diff --git a/Scripts/fetch-prebuilt-wda.js b/Scripts/fetch-prebuilt-wda.js
index f616c8a85..82673188f 100644
--- a/Scripts/fetch-prebuilt-wda.js
+++ b/Scripts/fetch-prebuilt-wda.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 const path = require('path');
-const request = require('request-promise');
-const requestCallback = require('request');
+const axios = require('axios');
 const { asyncify } = require('asyncbox');
-const { logger, fs, mkdirp } = require('appium-support');
+const { logger, fs, mkdirp, net } = require('appium-support');
 const _ = require('lodash');
-const _fs = require('fs');
 const B = require('bluebird');
 
 const log = logger.getLogger('WDA');
@@ -16,14 +14,15 @@ async function fetchPrebuiltWebDriverAgentAssets () {
   log.info(`Getting WDA release ${downloadUrl}`);
   let releases;
   try {
-    releases = await request.get(downloadUrl, {
+    releases = (await axios({
+      url: downloadUrl,
       headers: {
         'user-agent': 'appium',
+        'accept': 'application/json, */*',
       },
-      json: true,
-    });
+    })).data;
   } catch (e) {
-    throw new Error(`Could not fetch endpoint '${downloadUrl}. Reason: ${e.message}'`);
+    throw new Error(`Could not fetch endpoint ${downloadUrl}. Reason: ${e.message}`);
   }
 
   const webdriveragentsDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'prebuilt-agents');
@@ -34,19 +33,7 @@ async function fetchPrebuiltWebDriverAgentAssets () {
   // Define a method that does a streaming download of an asset
   async function downloadAgent (url, targetPath) {
     try {
-      // don't use request-promise here, we need streams
-      return await new B((resolve, reject) => {
-        requestCallback(url)
-          .on('error', reject) // handle real errors, like connection errors
-          .on('response', (res) => {
-            // handle responses that fail, like 404s
-            if (res.statusCode >= 400) {
-              return reject(new Error(`${res.statusCode} - ${res.statusMessage}`));
-            }
-          })
-          .pipe(_fs.createWriteStream(targetPath))
-          .on('close', resolve);
-      });
+      await net.downloadFile(url, targetPath);
     } catch (err) {
       throw new Error(`Problem downloading webdriveragent from url ${url}: ${err.message}`);
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index deab37049..59b7c2600 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,14 +61,13 @@
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
     "appium-base-driver": "^5.0.2",
     "appium-ios-simulator": "^3.14.0",
-    "appium-support": "^2.37.0",
+    "appium-support": "^2.46.0",
     "async-lock": "^1.0.0",
     "asyncbox": "^2.5.3",
+    "axios": "^0.19.2",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.5",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "node-simctl": "^6.0.2",
-    "request": "^2.79.0",
-    "request-promise": "^4.1.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.12",
     "stream-equal": "^1.1.1",
     "teen_process": "^1.14.1"
diff --git a/test/functional/helpers/session.js b/test/functional/helpers/session.js
index 612656ce3..49cd1131c 100644
--- a/test/functional/helpers/session.js
+++ b/test/functional/helpers/session.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import wd from 'wd';
-import request from 'request-promise';
 import { startServer } from '../../..';
 import { util } from 'appium-support';
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 
 const {SAUCE_RDC, SAUCE_EMUSIM, CLOUD} = process.env;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function getServer () {
 async function initWDA (caps) {
   // first, see if this is necessary
   try {
-    await request.get({url: `http://${HOST}:${WDA_PORT}/status`});
+    await axios({url: `http://${HOST}:${WDA_PORT}/status`, timeout: 5000});
   } catch (err) {
     // easiest way to initialize WDA is to go through a test startup
     // otherwise every change to the system would require a change here
diff --git a/test/functional/webdriveragent-e2e-specs.js b/test/functional/webdriveragent-e2e-specs.js
index a8f020078..99ae18e4c 100644
--- a/test/functional/webdriveragent-e2e-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/webdriveragent-e2e-specs.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import Simctl from 'node-simctl';
 import { getVersion } from 'appium-xcode';
 import { getSimulator } from 'appium-ios-simulator';
 import { killAllSimulators, shutdownSimulator } from './helpers/simulator';
-import request from 'request-promise';
 import { SubProcess } from 'teen_process';
 import { PLATFORM_VERSION, DEVICE_NAME } from './desired';
 import { retryInterval } from 'asyncbox';
 import { WebDriverAgent } from '../..';
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 
 const SIM_DEVICE_NAME = 'webDriverAgentTest';
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('WebDriverAgent', function () {
         const agent = new WebDriverAgent(xcodeVersion, getStartOpts(device));
 
         await agent.launch('sessionId');
-        await request(testUrl).should.be.eventually.rejectedWith(/unknown command/);
+        await axios({url: testUrl}).should.be.eventually.rejected;
         await agent.quit();
       });