diff --git a/spec/vmfloaty/auth_spec.rb b/spec/vmfloaty/auth_spec.rb
index f110359..65cadc4 100644
--- a/spec/vmfloaty/auth_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/vmfloaty/auth_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'returns a token from vmpooler' do
       stub_request(:post, 'https://first.last:password@vmpooler.example.com/token')
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @get_token_response, :headers => {})
 
       token = Auth.get_token(false, @vmpooler_url, 'first.last', 'password')
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'raises a token error if something goes wrong' do
       stub_request(:post, 'https://first.last:password@vmpooler.example.com/token')
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 500, :body => '{"ok":false}', :headers => {})
 
       expect { Auth.get_token(false, @vmpooler_url, 'first.last', 'password') }.to raise_error(TokenError)
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'deletes the specified token' do
       stub_request(:delete, 'https://first.last:password@vmpooler.example.com/token/utpg2i2xswor6h8ttjhu3d47z53yy47y')
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @delete_token_response, :headers => {})
 
       expect(Auth.delete_token(false, @vmpooler_url, 'first.last', 'password', @token)).to eq JSON.parse(@delete_token_response)
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'raises a token error if something goes wrong' do
       stub_request(:delete, 'https://first.last:password@vmpooler.example.com/token/utpg2i2xswor6h8ttjhu3d47z53yy47y')
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 500, :body => '{"ok":false}', :headers => {})
 
       expect { Auth.delete_token(false, @vmpooler_url, 'first.last', 'password', @token) }.to raise_error(TokenError)
@@ -67,7 +63,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'checks the status of a token' do
       stub_request(:get, "#{@vmpooler_url}/token/utpg2i2xswor6h8ttjhu3d47z53yy47y")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @token_status_response, :headers => {})
 
       expect(Auth.token_status(false, @vmpooler_url, @token)).to eq JSON.parse(@token_status_response)
@@ -75,7 +70,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'raises a token error if something goes wrong' do
       stub_request(:get, "#{@vmpooler_url}/token/utpg2i2xswor6h8ttjhu3d47z53yy47y")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 500, :body => '{"ok":false}', :headers => {})
 
       expect { Auth.token_status(false, @vmpooler_url, @token) }.to raise_error(TokenError)
diff --git a/spec/vmfloaty/nonstandard_pooler_spec.rb b/spec/vmfloaty/nonstandard_pooler_spec.rb
index f6a179e..4d6f7ff 100644
--- a/spec/vmfloaty/nonstandard_pooler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/vmfloaty/nonstandard_pooler_spec.rb
@@ -8,21 +8,9 @@ require 'vmfloaty/nonstandard_pooler'
 describe NonstandardPooler do
   before :each do
     @nspooler_url = 'https://nspooler.example.com'
-    @post_request_headers = {
-      'Accept'          => '*/*',
-      'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3',
-      'User-Agent'      => 'Faraday v0.9.2',
-      'X-Auth-Token'    => 'token-value',
+    @auth_token_headers = {
+      'X-Auth-Token' => 'token-value',
     }
-    @get_request_headers = {
-      'Accept'          => '*/*',
-      'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3',
-      'User-Agent'      => 'Faraday v0.9.2',
-      'X-Auth-Token'    => 'token-value',
-    }
-    @get_request_headers_notoken = @get_request_headers.tap do |headers|
-      headers.delete('X-Auth-Token')
-    end
   end
 
   describe '#list' do
@@ -133,7 +121,7 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'raises an AuthError if the token is invalid' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@nspooler_url}/host/solaris-11-sparc")
-        .with(:headers => @post_request_headers)
+        .with(:headers => @auth_token_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 401, :body => '{"ok":false,"reason": "token: token-value does not exist"}', :headers => {})
 
       vm_hash = { 'solaris-11-sparc' => 1 }
@@ -142,7 +130,7 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'retrieves a single vm with a token' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@nspooler_url}/host/solaris-11-sparc")
-        .with(:headers => @post_request_headers)
+        .with(:headers => @auth_token_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @retrieve_response_body_single, :headers => {})
 
       vm_hash = { 'solaris-11-sparc' => 1 }
@@ -154,7 +142,7 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'retrieves a multiple vms with a token' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@nspooler_url}/host/aix-7.1-power+solaris-10-sparc+solaris-10-sparc")
-        .with(:headers => @post_request_headers)
+        .with(:headers => @auth_token_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @retrieve_response_body_many, :headers => {})
 
       vm_hash = { 'aix-7.1-power' => 1, 'solaris-10-sparc' => 2 }
@@ -175,7 +163,7 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
     it 'raises an error if the user tries to modify an unsupported attribute' do
       stub_request(:put, 'https://nspooler.example.com/host/myfakehost')
         .with(:body    => { '{}' => true },
-              :headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'token-value' })
+              :headers => @auth_token_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => '', :headers => {})
       details = { :lifetime => 12 }
       expect { NonstandardPooler.modify(false, @nspooler_url, 'myfakehost', 'token-value', details) }
@@ -186,7 +174,7 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
       modify_request_body = { '{"reserved_for_reason":"testing"}' => true }
       stub_request(:put, "#{@nspooler_url}/host/myfakehost")
         .with(:body    => modify_request_body,
-              :headers => @post_request_headers)
+              :headers => @auth_token_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => '{"ok": true}', :headers => {})
 
       modify_hash = { :reason => 'testing' }
@@ -220,7 +208,6 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'prints the status' do
       stub_request(:get, "#{@nspooler_url}/status")
-        .with(:headers => @get_request_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @status_response_body, :headers => {})
 
