diff --git a/lib/nat-upnp/device.js b/lib/nat-upnp/device.js
index b664c30..0319f4d 100644
--- a/lib/nat-upnp/device.js
+++ b/lib/nat-upnp/device.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const nat = require('../nat-upnp')
-const request = require('request');
+const needle = require('needle');
 const url = require('url');
 const fastXmlParser = require('fast-xml-parser');
 const {Buffer} = require('buffer');
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = class Device {
       callback(err, body);
     }
 
-    request(url, (err, res, body) => {
+    needle.get(url, (err, res, body) => {
       if (err) return callback(err);
 
       if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
@@ -123,17 +123,16 @@ module.exports = class Device {
                  '</s:Body>' +
                  '</s:Envelope>';
 
-      request({
-        method: 'POST',
-        url: info.controlURL,
+      const needleOptions = {
         headers: {
           'Content-Type': 'text/xml; charset="utf-8"',
           'Content-Length': Buffer.byteLength(body),
           'Connection': 'close',
           'SOAPAction': JSON.stringify(info.service + '#' + action)
-        },
-        body: body
-      }, (err, res, body) => {
+        }
+      };
+
+      needle.post(info.controlURL, body, needleOptions, (err, res, body) => {
         if (err) return callback(err);
 
   			if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48bc7f1..d000741 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nat-upnp-2",
-  "version": "3.0.1",
+  "version": "3.0.2",
   "main": "lib/nat-upnp",
   "author": "Garry Lachman <garry@lachman.co>, Fedor Indutny <fedor@indutny.com>",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/garrylachman/node-nat-upnp-2",
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
     "async": "^2.5.0",
     "fast-xml-parser": "^2.5.1",
     "ip": "^1.1.5",
-    "request": "^2.81.0"
+    "needle": "^1.6.0"
   }
 }