diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63c6a6b..1fc49cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ For `POST`, call `get.post` or use option `{ method: 'POST' }`.
 const get = require('simple-get')
 
 const opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   body: 'this is the POST body'
 }
 get.post(opts, function (err, res) {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ get.post(opts, function (err, res) {
 const get = require('simple-get')
 
 get({
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   method: 'POST',
   body: 'this is the POST body',
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ const get = require('simple-get')
 
 const opts = {
   method: 'POST',
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   body: {
     key: 'value'
   },
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ will fail with an `Error`.
 const get = require('simple-get')
 
 const opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   timeout: 2000 // 2 second timeout
 }
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const get = require('simple-get')
 const tunnel = require('tunnel')
 
 const opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   agent: tunnel.httpOverHttp({
     proxy: {
       host: 'localhost'
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ const get = require('simple-get')
 const cookie = require('cookie')
 
 const opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   headers: {
     cookie: cookie.serialize('foo', 'bar')
   }
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ const form = new FormData()
 form.append('my_file', fs.createReadStream('/foo/bar.jpg'))
 
 const opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   body: form
 }
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ get.post(opts, function (err, res) {})
 const get = require('simple-get')
 
 const opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com',
+  href: 'http://example.com',
   form: {
     key: 'value'
   }
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ get.post(opts, function (err, res) {})
 const get = require('simple-get')
 
 const opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com/will-redirect-elsewhere',
+  href: 'http://example.com/will-redirect-elsewhere',
   followRedirects: false
 }
 // res.statusCode will be 301, no error thrown
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ const token = {
 const url = 'https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/home_timeline.json'
 
 const opts = {
-  url: url,
+  href: url,
   headers: oauth.toHeader(oauth.authorize({url, method: 'GET'}, token)),
   json: true
 }
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ const get = (opts, cb) => limiter.removeTokens(1, () => simpleGet(opts, cb))
 get.concat = (opts, cb) => limiter.removeTokens(1, () => simpleGet.concat(opts, cb))
 
 var opts = {
-  url: 'http://example.com'
+  href: 'http://example.com'
 }
 
 get.concat(opts, processResult)
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 80e52e8..ab46465 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -6,21 +6,22 @@ const decompressResponse = require('decompress-response') // excluded from brows
 const http = require('http')
 const https = require('https')
 const once = require('once')
-const querystring = require('querystring')
-const url = require('url')
 
 const isStream = o => o !== null && typeof o === 'object' && typeof o.pipe === 'function'
 
 function simpleGet (opts, cb) {
-  opts = Object.assign({ maxRedirects: 10 }, typeof opts === 'string' ? { url: opts } : opts)
+  opts = Object.assign({ maxRedirects: 10 }, typeof opts === 'string' ? { href: opts } : opts)
   cb = once(cb)
 
-  if (opts.url) {
-    const { hostname, port, protocol, auth, path } = url.parse(opts.url) // eslint-disable-line node/no-deprecated-api
-    delete opts.url
-    if (!hostname && !port && !protocol && !auth) opts.path = path // Relative redirect
-    else Object.assign(opts, { hostname, port, protocol, auth, path }) // Absolute redirect
-  }
+  if (opts.auth) throw new Error('simple-get: opts.auth has been removed in favour of opts.username and opts.password')
+  if (opts.path) throw new Error('simple-get: opts.path has been removed in favour of opts.pathname')
+  if (opts.url) throw new Error('simple-get: opts.url has been removed in favour of opts.href')
+
+  const url = new URL(opts.href || '', 'http://localhost'); delete opts.href
+  ;['hash', 'host', 'hostname', 'origin', 'password', 'pathname', 'port', 'protocol', 'search', 'searchParams', 'username'].forEach(key => {
+    if (opts[key]) url[key] = opts[key]
+    delete opts[key]
+  })
 
   const headers = { 'accept-encoding': 'gzip, deflate' }
   if (opts.headers) Object.keys(opts.headers).forEach(k => (headers[k.toLowerCase()] = opts.headers[k]))
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ function simpleGet (opts, cb) {
   if (opts.body) {
     body = opts.json && !isStream(opts.body) ? JSON.stringify(opts.body) : opts.body
   } else if (opts.form) {
-    body = typeof opts.form === 'string' ? opts.form : querystring.stringify(opts.form)
+    body = typeof opts.form === 'string' ? opts.form : new URLSearchParams(opts.form).toString()
     opts.headers['content-type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
   }
 
