diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e13e3ee..1a1341c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Fixed a regression in Sensu::Handler `api_request` method, introduced in
+  v1.4.3, which broke silence stashes and check dependencies on Ruby 2.x.
+
 ## [v1.4.3] - 2016-10-04
 
 - Fixed an incompatibility with Ruby 1.9 introduced in Sensu::Handler api_request circa sensu-plugin 1.3.0
diff --git a/lib/sensu-handler.rb b/lib/sensu-handler.rb
index 8b5d223..b8eec19 100644
--- a/lib/sensu-handler.rb
+++ b/lib/sensu-handler.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def api_request(method, path, &blk)
       end
       domain = api_settings['host'].start_with?('http') ? api_settings['host'] : 'http://' + api_settings['host']
       uri = URI("#{domain}:#{api_settings['port']}#{path}")
-      req = net_http_req_class(method).new(uri.to_s)
+      req = net_http_req_class(method).new(uri.path)
       if api_settings['user'] && api_settings['password']
         req.basic_auth(api_settings['user'], api_settings['password'])
       end