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 version = "0.10.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b9c484..751b3ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ description = "Fast and simple Node.js version manager"
 serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"] }
 clap = "2.33.3"
 structopt = "0.3.23"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.5", features = ["blocking", "json", "rustls-tls", "brotli"], default-features = false }
 serde_json = "1.0.68"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
 tar = "0.4.37"
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ log = "0.4.14"
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 atty = "0.2.14"
 encoding_rs_io = "0.1.7"
+ureq = { version = "2.2.0", features = ["json"] }
+url = "2.2.2"
+brotli-decompressor = "2.3.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions = "1.0.0"
@@ -43,3 +45,5 @@ embed-resource = "1.6.4"
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 csv = "1.1.6"
 junction = "0.2.0"
+
+[features]
diff --git a/src/archive/extract.rs b/src/archive/extract.rs
index 52016ea..0db4ee4 100644
--- a/src/archive/extract.rs
+++ b/src/archive/extract.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 pub enum Error {
     IoError(std::io::Error),
     ZipError(zip::result::ZipError),
-    HttpError(reqwest::Error),
+    HttpError(ureq::Error),
 }
 
 impl std::fmt::Display for Error {
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ impl From<zip::result::ZipError> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<reqwest::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(err: reqwest::Error) -> Self {
+impl From<ureq::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: ureq::Error) -> Self {
         Self::HttpError(err)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/archive/tar_xz.rs b/src/archive/tar_xz.rs
index 6b581b0..ae072cb 100644
--- a/src/archive/tar_xz.rs
+++ b/src/archive/tar_xz.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 use super::extract::{Error, Extract};
-use reqwest::blocking::Response;
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::{io::Read, path::Path};
 
-pub struct TarXz {
-    response: Response,
+pub struct TarXz<R: Read> {
+    response: R,
 }
 
-impl TarXz {
+impl<R: Read> TarXz<R> {
     #[allow(dead_code)]
-    pub fn new(response: Response) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(response: R) -> Self {
         Self { response }
     }
 }
 
-impl Extract for TarXz {
+impl<R: Read> Extract for TarXz<R> {
     fn extract_into<P: AsRef<Path>>(self, path: P) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let xz_stream = xz2::read::XzDecoder::new(self.response);
         let mut tar_archive = tar::Archive::new(xz_stream);
diff --git a/src/archive/zip.rs b/src/archive/zip.rs
index 9766eee..502e8e7 100644
--- a/src/archive/zip.rs
+++ b/src/archive/zip.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
 use super::extract::{Error, Extract};
 use log::debug;
-use reqwest::blocking::Response;
 use std::fs;
-use std::io;
+use std::io::{self, Read};
 use std::path::Path;
 use tempfile::tempfile;
 use zip::read::ZipArchive;
 
-pub struct Zip {
-    response: Response,
+pub struct Zip<R: Read> {
+    response: R,
 }
 
-impl Zip {
+impl<R: Read> Zip<R> {
     #[allow(dead_code)]
-    pub fn new(response: Response) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(response: R) -> Self {
         Self { response }
     }
 }
 
-impl Extract for Zip {
+impl<R: Read> Extract for Zip<R> {
     fn extract_into<P: AsRef<Path>>(mut self, path: P) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let path = path.as_ref();
         let mut tmp_zip_file = tempfile().expect("Can't get a temporary file");
 
         debug!("Created a temporary zip file");
-        self.response.copy_to(&mut tmp_zip_file)?;
+        io::copy(&mut self.response, &mut tmp_zip_file)?;
         debug!(
             "Wrote zipfile successfully. Now extracting into {}.",
             path.display()
@@ -88,9 +87,10 @@ mod tests {
     #[test_env_log::test]
     fn test_zip_extraction() {
         let temp_dir = tempfile::tempdir().expect("Can't create a temp directory");
-        let response =
-            reqwest::blocking::get("https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.0.0/node-v12.0.0-win-x64.zip")
-                .expect("Can't make request to Node v12.0.0 zip file");
+        let response = ureq::get("https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.0.0/node-v12.0.0-win-x64.zip")
+            .call()
+            .expect("Can't make request to Node v12.0.0 zip file")
+            .into_reader();
         Zip::new(response)
             .extract_into(&temp_dir)
             .expect("Can't unzip files");
diff --git a/src/commands/install.rs b/src/commands/install.rs
index 6424e66..2a670a4 100644
--- a/src/commands/install.rs
+++ b/src/commands/install.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     CantInferVersion,
     #[snafu(display("Having a hard time listing the remote versions: {}", source))]
     CantListRemoteVersions {
-        source: reqwest::Error,
+        source: ureq::Error,
     },
     #[snafu(display(
         "Can't find a Node version that matches {} in remote",
diff --git a/src/commands/ls_remote.rs b/src/commands/ls_remote.rs
index 9855ef9..2c4d9f3 100644
--- a/src/commands/ls_remote.rs
+++ b/src/commands/ls_remote.rs
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ impl super::command::Command for LsRemote {
 
