diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 761aa7e..65e7f72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### 1.5.1 (2019/07/22)
 
 * Changed: Moved changelog to separate file
+* Changed: Updated dependencies
 
 ### 1.5.0 (2019/04/11)
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d09a6b2..986c189 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 	"require": {
 		"php": ">=7.2",
 		"ext-json": "*",
-		"voku/httpful": "0.4.*"
+		"ext-curl": "*",
+		"voku/httpful": "0.9.*"
     },
 	"require-dev": {
-		"phpunit/phpunit": "8.1.*"
+		"phpunit/phpunit": "8.2.*"
 	},
 	"autoload": {
 		"psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/Matomo.php b/src/Matomo.php
index 761ad4f..d509443 100644
--- a/src/Matomo.php
+++ b/src/Matomo.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
-use Httpful\Exception\ConnectionErrorException;
+use Httpful\Exception\NetworkErrorException;
 use Httpful\Request;
 use Httpful\Response;
 
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ class Matomo
      */
     private $_maxRedirects = 5;
 
-    /**
-     * @var null|int Maximum number of seconds the request might take
-     */
-    private $_connectionTimeout = 5;
-
     /**
      * Create a new instance.
      *
@@ -453,29 +448,6 @@ public function setMaxRedirects(int $maxRedirects): Matomo
         return $this;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * How many seconds until the request errors.
-     *
-     * @return null|int
-     */
-    public function getConnectionTimeout(): ?int
-    {
-        return $this->_connectionTimeout;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Set how many seconds until the request errors.
-     *
-     * @param null|int $connectionTimeout
-     * @return Matomo
-     */
-    public function setConnectionTimeout(?int $connectionTimeout = null): Matomo
-    {
-        $this->_connectionTimeout = $connectionTimeout;
-
-        return $this;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Reset all default variables.
      */
@@ -510,16 +482,17 @@ private function _request(string $method, array $params = [], array $optional =
         }
 
         $req = Request::get($url);
-        $req->strict_ssl = $this->_verifySsl;
-        $req->max_redirects = $this->_maxRedirects;
-
-        if (is_int($this->getConnectionTimeout())) {
-            $req->setConnectionTimeout($this->getConnectionTimeout());
-        }
+        if ($this->_verifySsl) {
+			$req->enableStrictSSL();
+		} else {
+        	$req->disableStrictSSL();
+		}
+        $req->followRedirects($this->_maxRedirects);
+        $req->withTimeout(5);
 
         try {
             $buffer = $req->send();
-        } catch (ConnectionErrorException $e) {
+        } catch (NetworkErrorException $e) {
             throw new InvalidRequestException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e);
         }
 
@@ -564,7 +537,7 @@ private function _finishResponse($response, string $method, array $params)
      * @param string $method The request method
      * @param array $params Request params
      * @return string|false
-     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
      */
     private function _parseUrl(string $method, array $params = [])
     {