diff --git a/khipu-api-client.gemspec b/khipu-api-client.gemspec
index 10fc263..581eecd 100644
--- a/khipu-api-client.gemspec
+++ b/khipu-api-client.gemspec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = %q{This gem maps to a swagger API}
   s.license     = "Apache-2.0"
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency 'typhoeus', '~> 1.0', '>= 1.0.1'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'httparty', '0.20.0'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'json', '~> 2.1', '>= 2.1.0'
 
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.6', '>= 3.6.0'
diff --git a/lib/khipu-api-client/api_client.rb b/lib/khipu-api-client/api_client.rb
index 2939e17..0955e46 100644
--- a/lib/khipu-api-client/api_client.rb
+++ b/lib/khipu-api-client/api_client.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 require 'json'
 require 'logger'
 require 'tempfile'
-require 'typhoeus'
 require 'uri'
 require 'net/http'
 require 'openssl'
 require 'base64'
+require 'httparty'
 
 module Khipu
   class ApiClient
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ def initialize(host = nil)
     end
 
     def call_api(http_method, path, opts = {})
-      request = build_request(http_method, path, opts)
-      response = request.run
+      response = build_request(http_method, path, opts)
 
       # record as last response
       @last_response = response
@@ -64,9 +63,7 @@ def build_request(http_method, path, opts = {})
       query_params = opts[:query_params] || {}
       form_params = opts[:form_params] || {}
 
-      
       update_params_for_auth! @host, path, http_method, header_params, query_params, form_params, opts[:auth_names], opts[:body]
-      
 
       req_opts = {
         :method => http_method,
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ def build_request(http_method, path, opts = {})
         end
       end
 
-      Typhoeus::Request.new(url, req_opts)
+      HTTParty.send(req_opts[:method], url, { headers: req_opts[:headers], body: req_opts[:body] })
     end
 
     # Deserialize the response to the given return type.
diff --git a/lib/khipu-api-client/configuration.rb b/lib/khipu-api-client/configuration.rb
index 524e72a..51bec03 100644
--- a/lib/khipu-api-client/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/khipu-api-client/configuration.rb
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ class Configuration
     #
     # @return [String] the path to the certificate file
     #
-    # @see The `cainfo` option of Typhoeus, `--cert` option of libcurl. Related source code:
-    # https://github.com/typhoeus/typhoeus/blob/master/lib/typhoeus/easy_factory.rb#L145
     attr_accessor :ssl_ca_cert
 
     # Client certificate file (for client certificate)