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub enum Error {
-    HttpError { source: reqwest::Error },
+    HttpError { source: ureq::Error },
 }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 4b80aa4..e680cc9 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::log_level::LogLevel;
 use crate::path_ext::PathExt;
 use dirs::home_dir;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
+use url::Url;
 
 #[derive(StructOpt, Debug)]
 pub struct FnmConfig {
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ pub struct FnmConfig {
         global = true,
         hide_env_values = true
     )]
-    pub node_dist_mirror: reqwest::Url,
+    pub node_dist_mirror: Url,
 
     /// The root directory of fnm installations.
     #[structopt(
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ pub struct FnmConfig {
 impl Default for FnmConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            node_dist_mirror: reqwest::Url::parse("https://nodejs.org/dist/").unwrap(),
+            node_dist_mirror: Url::parse("https://nodejs.org/dist/").unwrap(),
             base_dir: None,
             multishell_path: None,
             log_level: LogLevel::Info,
diff --git a/src/downloader.rs b/src/downloader.rs
index a5faa65..e4aede0 100644
--- a/src/downloader.rs
+++ b/src/downloader.rs
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ use crate::archive::{Error as ExtractError, Extract};
 use crate::directory_portal::DirectoryPortal;
 use crate::version::Version;
 use log::debug;
-use reqwest::Url;
 use snafu::{ensure, OptionExt, ResultExt, Snafu};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use url::Url;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
 pub enum Error {
     HttpError {
-        source: reqwest::Error,
+        source: ureq::Error,
     },
     IoError {
         source: std::io::Error,
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ fn download_url(base_url: &Url, version: &Version, arch: &Arch) -> Url {
 
 pub fn extract_archive_into<P: AsRef<Path>>(
     path: P,
-    response: reqwest::blocking::Response,
+    response: ureq::Response,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let response = response.into_reader();
     #[cfg(unix)]
     let extractor = archive::TarXz::new(response);
     #[cfg(windows)]
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn install_node_dist<P: AsRef<Path>>(
 
     let url = download_url(node_dist_mirror, version, arch);
     debug!("Going to call for {}", &url);
-    let response = reqwest::blocking::get(url).context(HttpError)?;
+    let response = ureq::get(url.as_str()).call().context(HttpError)?;
 
     if response.status() == 404 {
         return Err(Error::VersionNotFound {
diff --git a/src/remote_node_index.rs b/src/remote_node_index.rs
index 26a11d9..c60dfba 100644
--- a/src/remote_node_index.rs
+++ b/src/remote_node_index.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+use std::io;
+
 use crate::version::Version;
+use brotli_decompressor::Decompressor;
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use url::Url;
 
 mod lts_status {
     use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
@@ -82,9 +86,31 @@ impl PartialOrd for IndexedNodeVersion {
 /// ```rust
 /// use crate::remote_node_index::list;
 /// ```
-pub fn list(base_url: &reqwest::Url) -> Result<Vec<IndexedNodeVersion>, reqwest::Error> {
+pub fn list(base_url: &Url) -> Result<Vec<IndexedNodeVersion>, ureq::Error> {
     let index_json_url = format!("{}/index.json", base_url);
-    let mut value: Vec<IndexedNodeVersion> = reqwest::blocking::get(&index_json_url)?.json()?;
+    let resp = ureq::get(&index_json_url)
+        .set("Accept-Encoding", "br")
+        .call()?;
+
+    let brotli_encoded = resp
+        .header("Content-Encoding")
+        .map(|enc| enc.eq_ignore_ascii_case("br"))
+        .unwrap_or_default();
+    let reader = resp.into_reader();
+
+    let value = if brotli_encoded {
+        serde_json::from_reader(Decompressor::new(reader, 0))
+    } else {
+        serde_json::from_reader(reader)
+    };
+
+    let mut value: Vec<IndexedNodeVersion> = value.map_err(|e| {
+        io::Error::new(
+            io::ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+            format!("failed decoding index JSON data: {}", e),
+        )
+    })?;
+
     value.sort();
     Ok(value)
 }
@@ -96,7 +122,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_list() {
-        let base_url = reqwest::Url::parse("https://nodejs.org/dist").unwrap();
+        let base_url = Url::parse("https://nodejs.org/dist").unwrap();
         let expected_version = Version::parse("12.0.0").unwrap();
         let mut versions = list(&base_url).expect("Can't get HTTP data");
         assert_eq!(