diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 65af02a..8f219b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ base64 = "0.9"
 bytes = "0.4"
 encoding_rs = "0.8"
 futures = "0.1.23"
-http = "0.1.10"
+http = "0.1.14"
 hyper = "0.12.13"
 hyper-old-types = { version = "0.11", optional = true, features = ["compat"] }
 hyper-tls = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/connect.rs b/src/connect.rs
index cc9ff09..ff890bb 100644
--- a/src/connect.rs
+++ b/src/connect.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ impl Connect for Connector {
                 ndst.set_host(puri.host().expect("proxy target should have host"))
                     .expect("proxy target host should be valid");
 
-                ndst.set_port(puri.port());
+                ndst.set_port(puri.port_part().map(|p| p.as_u16()));
 
                 #[cfg(feature = "default-tls")]
                 {