diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9490d6e3..2dd91bda 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -288,12 +288,6 @@ version = "1.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "14c189c53d098945499cdfa7ecc63567cf3886b3332b312a5b4585d8d3a6a610"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bytes"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4872d67bab6358e59559027aa3b9157c53d9358c51423c17554809a8858e0f8"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "calloop"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -344,6 +338,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chunked_transfer"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fff857943da45f546682664a79488be82e69e43c1a7a2307679ab9afb3a66d2e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clipboard-win"
 version = "3.1.1"
@@ -1532,25 +1532,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "memmap2 0.3.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "h2"
-version = "0.3.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f072413d126e57991455e0a922b31e4c8ba7c2ffbebf6b78b4f8521397d65cd"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "fnv",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "indexmap",
- "slab",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-util",
- "tracing",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -1612,77 +1593,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify 4.0.17",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "http"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1323096b05d41827dadeaee54c9981958c0f94e670bc94ed80037d1a7b8b186b"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "fnv",
- "itoa",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "http-body"
-version = "0.4.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ff4f84919677303da5f147645dbea6b1881f368d03ac84e1dc09031ebd7b2c6"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "http",
- "pin-project-lite",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "httparse"
-version = "1.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "acd94fdbe1d4ff688b67b04eee2e17bd50995534a61539e45adfefb45e5e5503"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "httpdate"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4a1e36c821dbe04574f602848a19f742f4fb3c98d40449f11bcad18d6b17421"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper"
-version = "0.14.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7ec3e62bdc98a2f0393a5048e4c30ef659440ea6e0e572965103e72bd836f55"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "h2",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "httparse",
- "httpdate",
- "itoa",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2",
- "tokio",
- "tower-service",
- "tracing",
- "want",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-tls"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "hyper",
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ident_case"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1846,12 +1756,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ipnet"
-version = "2.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68f2d64f2edebec4ce84ad108148e67e1064789bee435edc5b60ad398714a3a9"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.3"
@@ -2026,7 +1930,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "serde 1.0.130",
  "serde_json",
  "sled",
@@ -2039,6 +1942,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml",
  "unicode-segmentation",
  "unicode-width",
+ "ureq",
  "usvg",
  "uuid",
  "xi-rope",
@@ -2070,10 +1974,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "notify 5.0.0-pre.13",
  "parking_lot",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "serde 1.0.130",
  "serde_json",
  "toml",
+ "ureq",
  "wasmer",
  "wasmer-wasi",
  "which",
@@ -2129,7 +2033,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
  "serde 1.0.130",
  "serde_json",
  "sled",
@@ -2449,12 +2352,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mime"
-version = "0.3.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a60c7ce501c71e03a9c9c0d35b861413ae925bd979cc7a4e30d060069aaac8d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "minimal-lexical"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -2604,24 +2501,6 @@ version = "1.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ce8b389a86cabeb0d8b33a61e60f3cbb4de38914342fe274e69111f3b5d9c44"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "native-tls"
-version = "0.2.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "48ba9f7719b5a0f42f338907614285fb5fd70e53858141f69898a1fb7203b24d"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -2912,20 +2791,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.38"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c7ae222234c30df141154f159066c5093ff73b63204dcda7121eb082fc56a95"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -3476,38 +3341,18 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1382d1f0a252c4bf97dc20d979a2fdd05b024acd7c2ed0f7595d7817666a157"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "reqwest"
-version = "0.11.8"
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.16.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7c4e0a76dc12a116108933f6301b95e83634e0c47b0afbed6abbaa0601e99258"
+checksum = "3053cf52e236a3ed746dfc745aa9cacf1b791d846bdaf412f60a8d7d6e17c8fc"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
- "bytes",
- "encoding_rs",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-util",
- "http",
- "http-body",
- "hyper",
- "hyper-tls",
- "ipnet",
- "js-sys",
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "mime",
- "native-tls",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "serde 1.0.130",
- "serde_json",
- "serde_urlencoded",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
- "url",
- "wasm-bindgen",
- "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "spin",
+ "untrusted",
  "web-sys",
- "winreg",
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3580,6 +3425,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver 0.11.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.20.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fbfeb8d0ddb84706bc597a5574ab8912817c52a397f819e5b614e2265206921"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "sct",
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -3617,16 +3474,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "schannel"
-version = "0.1.19"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f05ba609c234e60bee0d547fe94a4c7e9da733d1c962cf6e59efa4cd9c8bc75"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "scoped-tls"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -3639,35 +3486,22 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sct"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d53dcdb7c9f8158937a7981b48accfd39a43af418591a5d008c7b22b5e1b7ca4"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "seahash"
