diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0577d3..ba50fdf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Breaking
 * Java 11 or later required
 
+### Changes
+* Using native Java 11 HTTP client
+
 
 ## 1.3.0 - 2019-12-04
 ### Security
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/UraClient.java b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/UraClient.java
index 8f5f6a0..016bca0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/UraClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/UraClient.java
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ import de.stklcode.pubtrans.ura.model.Trip;
 import de.stklcode.pubtrans.ura.reader.AsyncUraTripReader;
 
 import java.io.*;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -383,7 +387,7 @@ public class UraClient implements Serializable {
      *
      * @param returnList Fields to fetch.
      * @param query      The query.
-     * @return Input stream of the URL
+     * @return Response {@link InputStream}.
      * @throws IOException on errors
      */
     private InputStream requestInstant(final String[] returnList, final Query query) throws IOException {
@@ -435,11 +439,19 @@ public class UraClient implements Serializable {
      * Open given URL as InputStream.
      *
      * @param url The URL.
-     * @return Input Stream of results.
+     * @return Response {@link InputStream}.
      * @throws IOException Error opening connection or reading data.
      */
     private InputStream request(String url) throws IOException {
-        return new URL(url).openStream();
+        try {
+            return HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(
+                    HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(url)).GET().build(),
+                    HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream()
+            ).body();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            throw new IOException("API request interrupted", e);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/reader/AsyncUraTripReader.java b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/reader/AsyncUraTripReader.java
index 1a3bc13..2fc132a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/reader/AsyncUraTripReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/stklcode/pubtrans/ura/reader/AsyncUraTripReader.java
@@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.*;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 /**
@@ -145,6 +152,14 @@ public class AsyncUraTripReader implements AutoCloseable {
      * @throws IOException On errors.
      */
     private static InputStream getInputStream(URL url) throws IOException {
-        return url.openStream();
+        try {
+            return HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(
+                    HttpRequest.newBuilder().uri(URI.create(url.toString())).GET().build(),
+                    HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream()
+            ).body();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            throw new IOException("API request interrupted", e);
+        }
     }
 }