diff --git a/examples/tester.js b/examples/tester.js
index 2fef89f..b07e90c 100644
--- a/examples/tester.js
+++ b/examples/tester.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-const request = require('request');
+const axios = require("axios");
 
 const port = 3000;
-
-const requestUrl = `http://localhost:${port}/return-status/`;
 const interval = 50;
+const requestUrl = `http://0.0.0.0:${port}/return-status/`;
 
-const makeDummyCall = () => setTimeout(() => {
-  const code = 200 + Math.random() * 399;
-  request.get(`${requestUrl}${code}`);
+const makeDummyCall = () =>
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    const code = 200 + Math.random() * 399;
+    axios.get(`${requestUrl}${code}`).catch(() => {});
 
-  makeDummyCall();
-}, interval);
+    makeDummyCall();
+  }, interval);
 
 makeDummyCall();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d761f1..a840132 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "express-status-monitor",
-  "version": "1.2.8",
+  "version": "1.2.9",
   "description": "Realtime Monitoring for Express-based Node applications",
   "main": "index.js",
   "keywords": [
@@ -57,12 +57,11 @@
   },
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "0.19.0",
+    "axios": "0.19.2",
     "debug": "4.1.1",
-    "handlebars": "4.5.3",
+    "handlebars": "4.7.3",
     "on-headers": "1.0.2",
-    "pidusage": "2.0.17",
-    "request": "2.88.0",
+    "pidusage": "2.0.18",
     "socket.io": "2.3.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
@@ -75,9 +74,9 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "chai": "4.2.0",
     "eslint": "5.16.0",
-    "mocha": "6.2.2",
-    "sinon": "7.3.2",
-    "snyk": "1.271.0"
+    "mocha": "7.1.0",
+    "sinon": "9.0.0",
+    "snyk": "1.297.3"
   },
   "snyk": true
 }
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