diff --git a/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json b/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json
index 381d7d630b..63c223d22e 100644
--- a/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/@ionic/cli/package.json
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.5",
     "open": "^7.0.4",
     "os-name": "^4.0.0",
+    "proxy-agent": "^6.3.0",
     "semver": "^7.1.1",
     "split2": "^3.0.0",
     "ssh-config": "^1.1.1",
     "stream-combiner2": "^1.1.1",
     "superagent": "^8.0.9",
-    "superagent-proxy": "^3.0.0",
     "tar": "^6.0.1",
     "tslib": "^2.0.1"
   },
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
     "@types/semver": "^7.1.0",
     "@types/split2": "^2.1.6",
     "@types/superagent": "4.1.3",
-    "@types/superagent-proxy": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/tar": "^6.1.2",
     "jest": "^26.4.2",
     "jest-cli": "^26.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/http.ts b/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/http.ts
index 74ca72ed3c..145708b7d1 100644
--- a/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/http.ts
+++ b/packages/@ionic/cli/src/lib/utils/http.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 import { conform } from '@ionic/utils-array';
 import { readFile } from '@ionic/utils-fs';
-import * as Debug from 'debug';
+import { ProxyAgent } from 'proxy-agent';
 
 import { CreateRequestOptions, HttpMethod } from '../../definitions';
 
 export type SuperAgentRequest = import('superagent').SuperAgentRequest;
 
-const debug = Debug('ionic:lib:utils:http');
-
 export const PROXY_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLES: readonly string[] = ['IONIC_HTTP_PROXY', 'HTTPS_PROXY', 'HTTP_PROXY', 'PROXY', 'https_proxy', 'http_proxy', 'proxy'];
 
 function getGlobalProxy(): { envvar: string; envval: string; } | undefined {
@@ -38,14 +36,7 @@ export async function createRequest(method: HttpMethod, url: string, { userAgent
     .redirects(25);
 
   if (proxy) {
-    const superagentProxy = await import('superagent-proxy');
-    superagentProxy(superagent);
-
-    if (req.proxy) {
-      req.proxy(proxy);
-    } else {
-      debug(`Cannot install proxy--req.proxy not defined`);
-    }
+    req.agent(new ProxyAgent({ getProxyForUrl: () => proxy as string }))
   }
 
   if (ssl) {