diff --git a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client.rb b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client.rb
index 0c7f854..79bcbcd 100644
--- a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client.rb
+++ b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "addressable/uri"
 require "hashie"
 require "faraday"
-require "faraday_middleware"
+require "faraday/follow_redirects"
 require "multi_json"
 require "uri"
 
@@ -450,9 +450,9 @@ def initialize_connection(endpoint, options = {})
         adapter = options.delete(:adapter) || Faraday.default_adapter
 
         @connection = Faraday.new(options) do |conn|
-          conn.request    :basic_auth, user, password
+          conn.request    :authorization, :basic, user, password
 
-          conn.use        FaradayMiddleware::FollowRedirects, :limit => 3
+          conn.use        Faraday::FollowRedirects::Middleware, :limit => 3
           conn.use        Faraday::Response::RaiseError
           conn.response   :json, :content_type => /\bjson$/
 
diff --git a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/health_checks.rb b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/health_checks.rb
index 47e5b81..6cdc50d 100644
--- a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/health_checks.rb
+++ b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/health_checks.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require "hashie"
 require "faraday"
-require "faraday_middleware"
+require "faraday/follow_redirects"
 require "multi_json"
 require "uri"
 
diff --git a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/request_helper.rb b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/request_helper.rb
index 0cc394b..5bb88e8 100644
--- a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/request_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/request_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require "hashie"
 require "faraday"
-require "faraday_middleware"
+require "faraday/follow_redirects"
 require "multi_json"
 require "uri"
 
diff --git a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/response_helper.rb b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/response_helper.rb
index 452035c..a527a3b 100644
--- a/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/response_helper.rb
+++ b/lib/rabbitmq/http/client/response_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require "hashie"
 require "faraday"
-require "faraday_middleware"
+require "faraday/follow_redirects"
 require "multi_json"
 require "uri"
 
diff --git a/rabbitmq_http_api_client.gemspec b/rabbitmq_http_api_client.gemspec
index 23b718a..aa00ad9 100644
--- a/rabbitmq_http_api_client.gemspec
+++ b/rabbitmq_http_api_client.gemspec
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_dependency    'addressable', '~> 2.7'
   gem.add_dependency    'hashie', '~> 4.1'
   gem.add_dependency    'multi_json', '~> 1.15'
-  gem.add_dependency    'faraday', '~> 1.3'
-  gem.add_dependency    'faraday_middleware', '~> 1.2'
+  gem.add_dependency    'faraday', '~> 2.0'
+  gem.add_dependency    'faraday-follow_redirects', '~> 0.3'
 end