diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index da6fbe8..3399bbc 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartrequest',
-  version: '2.0.0',
+  version: '2.0.1',
   description: 'dropin replacement for request'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartrequest.plugins.ts b/ts/smartrequest.plugins.ts
index dacdd27..acc6541 100644
--- a/ts/smartrequest.plugins.ts
+++ b/ts/smartrequest.plugins.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import * as smarturl from '@pushrocks/smarturl';
 export { smartpromise, smarturl };
 
 // third party scope
-import agentkeepalive from 'agentkeepalive';
 import formData from 'form-data';
 
-export { agentkeepalive, formData };
+export { formData };
diff --git a/ts/smartrequest.request.ts b/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
index dd938a4..92531ee 100644
--- a/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
+++ b/ts/smartrequest.request.ts
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ const parseSocketPathAndRoute = (stringToParseArg: string) => {
 /**
  * a custom http agent to make sure we can set custom keepAlive options for speedy subsequent calls
  */
-const httpAgent = new plugins.agentkeepalive({
+const httpAgent = new plugins.http.Agent({
   keepAlive: true,
-  freeSocketTimeout: 4000,
   maxFreeSockets: 1,
   maxSockets: 100,
   maxTotalSockets: 1000,
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ const httpAgent = new plugins.agentkeepalive({
 /**
  * a custom http agent to make sure we can set custom keepAlive options for speedy subsequent calls
  */
-const httpAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.agentkeepalive({
+const httpAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.https.Agent({
   maxFreeSockets: 0,
   keepAlive: false,
   keepAliveMsecs: 0,
@@ -77,7 +76,12 @@ const httpAgentKeepAliveFalse = new plugins.agentkeepalive({
 /**
  * a custom https agent to make sure we can set custom keepAlive options for speedy subsequent calls
  */
-const httpsAgent = new plugins.agentkeepalive.HttpsAgent();
+const httpsAgent = new plugins.https.Agent({
+  keepAlive: true,
+  maxFreeSockets: 1,
+  maxSockets: 100,
+  maxTotalSockets: 1000,
+});
 
 /**
  * a custom https agent to make sure we can set custom keepAlive options for speedy subsequent calls