diff --git a/servant-client/servant-client.cabal b/servant-client/servant-client.cabal
index ce98c41c..a067c2e3 100644
--- a/servant-client/servant-client.cabal
+++ b/servant-client/servant-client.cabal
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ library
     , bytestring            >= 0.10     && < 0.11
     , exceptions            >= 0.8      && < 0.9
     , http-api-data         >= 0.1      && < 0.3
-    , http-client           >= 0.4.18.1 && < 0.5
-    , http-client-tls       >= 0.2.2    && < 0.3
+    , http-client           >= 0.4.18.1 && < 0.6
+    , http-client-tls       >= 0.2.2    && < 0.4
     , http-media            >= 0.6.2    && < 0.7
     , http-types            >= 0.8.6    && < 0.10
     , network-uri           >= 2.6      && < 2.7
diff --git a/servant-client/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs b/servant-client/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
index 1dedde71..6d922634 100644
--- a/servant-client/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
+++ b/servant-client/src/Servant/Common/Req.hs
@@ -147,9 +147,8 @@ performRequest :: Method -> Req -> Manager -> BaseUrl
 performRequest reqMethod req manager reqHost = do
   partialRequest <- liftIO $ reqToRequest req reqHost
 
-  let request = partialRequest { Client.method = reqMethod
-                               , checkStatus = \ _status _headers _cookies -> Nothing
-                               }
+  let request = disableStatusCheck $
+        partialRequest { Client.method = reqMethod }
 
   eResponse <- liftIO $ catchConnectionError $ Client.httpLbs request manager
   case eResponse of
@@ -170,6 +169,12 @@ performRequest reqMethod req manager reqHost = do
         throwE $ FailureResponse status ct body
       return (status_code, body, ct, hdrs, response)
 
+disableStatusCheck :: Request -> Request
+#if MIN_VERSION_http_client(0,5,0)
+disableStatusCheck req = req { checkResponse = \ _req _res -> return () }
+#else
+disableStatusCheck req = req { checkStatus = \ _status _headers _cookies -> Nothing }
+#endif
 
 performRequestCT :: MimeUnrender ct result =>
   Proxy ct -> Method -> Req -> Manager -> BaseUrl