diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d9df1bb..ac454c6 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.11.0
+0.12.0
diff --git a/lib/webhdfs/api_connection.rb b/lib/webhdfs/api_connection.rb
index b753720..56fb326 100644
--- a/lib/webhdfs/api_connection.rb
+++ b/lib/webhdfs/api_connection.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'faraday'
+require 'faraday_middleware'
 
 module WebHDFS
   class APIConnection
@@ -10,7 +11,8 @@ def initialize(host, headers = {})
     def connection
       @conn ||= Faraday.new(@host, headers: @headers) do |builder|
         builder.response :logger, WebHDFS.logger
-        builder.use Faraday::Adapter::NetHttp
+        builder.use FaradayMiddleware::FollowRedirects
+        builder.adapter :net_http
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/webhdfs_factual.gemspec b/webhdfs_factual.gemspec
index b6e73af..8630eb5 100644
--- a/webhdfs_factual.gemspec
+++ b/webhdfs_factual.gemspec
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_development_dependency "webmock"
 
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "addressable"
-  gem.add_runtime_dependency "faraday"
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency "faraday", ["1.1.0"]
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency "faraday_middleware", ["1.0.0"]
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "gssapi-factual"
 end