diff --git a/property_tests/arbitraries/http/request_arb.ts b/property_tests/arbitraries/http/request_arb.ts
index 0120f5aac2..367ae5fb5a 100644
--- a/property_tests/arbitraries/http/request_arb.ts
+++ b/property_tests/arbitraries/http/request_arb.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const RequestMethodArb = fc.constantFrom<RequestMethod>(
     'PUT',
     'DELETE',
     'OPTIONS',
-    'TRACE',
+    // 'TRACE',
     'PATCH'
 );
 
@@ -65,15 +65,23 @@ function HttpRequestValueArb() {
                     return optCertVer === null ? None : Some(optCertVer);
                 })
         )
-        .map(([method, url, headers, body, certificate_version]) => {
-            return {
+        .map(
+            ([
                 method,
                 url,
                 headers,
                 body,
                 certificate_version
-            };
-        });
+            ]): HttpRequest => {
+                return {
+                    method,
+                    url,
+                    headers,
+                    body,
+                    certificate_version
+                };
+            }
+        );
 }
 
 export function HttpRequestArb(): fc.Arbitrary<
diff --git a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/fletch.ts b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/fletch.ts
index 323575bc6e..4eeb5813c3 100644
--- a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/fletch.ts
+++ b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/fletch.ts
@@ -1,56 +1,40 @@
-import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { HttpRequest } from 'azle';
 import { getCanisterId } from 'azle/test';
+import * as dns from 'node:dns';
+dns.setDefaultResultOrder('ipv4first');
+
+type HttpResponse = {
+    status: number;
+    headers: string[][];
+    body: string;
+};
 
 /**
- * A synchronous "fetch" for canisters.
+ * An asynchronous "fetch" for canisters.
  */
-export function fletch(canisterName: string, options: HttpRequest) {
+export async function fletch(
+    canisterName: string,
+    request: HttpRequest
+): Promise<HttpResponse> {
     const canisterId = getCanisterId(canisterName);
 
-    const requestHeaders = toCurlHeadersString(options.headers);
-
-    const curlCommand = `curl\
-        --silent\
-        --include\
-        -X ${options.method}\
-        ${requestHeaders}\
-        --data "${options.body.join(',')}"\
-        "${canisterId}.localhost:8000${options.url}" \
-        --resolve "${canisterId}.localhost:8000:127.0.0.1"`;
+    const { method, body, headers, url: path } = request;
 
-    const responseBuffer = execSync(curlCommand);
-
-    return toResponse(responseBuffer);
-}
+    const url = `http://${canisterId}.localhost:8000${path}`;
 
-function toCurlHeadersString(headers: [string, string][]) {
-    return headers
-        .map(([name, value]) => `-H ${singleQuotedString(`${name}: ${value}`)}`)
-        .join(' ');
-}
-
-function singleQuotedString(input: string) {
-    const singleQuoteEscapedString = input.replace(/'/g, "'\\''");
+    const fetchOptions = {
+        method,
+        headers,
+        body: method === 'GET' ? undefined : body
+    };
 
-    return `'${singleQuoteEscapedString}'`;
+    return await toResponse(await fetch(url, fetchOptions));
 }
 
-function toResponse(buffer: Buffer) {
-    const responseString = new TextDecoder().decode(buffer);
-
-    const [statusCodeAndHeaders, body] = responseString.split('\r\n\r\n');
-
-    const [statusCodeString, ...responseHeaderStrings] =
-        statusCodeAndHeaders.split('\r\n');
-
-    const status = Number(statusCodeString.split(' ')[1]);
+async function toResponse(response: Response): Promise<HttpResponse> {
+    const headers: [string, string][] = Array.from(response.headers.entries());
+    const status = response.status;
+    const body = await response.text();
 
-    const headers = responseHeaderStrings.map((header) => header.split(': '));
-
-    return {
-        status,
-        headers,
-        body
-    };
+    return { status, headers, body };
 }
diff --git a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/generate_tests.ts b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/generate_tests.ts
index b98f7277f0..b49d79eb40 100644
--- a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/generate_tests.ts
+++ b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request/test/generate_tests.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function generateTests(
             {
                 name: functionName,
                 test: async () => {
-                    const response = fletch('canister', request);
+                    const response = await fletch('canister', request);
                     const filteredHeaders = response.headers
                         .filter(
                             ([name]) =>
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ export function generateTests(
                         headers: filteredHeaders,
                         body: response.body
                     };
-                    const filteredExpectedHeaders =
+                    const sortedExpectedHeaders =
                         expectedResponse.headers.sort();
                     const processedExpectedResponse = {
-                        status: expectedResponse.status,
-                        headers: filteredExpectedHeaders,
-                        body: expectedResponse.body
+                        ...expectedResponse,
+                        headers: sortedExpectedHeaders
                     };
                     const valuesAreEqual = deepEqual(
                         processedResponse,
diff --git a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/fletch.ts b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/fletch.ts
index 323575bc6e..4eeb5813c3 100644
--- a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/fletch.ts
+++ b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/fletch.ts
@@ -1,56 +1,40 @@
-import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { HttpRequest } from 'azle';
 import { getCanisterId } from 'azle/test';
+import * as dns from 'node:dns';
+dns.setDefaultResultOrder('ipv4first');
+
+type HttpResponse = {
+    status: number;
+    headers: string[][];
+    body: string;
+};
 
