diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 8892e7e..551eefb 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         {lager, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/basho/lager.git", {branch, "master"}}},
         {jsx, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/talentdeficit/jsx.git", {branch, "master"}}},
         {mochiweb, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/mochi/mochiweb.git", {branch, "master"}}},
-        {lhttpc, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/oscarh/lhttpc.git", {branch, "master"}}}
+        {ibrowse, ".*", {git, "git://github.com/tsloughter/ibrowse", {branch, "master"}}}
        ]}.
 
 {require_otp_vsn, "R14|R15"}.
diff --git a/src/ddb.app.src b/src/ddb.app.src
index 2ce6fbd..3f2d35e 100644
--- a/src/ddb.app.src
+++ b/src/ddb.app.src
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
                   stdlib,
                   lager,
                   crypto,
-                  inets,
-                  ssl
+                  ssl,
+                  ibrowse
                  ]},
-  {agner, [
-           {requires, ["lager"]}
-         ]},
   {env, []}
  ]}.
diff --git a/src/ddb.erl b/src/ddb.erl
index 416fc72..787cd87 100644
--- a/src/ddb.erl
+++ b/src/ddb.erl
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ update_action('delete') -> <<"DELETE">>.
 request(Target, JSON) ->
     Body = jsx:to_json(JSON),
     Headers = headers(Target, Body),
-    Opts = [{'body_format', 'binary'}],
-    F = fun() -> httpc:request('post', {?DDB_ENDPOINT, Headers, ?CONTENT_TYPE, Body}, [], Opts) end,
+    Opts = [{'response_format', 'binary'}],
+    F = fun() -> ibrowse:request(?DDB_ENDPOINT, [{'Content-type', ?CONTENT_TYPE} | Headers], 'post', Body, Opts) end,
     ddb_aws:retry(F, ?MAX_RETRIES, fun jsx:to_term/1).
 
 -spec headers(string(), binary()) -> proplists:proplist().
diff --git a/src/ddb_iam.erl b/src/ddb_iam.erl
index 9989a4b..6869462 100644
--- a/src/ddb_iam.erl
+++ b/src/ddb_iam.erl
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 -export([credentials/2, token/1]).
 
+-include_lib("ibrowse/include/ibrowse.hrl").
+
 -define(IAM_ENDPOINT, "https://sts.amazonaws.com/").
 -define(IAM_AWS_VERSION, "2011-06-15").
 -define(IAM_HEADER_AUTHORIZATION, "Authorization").
@@ -86,12 +88,12 @@ request(Action, Endpoint, Duration) ->
             {"Timestamp", ddb_aws:timestamp()},
             {"Version", ?IAM_AWS_VERSION}],
     CanonicalString = mochiweb_util:urlencode(lists:sort(Args)),
-    {Host, _Port, Path, _SSL} = lhttpc_lib:parse_url(Endpoint),
+    #url{host=Host, path=Path} = ibrowse:parse_url(Endpoint),
     S = ["POST", $\n, Host, $\n, Path, $\n, CanonicalString],
     Signature = base64:encode_to_string(crypto:sha_mac(SecretAccessKey, S)),
     Args1 = [{"Signature", Signature}|Args],
     Body = iolist_to_binary(mochiweb_util:urlencode(lists:sort(Args1))), 
-    F = fun() -> httpc:request('post', {Endpoint, [], ?MIME_TYPE, Body}, [], []) end,
+    F = fun() -> ibrowse:send_req(Endpoint, [{'Content-type', ?MIME_TYPE}], 'post', Body, []) end,
     H = fun ddb_xml:parse/1,
     ddb_aws:retry(F, ?IAM_MAX_RETRIES, H).