diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b8fd58b..d6df2ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "awscredx"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.12.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "chrono 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb9e3da..a78a4c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "awscredx"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 authors = ["Alexei Samokvalov <alexei@sam701.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/src/assume/assumer.rs b/src/assume/assumer.rs
index 26b9183..9f56681 100644
--- a/src/assume/assumer.rs
+++ b/src/assume/assumer.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use hyper_proxy::{Proxy, Intercept, ProxyConnector};
 use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
 use hyper::Uri;
 use hyper::client::HttpConnector;
+use crate::util;
 
 pub struct RoleAssumer<'a> {
     region: Region,
@@ -111,16 +112,10 @@ fn create_client(credentials: Cred, region: Region) -> Result<StsClient, String>
     ))
 }
 
-fn get_https_proxy() -> Option<String> {
-    std::env::var_os("https_proxy")
-        .or(std::env::var_os("HTTPS_PROXY"))
-        .map(|x| x.into_string().expect("https_proxy is utf8"))
-}
-
 fn get_https_connector() -> Result<ProxyConnector<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>>, String> {
     let connector = HttpsConnector::new(2)
         .expect("connector with 2 threads");
-    Ok(match get_https_proxy() {
+    Ok(match util::get_https_proxy() {
         Some(proxy_url) => {
             let url = proxy_url.parse::<Uri>()
                 .map_err(|e| format!("cannot parse proxy URL({}): {}", &proxy_url, e))?;
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index c4a782f..53ac042 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -16,4 +16,10 @@ pub fn set_permissions(path: &PathBuf, mode: u32) {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
-pub fn set_permissions(_path: &PathBuf, _mode: u32) {}
\ No newline at end of file
+pub fn set_permissions(_path: &PathBuf, _mode: u32) {}
+
+pub fn get_https_proxy() -> Option<String> {
+    std::env::var_os("https_proxy")
+        .or(std::env::var_os("HTTPS_PROXY"))
+        .map(|x| x.into_string().expect("https_proxy is utf8"))
+}
diff --git a/src/version.rs b/src/version.rs
index ee2322b..4d4b058 100644
--- a/src/version.rs
+++ b/src/version.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use reqwest;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use ansi_term::{Style, Color};
 use std::fmt::{self, Display};
+use crate::util;
+use reqwest::Proxy;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct GithubVersion {
@@ -51,8 +53,21 @@ fn os_name() -> &'static str {
     TRAVIS_OS_NAME_OPT.unwrap_or("osx")
 }
 
+fn get_http_client() -> Result<reqwest::Client, String> {
+    let mut builder = reqwest::ClientBuilder::new();
+    if let Some(proxy_url) = util::get_https_proxy() {
+        builder = builder.proxy(Proxy::all(&proxy_url)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("cannot create proxy from URL({}): {}", &proxy_url, e))?);
+    }
+    builder
+        .build()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("cannot build http client: {}", e))
+}
+
 pub fn check_new_version() -> Result<Option<PublishedVersion>, String> {
-    let github_version: GithubVersion = reqwest::get("https://api.github.com/repos/sam701/awscredx/releases/latest")
+    let github_version: GithubVersion = get_http_client()?
+        .get("https://api.github.com/repos/sam701/awscredx/releases/latest")
+        .send()
         .map_err(|e| format!("cannot check new version: {}", e))?
         .json()
         .map_err(|e| format!("cannot decode github version response: {}", e))?;