this._endpoint, reqOpts)
+			.then(response => {
+				const body = response.body;
+				// TODO: slice added due to BOM character. remove once BOM character is removed.
+				if (typeof body !== 'undefined') {
+					const responseObj = JSON.parse(body.slice(1));
 					logger.debug(JSON.stringify(responseObj, 2, null));
 					obj._response = responseObj;
-				/*
-				var jsonResponse = JSON.stringify(body);
-				console.log("escaped body : '" + escape(jsonResponse) + "'");
-				console.log("body : '" + jsonResponse + "'");
-				logger.debug("Response: " + JSON.stringify(body, 2, null));
-				obj._response = body;
-				*/
-				callback();
-			}
-				else
-				{
-					logger.error("Undefined Response");
+					callback();
+				} else {
+					logger.error('Undefined Response');
 				}
-			}
-		});
+			})
+			.catch(error => {
+				logger.error(error);
+			});
 
 		logger.debug('Exit APIOperationBase execute');
 	}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 853f166..7c4f843 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "test": "tests"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "request": "^2.72.0",
+    "got": "^13.0.0",
+    "hpagent": "^1.2.0",
     "winston": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {