diff --git a/riven/Cargo.toml b/riven/Cargo.toml
index 24ef3f2..7d7084c 100644
--- a/riven/Cargo.toml
+++ b/riven/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ log = "0.4"
 num_enum = "0.5"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = [ "gzip", "json" ] }
+reqwest-middleware = "0.2.4"
 scan_fmt = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/riven/src/error.rs b/riven/src/error.rs
index 1253fa4..f56ce5d 100644
--- a/riven/src/error.rs
+++ b/riven/src/error.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
-use reqwest::{Error, Response, StatusCode};
+use reqwest::{Response, StatusCode};
+use reqwest_middleware::Error;
 
 /// Result containing RiotApiError on failure.
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, RiotApiError>;
diff --git a/riven/src/req/regional_requester.rs b/riven/src/req/regional_requester.rs
index 7dab098..71f9850 100644
--- a/riven/src/req/regional_requester.rs
+++ b/riven/src/req/regional_requester.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use reqwest::{RequestBuilder, StatusCode};
+use reqwest::StatusCode;
+use reqwest_middleware::RequestBuilder;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 use tracing as log;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ impl RegionalRequester {
                         retries
                     );
                     break Err(RiotApiError::new(
-                        err,
+                        reqwest_middleware::Error::Reqwest(err),
                         retries,
                         Some(response),
                         Some(status),
diff --git a/riven/src/riot_api.rs b/riven/src/riot_api.rs
index f09a600..c705f57 100644
--- a/riven/src/riot_api.rs
+++ b/riven/src/riot_api.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use reqwest::{Client, Method, RequestBuilder};
+use reqwest::Method;
+use reqwest_middleware::{ClientWithMiddleware, RequestBuilder};
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 use tracing as log;
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ pub struct RiotApi {
     /// Configuration settings.
     config: RiotApiConfig,
     /// Client for making requests.
-    client: Client,
+    client: ClientWithMiddleware,
 
     /// Per-region requesters.
     regional_requesters: InsertOnlyCHashMap<&'static str, RegionalRequester>,
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@ impl RiotApi {
             config,
             client: client_builder
                 .build()
-                .expect("Failed to create client from builder."),
+                .expect("Failed to create client from builder.")
+                .into(),
             regional_requesters: InsertOnlyCHashMap::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -103,7 +105,14 @@ impl RiotApi {
         let retries = rinfo.retries;
         let status = rinfo.response.status();
         let value = rinfo.response.json::<T>().await;
-        value.map_err(|e| RiotApiError::new(e, retries, None, Some(status)))
+        value.map_err(|e| {
+            RiotApiError::new(
+                reqwest_middleware::Error::Reqwest(e),
+                retries,
+                None,
+                Some(status),
+            )
+        })
     }
 
     /// This method should generally not be used directly. Consider using endpoint wrappers instead.
@@ -132,7 +141,14 @@ impl RiotApi {
         let retries = rinfo.retries;
         let status = rinfo.response.status();
         let value = rinfo.response.json::<Option<T>>().await;
-        value.map_err(|e| RiotApiError::new(e, retries, None, Some(status)))
+        value.map_err(|e| {
+            RiotApiError::new(
+                reqwest_middleware::Error::Reqwest(e),
+                retries,
+                None,
+                Some(status),
+            )
+        })
     }
 
     /// This method should generally not be used directly. Consider using endpoint wrappers instead.
@@ -157,11 +173,14 @@ impl RiotApi {
             .await?;
         let retries = rinfo.retries;
         let status = rinfo.response.status();
-        rinfo
-            .response
-            .error_for_status()
-            .map(|_| ())
-            .map_err(|e| RiotApiError::new(e, retries, None, Some(status)))
+        rinfo.response.error_for_status().map(|_| ()).map_err(|e| {
+            RiotApiError::new(
+                reqwest_middleware::Error::Reqwest(e),
+                retries,
+                None,
+                Some(status),
+            )
+        })
     }
 
     /// This method should generally not be used directly. Consider using endpoint wrappers instead.