diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 - .
 
 extra-deps:
-- aws-lambda-haskell-runtime-1.0.7
+- aws-lambda-haskell-runtime-1.0.9
 ```
 
 to your `stack.yaml`
@@ -40,14 +40,8 @@
 
 The ARN of the runtime layer is:
 ```
-arn:aws:lambda:<YOUR REGION>:785355572843:layer:haskell-runtime:<VERSION>
+arn:aws:lambda:<YOUR REGION>:785355572843:layer:aws-haskell-runtime:2
 ````
-
-The version of the layer may be different depending of the region, the current values are:
-
-| us-east-2 | Other regions |
-|-----------|---------------|
-|    13     |       5       |
 
 ## Full user guide
 
diff --git a/aws-lambda-haskell-runtime.cabal b/aws-lambda-haskell-runtime.cabal
--- a/aws-lambda-haskell-runtime.cabal
+++ b/aws-lambda-haskell-runtime.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 77bb69bb6cee68d5d854ba29a9b6ffd5fe538c849f335826d5a1278bd8aa5543
+-- hash: 7cc036543eaa96e63b9689f813bbc9413840dd185700a6f40ef90f3a40341b52
 
 name:           aws-lambda-haskell-runtime
-version:        1.0.9
+version:        1.0.10
 synopsis:       Haskell runtime for AWS Lambda
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/theam/aws-lambda-haskell-runtime#readme>
 category:       AWS
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     , conduit
     , directory
     , filepath
+    , http-client
     , microlens-platform
     , mtl
     , optparse-generic
diff --git a/src/Aws/Lambda/Runtime.hs b/src/Aws/Lambda/Runtime.hs
--- a/src/Aws/Lambda/Runtime.hs
+++ b/src/Aws/Lambda/Runtime.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import qualified Data.CaseInsensitive as CI
 import Lens.Micro.Platform hiding ((.=))
 import qualified Network.Wreq as Wreq
+import qualified Network.HTTP.Client as Http
 import qualified System.Environment as Environment
 import qualified System.Process as Process
 import qualified Data.UUID as UUID
@@ -132,8 +133,10 @@
 
 getApiData :: Text -> App (Wreq.Response LByteString)
 getApiData endpoint =
-  keepRetrying (Wreq.get $ nextInvocationEndpoint endpoint)
+  keepRetrying (Wreq.getWith opts $ nextInvocationEndpoint endpoint)
  where
+  opts = Wreq.defaults
+         & Wreq.manager .~ Left (Http.defaultManagerSettings { Http.managerResponseTimeout = Http.responseTimeoutNone })
   keepRetrying :: IO (Wreq.Response LByteString) -> App (Wreq.Response LByteString)
   keepRetrying f = do
     result <- (liftIO $ try f) :: App (Either IOException (Wreq.Response LByteString))