diff --git a/lib/http/base.js b/lib/http/base.js
index 00ad17234..252cd344d 100644
--- a/lib/http/base.js
+++ b/lib/http/base.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const zlib = require('zlib');
 const Util = require('../util');
 const Errors = require('../errors');
 const Logger = require('../logger');
+const {request} = require('urllib');
 
 const DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 360000;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ HttpClient.prototype.request = function (options)
   var headers;
   var json;
   var body;
-  var request;
+  var httpRequest;
 
   // normalize the headers
   headers = normalizeHeaders(options.headers);
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ HttpClient.prototype.request = function (options)
     requestOptions.httpsAgent.keepAlive = agentAndProxyOptions.agentOptions.keepAlive;
     requestOptions.retryDelay = this.constructExponentialBackoffStrategy();
 
-    request = require('urllib').request(requestOptions.url, requestOptions, async function (err, data, response)
+    httpRequest = request(requestOptions.url, requestOptions, async function (err, data, response)
     {
       // if a callback has been specified, normalize the
       // response before passing it to the callback
@@ -156,9 +157,9 @@ HttpClient.prototype.request = function (options)
   return {
     abort: function ()
     {
-      if (request)
+      if (httpRequest)
       {
-        request.abort();
+        httpRequest.abort();
       }
     }
   };
@@ -262,4 +263,4 @@ function normalizeResponse(response)
   }
 
   return response;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}