diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index e63ee1ea..11e4138a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for WWW::Mechanize
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+    - Bump HTTP::Daemon test dependency to 6.10 (GH#300) (Olaf Alders)
 
 1.98      2020-05-25 17:06:47Z (TRIAL RELEASE)
     - Don't make assumptions about port 80 in test (GH#299) (Olaf Alders)
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index 28cd83c5..27029048 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Scalar::Util = 1.14
 
 [Prereqs / TestRequires]
 CGI = 4.32
+HTTP::Daemon = 6.10
 
 [Prereqs / DevelopRequires]
 LWP::Protocol::https = 6.07
diff --git a/t/local/back.t b/t/local/back.t
index b3b1641d..92fb7925 100644
--- a/t/local/back.t
+++ b/t/local/back.t
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use strict;
 use Test::More tests => 47;
 use lib qw( t t/local );
 use LocalServer;
-use HTTP::Daemon 6.05;
 use HTTP::Response;
 
 
diff --git a/t/local/log-server b/t/local/log-server
index ca850036..3e45ce27 100644
--- a/t/local/log-server
+++ b/t/local/log-server
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Thanks to merlyn for nudging me and giving me this snippet!
 use strict;
-use HTTP::Daemon 6.05;
+use HTTP::Daemon ();
 use CGI 4.08;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Socket ();
diff --git a/t/local/referer-server b/t/local/referer-server
index 7db693fb..538e9bee 100644
--- a/t/local/referer-server
+++ b/t/local/referer-server
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Thanks to merlyn for nudging me and giving me this snippet!
 
-use HTTP::Daemon 6.05;
+use HTTP::Daemon ();
 use URI::URL;
 use Socket ();
 
diff --git a/t/local/referer.t b/t/local/referer.t
index 87dadaab..9ea193bd 100644
--- a/t/local/referer.t
+++ b/t/local/referer.t
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ my $agent = WWW::Mechanize->new();
 isa_ok( $agent, 'WWW::Mechanize' );
 
 SKIP: {
-    eval { require HTTP::Daemon; HTTP::Daemon->VERSION(6.05); };
-    skip 'HTTP::Daemon required to test the referrer header',10 if $@;
-
     # We want to be safe from non-resolving local host names
     delete $ENV{HTTP_PROXY};