diff --git a/internal/httpclient/httpclient.go b/internal/httpclient/httpclient.go
index 30c269b..7cdcf5b 100644
--- a/internal/httpclient/httpclient.go
+++ b/internal/httpclient/httpclient.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package httpclient
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
@@ -13,8 +14,10 @@ import (
 
 // NewHTTPClient provides a pre-configured http.Client
 // e.g. with relevant User-Agent header
-func NewHTTPClient() *http.Client {
-	client := retryablehttp.NewClient().StandardClient()
+func NewHTTPClient(logger *log.Logger) *http.Client {
+	rc := retryablehttp.NewClient()
+	rc.Logger = logger
+	client := rc.StandardClient()
 	client.Transport = &userAgentRoundTripper{
 		userAgent: fmt.Sprintf("hc-install/%s", version.Version()),
 		inner:     client.Transport,
diff --git a/internal/releasesjson/checksum_downloader.go b/internal/releasesjson/checksum_downloader.go
index 59dd1a1..264801b 100644
--- a/internal/releasesjson/checksum_downloader.go
+++ b/internal/releasesjson/checksum_downloader.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (cd *ChecksumDownloader) DownloadAndVerifyChecksums(ctx context.Context) (C
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient()
+	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient(cd.Logger)
 	sigURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/%s", cd.BaseURL,
 		url.PathEscape(cd.ProductVersion.Name),
 		url.PathEscape(cd.ProductVersion.Version.String()),
diff --git a/internal/releasesjson/downloader.go b/internal/releasesjson/downloader.go
index 2f937f1..708915e 100644
--- a/internal/releasesjson/downloader.go
+++ b/internal/releasesjson/downloader.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (d *Downloader) DownloadAndUnpack(ctx context.Context, pv *ProductVersion,
 		}
 	}
 
-	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient()
+	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient(d.Logger)
 
 	archiveURL, err := determineArchiveURL(pb.URL, d.BaseURL)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/releasesjson/releases.go b/internal/releasesjson/releases.go
index 4c0bab0..cae7f53 100644
--- a/internal/releasesjson/releases.go
+++ b/internal/releasesjson/releases.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (r *Releases) SetLogger(logger *log.Logger) {
 }
 
 func (r *Releases) ListProductVersions(ctx context.Context, productName string) (ProductVersionsMap, error) {
-	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient()
+	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient(r.logger)
 
 	productIndexURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/index.json",
 		r.BaseURL,
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (r *Releases) ListProductVersions(ctx context.Context, productName string)
 }
 
 func (r *Releases) GetProductVersion(ctx context.Context, product string, version *version.Version) (*ProductVersion, error) {
-	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient()
+	client := httpclient.NewHTTPClient(r.logger)
 
 	indexURL := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s/index.json",
 		r.BaseURL,