diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 28c92ed..9c6d0f9 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ allprojects {
 dependencies {
     compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
     compile 'org.tensorflow:tensorflow-android:1.3.0'
+    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.4.1'
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rntensorflow/ResourceManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/rntensorflow/ResourceManager.java
index 6c15b29..b4f79f8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rntensorflow/ResourceManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rntensorflow/ResourceManager.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.webkit.URLUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
-import com.facebook.react.modules.network.OkHttpClientProvider;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.Response;
 
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ private byte[] inputStreamToByteArray(InputStream inputStream) throws IOExceptio
 
     private byte[] loadFromUrl(String url) {
         try {
+            OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
             Request request = new Request.Builder().url(url).get().build();
-            Response response = OkHttpClientProvider.createClient().newCall(request).execute();
+            Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
             return response.body().bytes();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Could not fetch data from url " + url);