 /**
- * A synchronous "fetch" for canisters.
+ * An asynchronous "fetch" for canisters.
  */
-export function fletch(canisterName: string, options: HttpRequest) {
+export async function fletch(
+    canisterName: string,
+    request: HttpRequest
+): Promise<HttpResponse> {
     const canisterId = getCanisterId(canisterName);
 
-    const requestHeaders = toCurlHeadersString(options.headers);
-
-    const curlCommand = `curl\
-        --silent\
-        --include\
-        -X ${options.method}\
-        ${requestHeaders}\
-        --data "${options.body.join(',')}"\
-        "${canisterId}.localhost:8000${options.url}" \
-        --resolve "${canisterId}.localhost:8000:127.0.0.1"`;
+    const { method, body, headers, url: path } = request;
 
-    const responseBuffer = execSync(curlCommand);
-
-    return toResponse(responseBuffer);
-}
+    const url = `http://${canisterId}.localhost:8000${path}`;
 
-function toCurlHeadersString(headers: [string, string][]) {
-    return headers
-        .map(([name, value]) => `-H ${singleQuotedString(`${name}: ${value}`)}`)
-        .join(' ');
-}
-
-function singleQuotedString(input: string) {
-    const singleQuoteEscapedString = input.replace(/'/g, "'\\''");
+    const fetchOptions = {
+        method,
+        headers,
+        body: method === 'GET' ? undefined : body
+    };
 
-    return `'${singleQuoteEscapedString}'`;
+    return await toResponse(await fetch(url, fetchOptions));
 }
 
-function toResponse(buffer: Buffer) {
-    const responseString = new TextDecoder().decode(buffer);
-
-    const [statusCodeAndHeaders, body] = responseString.split('\r\n\r\n');
-
-    const [statusCodeString, ...responseHeaderStrings] =
-        statusCodeAndHeaders.split('\r\n');
-
-    const status = Number(statusCodeString.split(' ')[1]);
+async function toResponse(response: Response): Promise<HttpResponse> {
+    const headers: [string, string][] = Array.from(response.headers.entries());
+    const status = response.status;
+    const body = await response.text();
 
-    const headers = responseHeaderStrings.map((header) => header.split(': '));
-
-    return {
-        status,
-        headers,
-        body
-    };
+    return { status, headers, body };
 }
diff --git a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_body.ts b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_body.ts
index 4ea22e06e2..f5634934d4 100644
--- a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_body.ts
+++ b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_body.ts
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ function generateHeadersMap(
 }
 
 function generateHeaderChecks(headers: [string, string][]) {
-    return headers
-        .filter(([_, value]) => value !== '') // An empty header value is the same as a none existent header
-        .map(
-            ([name, value]) => `
+    return (
+        headers
+            .filter(([_, value]) => value !== '') // An empty header value is the same as a none existent header
+            // TODO wouldn't it be great instead of throwing away that test to actually verify that any empty values are undefined?
+            .map(
+                ([name, value]) => `
             if (headers['${escape(name).toLowerCase()}'] !== '${escape(
                 value
             )}') {
@@ -85,8 +87,9 @@ function generateHeaderChecks(headers: [string, string][]) {
                 );
             }
         `
-        )
-        .join('\n');
+            )
+            .join('\n')
+    );
 }
 
 function escape(input: string) {
diff --git a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_tests.ts b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_tests.ts
index acebd69a3b..6984c6d439 100644
--- a/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_tests.ts
+++ b/property_tests/tests/canister_methods/http_request_update/test/generate_tests.ts
@@ -34,21 +34,30 @@ export function generateTests(
             {
                 name: functionName,
                 test: async () => {
-                    const response = fletch('canister', request);
-                    const filteredHeaders = response.headers.filter(
-                        ([name]) =>
-                            name !== 'x-ic-streaming-response' &&
-                            name !== 'content-length' &&
-                            name !== 'date'
-                    );
+                    const response = await fletch('canister', request);
+
+                    const filteredHeaders = response.headers
+                        .filter(
+                            ([name]) =>
+                                name !== 'x-ic-streaming-response' &&
+                                name !== 'content-length' &&
+                                name !== 'date'
+                        )
+                        .sort();
+                    const sortedExpectedHeaders =
+                        expectedResponse.headers.sort();
                     const processedResponse = {
                         status: response.status,
                         headers: filteredHeaders,
                         body: response.body
                     };
+                    const processedExpectedResponse = {
+                        ...expectedResponse,
+                        headers: sortedExpectedHeaders
+                    };
                     const valuesAreEqual = deepEqual(
                         processedResponse,
-                        expectedResponse
+                        processedExpectedResponse
                     );
 
                     return { Ok: valuesAreEqual };