@@ -44,17 +45,16 @@ function simpleGet (opts, cb) {
   if (opts.json) opts.headers.accept = 'application/json'
   if (opts.method) opts.method = opts.method.toUpperCase()
 
-  const originalHost = opts.hostname // hostname before potential redirect
-  const protocol = opts.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http // Support http/https urls
-  const req = protocol.request(opts, res => {
+  const protocol = url.protocol === 'https:' ? https : http // Support http/https urls
+  const req = protocol.request(url, opts, res => {
     if (opts.followRedirects !== false && res.statusCode >= 300 && res.statusCode < 400 && res.headers.location) {
-      opts.url = res.headers.location // Follow 3xx redirects
+      const target = new URL(res.headers.location, url) // Follow 3xx redirects
+      opts.href = target.href
       delete opts.headers.host // Discard `host` header on redirect (see #32)
       res.resume() // Discard response
 
-      const redirectHost = url.parse(opts.url).hostname // eslint-disable-line node/no-deprecated-api
       // If redirected host is different than original host, drop headers to prevent cookie leak (#73)
-      if (redirectHost !== null && redirectHost !== originalHost) {
+      if (target.hostname !== url.hostname) {
         delete opts.headers.cookie
         delete opts.headers.authorization
       }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ simpleGet.concat = (opts, cb) => {
 
 ;['get', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'head', 'delete'].forEach(method => {
   simpleGet[method] = (opts, cb) => {
-    if (typeof opts === 'string') opts = { url: opts }
+    if (typeof opts === 'string') opts = { href: opts }
     return simpleGet(Object.assign({ method: method.toUpperCase() }, opts), cb)
   }
 })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71e96c0..f8193df 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "tape": "^5.0.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=10"
+    "node": ">=10.9"
   },
   "files": [
     "index.js"
diff --git a/test/auth.js b/test/auth.js
index 9878351..1efc92f 100644
--- a/test/auth.js
+++ b/test/auth.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ test('basic auth + host', function (t) {
 
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
-    get({ auth: 'foo:bar', host: 'localhost', port }, function (err, res) {
+    get({ username: 'foo', password: 'bar', host: 'localhost:' + port }, function (err, res) {
       t.error(err)
       t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
       concat(res, function (err, data) {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ test('basic auth + hostname', function (t) {
 
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
-    get({ auth: 'foo:bar', hostname: 'localhost', port }, function (err, res) {
+    get({ username: 'foo', password: 'bar', hostname: 'localhost', port }, function (err, res) {
       t.error(err)
       t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
       concat(res, function (err, data) {
diff --git a/test/basic.js b/test/basic.js
index 8fd106b..afdcde7 100644
--- a/test/basic.js
+++ b/test/basic.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test('https', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     get({
-      url: 'https://localhost:' + port + '/path',
+      href: 'https://localhost:' + port + '/path',
       rejectUnauthorized: false
     }, function (err, res) {
       t.error(err)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test('simple get json', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
       json: true
     }
     get(opts, function (err, res) {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ test('HEAD request', function (t) {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
       method: 'HEAD',
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port
     }
     get.head(opts, function (err, res) {
       t.error(err)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ test('timeout option', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     get({
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
       timeout: 1000
     }, function (err, res) {
       t.ok(err instanceof Error)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ test('rewrite POST redirects to GET', function (t) {
     const opts = {
       method: 'POST',
       body: '123',
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port
     }
     get(opts, function (err, res) {
       t.error(err)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ test('simple get hostname + url', function (t) {
 
