diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 99f6d8592a..546c8e1b86 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ const stream = require('stream')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
 const log = require('npmlog')
 const semver = require('semver')
-const fetch = require('make-fetch-happen')
+const got = require('got')
+const HttpProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent')
+const HttpsProxyAgent = require('https-proxy-agent')
 const processRelease = require('./process-release')
 const win = process.platform === 'win32'
 const streamPipeline = util.promisify(stream.pipeline)
@@ -149,8 +151,8 @@ async function install (fs, gyp, argv) {
       try {
         const res = await download(gyp, release.tarballUrl)
 
-        if (res.status !== 200) {
-          throw new Error(`${res.status} response downloading ${release.tarballUrl}`)
+        if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
+          throw new Error(`${res.statusCode} response downloading ${release.tarballUrl}`)
         }
 
         await streamPipeline(
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ async function install (fs, gyp, argv) {
         throw new Error(`${res.status}  status code downloading checksum`)
       }
 
-      for (const line of (await res.text()).trim().split('\n')) {
+      for (const line of (await res.body).trim().split('\n')) {
         const items = line.trim().split(/\s+/)
         if (items.length !== 2) {
           return
@@ -337,23 +339,30 @@ class ShaSum extends stream.Transform {
 async function download (gyp, url) {
   log.http('GET', url)
 
+  const cafile = gyp.opts.cafile
+
   const requestOpts = {
     headers: {
       'User-Agent': `node-gyp v${gyp.version} (node ${process.version})`,
       Connection: 'keep-alive'
     },
-    proxy: gyp.opts.proxy,
-    noProxy: gyp.opts.noproxy
-  }
-
-  const cafile = gyp.opts.cafile
-  if (cafile) {
-    requestOpts.ca = await readCAFile(cafile)
+    agent: gyp.opts.proxy
+      ? {
+        https: new HttpsProxyAgent(gyp.opts.proxy),
+        http: new HttpProxyAgent(gyp.opts.proxy)
+      } : {},
+    https: cafile
+      ? {
+        certificateAuthority: await readCAFile(cafile)
+      } : {}
   }
 
-  const res = await fetch(url, requestOpts)
+  const res = await got(url, requestOpts)
   log.http(res.status, res.url)
 
+  // this is here to retain API-compatibility during v9
+  // TODO: remove for v10 release
+  res.text = () => res.body
   return res
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11b10b69f0..bff9efc2b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "env-paths": "^2.2.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.4",
+    "got": "^11.8.6",
     "graceful-fs": "^4.2.6",
-    "make-fetch-happen": "^11.0.3",
+    "http-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
     "nopt": "^6.0.0",
     "npmlog": "^6.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",