diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a9c782..9009766 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "json-pointer": "^0.5.0",
     "lodash": "^3.9.3",
-    "request": "2.42.0"
+    "request": "^2.72.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/spec/sparkpost.spec.js b/test/spec/sparkpost.spec.js
index 3e10f59..0af72c6 100644
--- a/test/spec/sparkpost.spec.js
+++ b/test/spec/sparkpost.spec.js
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ describe('SparkPost Library', function() {
         , options = {
           method: 'GET'
           , uri: 'https://test.sparkpost.com/test'
+          , gzip: true
           };
 
       zlib.gzip(TEST_MESSAGE+TEST_MESSAGE, function(err, gzipped) {
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ describe('SparkPost Library', function() {
         compressedMsg = gzipped;
         gzipNock = nock('https://test.sparkpost.com', {
             reqheaders: {
-              'accept-encoding': 'gzip'
+              'accept-encoding': /gzip/
             }
           })
           .get('/test')