diff --git a/Web/Apiary/HTTP/Client.hs b/Web/Apiary/HTTP/Client.hs
--- a/Web/Apiary/HTTP/Client.hs
+++ b/Web/Apiary/HTTP/Client.hs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     -- ** Send request and proxy respond
     , proxyTo
     , proxyWith
-    -- http client exception handler
+    -- ** http client exception handler
     , forwardBadStatus
     , forwardBadStatus'
     , module Network.HTTP.Client
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 import Data.Apiary.Extension
 import qualified Data.Proxy.Compat as P (Proxy(..))
 import Unsafe.Coerce (unsafeCoerce)
-import Data.Default.Class
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LB
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Builder as B
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
             W.ChunkedBody       -> RequestBodyStreamChunked needsPopper
             W.KnownLength len   -> RequestBodyStream (unsafeCoerce len) needsPopper
     in
-        def {
+        defaultRequest {
             queryString = W.rawQueryString req
         ,   path = T.encodeUtf8 (T.intercalate "/" path)
         ,   method = W.requestMethod req
@@ -184,16 +183,16 @@
 -- |A catch handler which only deal with 'StatusCodeException'
 --  the status code will be proxy to user.
 --  any other exceptions will be re-thrown.
---  It's intend to use with MonadCatch or MonadBaseControl instance of 'ActionT'
+--  It's intend to use with MonadCatch or MonadBaseControl instance of 'A.ActionT'
 forwardBadStatus :: (Has HTTPClient exts, MonadIO m)
     => HttpException -> A.ActionT exts prms m ()
-forwardBadStatus (StatusCodeException s h _) = A.status s >> A.stop
+forwardBadStatus (HttpExceptionRequest _ (StatusCodeException s h)) = A.status (responseStatus s) >> A.stop
 forwardBadStatus err = liftIO $ throwIO err
 
 -- |same with 'forwardBadStatus', except that
 --  any other exceptions will be result in a 404 status with exceptions message.
---  It's intend to use with MonadCatch or MonadBaseControl instance of 'ActionT'
+--  It's intend to use with MonadCatch or MonadBaseControl instance of 'A.ActionT'
 forwardBadStatus' :: (Has HTTPClient exts, MonadIO m)
     => HttpException -> A.ActionT exts prms m ()
-forwardBadStatus' (StatusCodeException s h _) = A.status s >> A.stop
+forwardBadStatus' (HttpExceptionRequest _ (StatusCodeException s h)) = A.status (responseStatus s) >> A.stop
 forwardBadStatus' err = A.status notFound404 >> A.showing err >> A.stop
diff --git a/apiary-http-client.cabal b/apiary-http-client.cabal
--- a/apiary-http-client.cabal
+++ b/apiary-http-client.cabal
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 -- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
 
 name:                apiary-http-client
-version:             0.1.2.0
+version:             0.1.3.0
 synopsis:            A http client for Apiary.
 description:         
     A HTTP Client for Apiary, using Apiary's extension api, suitable for proxying HTTP request to backend API, with flexible APIs and streamming proxying abilities.
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@
     build-depends:        base                        >=4.6 && <4.9
                       ,   transformers                >=0.2   && <0.5
                       ,   types-compat                >=0.1   && <0.2
-                      ,   http-client                 >=0.4
+                      ,   http-client                 >=0.5   && <0.6
                       ,   http-types                  >=0.8
                       ,   apiary                      >=1.4   && <3.0
                       ,   wai                         >=3.0   && <3.3
-                      ,   data-default-class
                       ,   bytestring                  >=0.10  && <0.11
                       ,   bytestring-builder          >=0.10  && <0.11
                       ,   text                        >=1.1   && <1.3