diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2e93eb..76e5743 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
 			<version>4.2.5</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+			<artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+			<version>4.2.4</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ecwid/mailchimp/connection/HttpClientConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/ecwid/mailchimp/connection/HttpClientConnectionManager.java
index e56f3e7..55ad431 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ecwid/mailchimp/connection/HttpClientConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ecwid/mailchimp/connection/HttpClientConnectionManager.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicResponseHandler;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.DecompressingHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class HttpClientConnectionManager implements MailChimpConnectionManager {
 
 	private static final int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 15000;
 
-	private final HttpClient http = new DefaultHttpClient();
+	private final HttpClient http = new DecompressingHttpClient(new DefaultHttpClient());
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor.