diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
             (C.opensslManagerSettings $ return globalSSLContext)
             { C.managerProxyInsecure = C.proxyFromRequest
             , C.managerProxySecure = C.proxyFromRequest
+            , C.managerMaxHeaderLength = Just $ C.MaxHeaderLength 65536
             }
         , dsMaxDownloadSize = 10*1024*1024
         }
diff --git a/http-conduit-downloader.cabal b/http-conduit-downloader.cabal
--- a/http-conduit-downloader.cabal
+++ b/http-conduit-downloader.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:  2.4
 name:           http-conduit-downloader
-version:        1.1.4
+version:        1.1.5
 author:         Vladimir Shabanov <dev@vshabanov.com>
 maintainer:     Vladimir Shabanov <dev@vshabanov.com>
 homepage:       https://github.com/bazqux/http-conduit-downloader
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     default-language: Haskell2010
     build-depends:
         base == 4.*,
-        http-client == 0.7.3.*,
+        http-client == 0.7.16.*,
         http-client-openssl == 0.3.3.*,
         zlib,
         http-types, data-default, bytestring, text,