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
-    get({ host: 'localhost', port, url: '/path' }, function (err, res) {
+    get({ host: 'localhost', port, href: '/path' }, function (err, res) {
       t.error(err)
       t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
       concat(res, function (err, data) {
diff --git a/test/concat.js b/test/concat.js
index 2bc22c9..94f2212 100644
--- a/test/concat.js
+++ b/test/concat.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test('get.concat (post, stream body, and json option)', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       body: str('{"a": "b"}'),
       method: 'POST',
       json: true
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ test('get.concat json', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
       json: true
     }
     get.concat(opts, function (err, res, data) {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ test('get.concat json error', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/path',
       json: true
     }
     get.concat(opts, function (err, res, data) {
diff --git a/test/headers.js b/test/headers.js
index ac51f81..2c5778d 100644
--- a/test/headers.js
+++ b/test/headers.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test('custom headers', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     get({
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       headers: {
         'custom-header': 'custom-value'
       }
diff --git a/test/post.js b/test/post.js
index b0ae806..611fc1b 100644
--- a/test/post.js
+++ b/test/post.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test('post (text body)', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       body: 'this is the body'
     }
     get.post(opts, function (err, res) {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ test('post (utf-8 text body)', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       body: 'jedan dva tri četiri'
     }
     get.post(opts, function (err, res) {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test('post (buffer body)', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       body: Buffer.from('this is the body')
     }
     get.post(opts, function (err, res) {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ test('post (stream body)', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       body: str('this is the body')
     }
     get.post(opts, function (err, res) {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ test('post (json body)', function (t) {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
       method: 'POST',
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       body: {
         message: 'this is the body'
       },
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ test('post (form, object)', function (t) {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
       method: 'POST',
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       form: formData
     }
     get.concat(opts, function (err, res, data) {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ test('post (form, querystring)', function (t) {
     const port = server.address().port
     const opts = {
       method: 'POST',
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port,
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port,
       form: formData
     }
     get.concat(opts, function (err, res, data) {
diff --git a/test/redirect.js b/test/redirect.js
index 19458f8..6a0ea63 100644
--- a/test/redirect.js
+++ b/test/redirect.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test('do not follow redirects', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     get({
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/0',
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/0',
       maxRedirects: 0
     }, function (err) {
       t.ok(err instanceof Error, 'got error')
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ test('do not follow redirects and do not error', function (t) {
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
     get({
-      url: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/0',
+      href: 'http://localhost:' + port + '/0',
       followRedirects: false
     }, function (err, res) {
       t.ok(!err, 'got no error')
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test('redirect https to http', function (t) {
     httpServer.listen(0, function () {
       httpPort = httpServer.address().port
       get({
-        url: 'https://localhost:' + httpsPort + '/path1',
+        href: 'https://localhost:' + httpsPort + '/path1',
         rejectUnauthorized: false
       }, function (err, res) {
         t.error(err)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ test('redirect http to https', function (t) {
     httpsServer.listen(0, function () {
       httpsPort = httpsServer.address().port
       get({
-        url: 'http://localhost:' + httpPort + '/path1',
+        href: 'http://localhost:' + httpPort + '/path1',
         rejectUnauthorized: false
       }, function (err, res) {
         t.error(err)
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ test('redirect should clear explicitly specified `host` header', function (t) {
     server2.listen(0, function () {
       port2 = server2.address().port
       get({
-        url: `http://localhost:${port1}/path1`,
+        href: `http://localhost:${port1}/path1`,
         // Explicitly specify a `Host` header, so it won't be set automatically
         headers: {
           host: `localhost:${port1}`
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ test('redirect should clear explicitly specified `Host` (note uppercase) header'
     server2.listen(0, function () {
       port2 = server2.address().port
       get({
-        url: `http://localhost:${port1}/path1`,
+        href: `http://localhost:${port1}/path1`,
         // Explicitly specify a `Host` header, so it won't be set automatically
         headers: {
           Host: `localhost:${port1}`
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ test('follow redirects without "url" option', function (t) {
 
   server.listen(0, function () {
     const port = server.address().port
-    get({ hostname: 'localhost', port, path: '/0' }, function (err, res) {
+    get({ hostname: 'localhost', port, pathname: '/0' }, function (err, res) {
       t.error(err)
       t.equal(res.statusCode, 200)
       concat(res, function (err, data) {