       status = NonstandardPooler.status(false, @nspooler_url)
@@ -244,7 +231,6 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'prints the summary' do
       stub_request(:get, "#{@nspooler_url}/summary")
-        .with(:headers => @get_request_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @status_response_body, :headers => {})
 
       summary = NonstandardPooler.summary(false, @nspooler_url)
@@ -270,7 +256,6 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'makes a query about a vm' do
       stub_request(:get, "#{@nspooler_url}/host/sol10-11")
-        .with(:headers => @get_request_headers_notoken)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @query_response_body, :headers => {})
 
       query_req = NonstandardPooler.query(false, @nspooler_url, 'sol10-11')
@@ -286,7 +271,7 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'deletes a single existing vm' do
       stub_request(:delete, "#{@nspooler_url}/host/sol11-7")
-        .with(:headers => @post_request_headers)
+        .with(:headers => @auth_token_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @delete_response_success, :headers => {})
 
       request = NonstandardPooler.delete(false, @nspooler_url, 'sol11-7', 'token-value')
@@ -295,7 +280,7 @@ describe NonstandardPooler do
 
     it 'does not delete a nonexistant vm' do
       stub_request(:delete, "#{@nspooler_url}/host/fakehost")
-        .with(:headers => @post_request_headers)
+        .with(:headers => @auth_token_headers)
         .to_return(:status => 401, :body => @delete_response_failure, :headers => {})
 
       request = NonstandardPooler.delete(false, @nspooler_url, 'fakehost', 'token-value')
diff --git a/spec/vmfloaty/pooler_spec.rb b/spec/vmfloaty/pooler_spec.rb
index 5c61978..62035e4 100644
--- a/spec/vmfloaty/pooler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/vmfloaty/pooler_spec.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'raises an AuthError if the token is invalid' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/debian-7-i386")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
+        .with(:headers => { 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
         .to_return(:status => 401, :body => '{"ok":false}', :headers => {})
 
       vm_hash = {}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'retrieves a single vm with a token' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/debian-7-i386")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
+        .with(:headers => { 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @retrieve_response_body_single, :headers => {})
 
       vm_hash = {}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'retrieves a multiple vms with a token' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/debian-7-i386+debian-7-i386+centos-7-x86_64")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
+        .with(:headers => { 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @retrieve_response_body_double, :headers => {})
 
       vm_hash = {}
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ describe Pooler do
       modify_hash = { :lifetime => 12 }
       stub_request(:put, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/fq6qlpjlsskycq6")
         .with(:body    => { '{"lifetime":12}' => true },
-              :headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
+              :headers => { 'Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @modify_response_body_success, :headers => {})
 
       modify_req = Pooler.modify(false, @vmpooler_url, 'fq6qlpjlsskycq6', 'mytokenfile', modify_hash)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'deletes a specified vm' do
       stub_request(:delete, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/fq6qlpjlsskycq6")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
+        .with(:headers => { 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @delete_response_body_success, :headers => {})
 
       expect(Pooler.delete(false, @vmpooler_url, ['fq6qlpjlsskycq6'], 'mytokenfile')).to eq @delete_response
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'prints the status' do
       stub_request(:get, "#{@vmpooler_url}/status")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @status_response_body, :headers => {})
 
       status = Pooler.status(false, @vmpooler_url)
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'makes a query about a vm' do
       stub_request(:get, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/fq6qlpjlsskycq6")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @query_response_body, :headers => {})
 
       query_req = Pooler.query(false, @vmpooler_url, 'fq6qlpjlsskycq6')
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'makes a snapshot for a single vm' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/fq6qlpjlsskycq6/snapshot")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
+        .with(:headers => { 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @snapshot_response_body, :headers => {})
 
       snapshot_req = Pooler.snapshot(false, @vmpooler_url, 'fq6qlpjlsskycq6', 'mytokenfile')
@@ -189,7 +187,7 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'makes a request to revert a vm from a snapshot' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/fq6qlpjlsskycq6/snapshot/dAfewKNfaweLKNve")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
+        .with(:headers => { 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' })
         .to_return(:status => 200, :body => @revert_response_body, :headers => {})
 
       revert_req = Pooler.revert(false, @vmpooler_url, 'fq6qlpjlsskycq6', 'mytokenfile', 'dAfewKNfaweLKNve')
@@ -213,7 +211,7 @@ describe Pooler do
 
     it 'makes a request to extend disk space of a vm' do
       stub_request(:post, "#{@vmpooler_url}/vm/fq6qlpjlsskycq6/disk/12")
-        .with(:headers => { 'Accept' => '*/*', 'Accept-Encoding' => 'gzip;q=1.0,deflate;q=0.6,identity;q=0.3', 'Content-Length' => '0', 'User-Agent' => 'Faraday v0.9.2', 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' }). to_return(:status => 200, :body => @disk_response_body_success, :headers => {})
+        .with(:headers => { 'X-Auth-Token' => 'mytokenfile' }). to_return(:status => 200, :body => @disk_response_body_success, :headers => {})
 
       disk_req = Pooler.disk(false, @vmpooler_url, 'fq6qlpjlsskycq6', 'mytokenfile', 12)
       expect(disk_req['ok']).to be true
diff --git a/vmfloaty.gemspec b/vmfloaty.gemspec
index 6947bf3..0e22a4a 100644
--- a/vmfloaty.gemspec
+++ b/vmfloaty.gemspec
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.add_dependency 'colorize', '~> 0.8.1'
   s.add_dependency 'commander', '~> 4.4.3'
-  s.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.9.0'
+  s.add_dependency 'faraday', '~> 0.15.0'
 end