 version = "4.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1c107b6f4780854c8b126e228ea8869f4d7b71260f962fefb57b996b8959ba6b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "security-framework"
-version = "2.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "23a2ac85147a3a11d77ecf1bc7166ec0b92febfa4461c37944e180f319ece467"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "core-foundation 0.9.1",
- "core-foundation-sys 0.8.2",
- "libc",
- "security-framework-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "security-framework-sys"
-version = "2.4.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9dd14d83160b528b7bfd66439110573efcfbe281b17fc2ca9f39f550d619c7e"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation-sys 0.8.2",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -3770,18 +3604,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_urlencoded"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "edfa57a7f8d9c1d260a549e7224100f6c43d43f9103e06dd8b4095a9b2b43ce9"
-dependencies = [
- "form_urlencoded",
- "itoa",
- "ryu",
- "serde 1.0.130",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_yaml"
 version = "0.8.21"
@@ -3992,14 +3814,10 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.4.2"
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5dc90fe6c7be1a323296982db1836d1ea9e47b6839496dde9a541bc496df3516"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
+checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spirv"
@@ -4301,45 +4119,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cda74da7e1a664f795bb1f8a87ec406fb89a02522cf6e50620d016add6dbbf5c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio"
-version = "1.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fbbf1c778ec206785635ce8ad57fe52b3009ae9e0c9f574a728f3049d3e55838"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "libc",
- "memchr",
- "mio 0.7.13",
- "num_cpus",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-native-tls"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f7d995660bd2b7f8c1568414c1126076c13fbb725c40112dc0120b78eb9b717b"
-dependencies = [
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-util"
-version = "0.6.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9e99e1983e5d376cd8eb4b66604d2e99e79f5bd988c3055891dcd8c9e2604cc0"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
- "log",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.5.8"
@@ -4350,12 +4129,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde 1.0.130",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tower-service"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "360dfd1d6d30e05fda32ace2c8c70e9c0a9da713275777f5a4dbb8a1893930c6"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.26"
@@ -4493,12 +4266,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tree-sitter",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "try-lock"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "59547bce71d9c38b83d9c0e92b6066c4253371f15005def0c30d9657f50c7642"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ttf-parser"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -4664,6 +4431,31 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ccb82d61f80a663efe1f787a51b16b5a51e3314d6ac365b08639f52387b33f3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ureq"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9399fa2f927a3d327187cbd201480cee55bee6ac5d3c77dd27f0c6814cff16d5"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64",
+ "chunked_transfer",
+ "flate2",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustls",
+ "serde 1.0.130",
+ "serde_json",
+ "url",
+ "webpki",
+ "webpki-roots",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.2.2"
@@ -4762,16 +4554,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "want"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1ce8a968cb1cd110d136ff8b819a556d6fb6d919363c61534f6860c7eb172ba0"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "try-lock",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -5254,6 +5036,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki"
+version = "0.22.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f095d78192e208183081cc07bc5515ef55216397af48b873e5edcd72637fa1bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.22.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "552ceb903e957524388c4d3475725ff2c8b7960922063af6ce53c9a43da07449"
+dependencies = [
+ "webpki",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wgpu"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -5435,15 +5236,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "xkbcommon-dl",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "winreg"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0120db82e8a1e0b9fb3345a539c478767c0048d842860994d96113d5b667bd69"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi 0.3.9",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wio"
 version = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/lapce-data/Cargo.toml b/lapce-data/Cargo.toml
index dad19517..91e62a45 100644
--- a/lapce-data/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lapce-data/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ rayon = "1.5.1"
 diff = "0.1.12"
 libloading = "0.7"
 flate2 = "1.0.22"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
+ureq = { version = "2.4.0", features = ["json"] }
 hashbrown = "0.11.2"
 sled = "0.34.7"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
diff --git a/lapce-data/src/data.rs b/lapce-data/src/data.rs
index cf03c459..49049d47 100644
--- a/lapce-data/src/data.rs
+++ b/lapce-data/src/data.rs
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ pub fn reload_env(&self, env: &mut Env) {
     }
 
     fn load_plugin_descriptions() -> Result<Vec<PluginDescription>> {
-        let plugins: Vec<String> =
-            reqwest::blocking::get("https://lapce.github.io/plugins.json")?
-                .json()?;
+        let plugins: Vec<String> = ureq::get("https://lapce.github.io/plugins.json")
+            .call()?
+            .into_json()?;
         let plugins: Vec<PluginDescription> = plugins
             .iter()
             .filter_map(|plugin| LapceData::load_plgin_description(plugin).ok())
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ fn load_plgin_description(plugin: &str) -> Result<PluginDescription> {
             "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{}/master/plugin.toml",
             plugin
         );
-        let content = reqwest::blocking::get(url)?.text()?;
+        let content = ureq::get(&url).call()?.into_string()?;
         let plugin: PluginDescription = toml::from_str(&content)?;
         Ok(plugin)
     }
diff --git a/lapce-data/src/proxy.rs b/lapce-data/src/proxy.rs
index 60009a0e..7c7ec7a7 100644
--- a/lapce-data/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/lapce-data/src/proxy.rs
@@ -258,11 +258,13 @@ fn start(&self, workspace: LapceWorkspace) -> Result<()> {
                         .join(format!("lapce-proxy-{}", VERSION));
                     if !local_proxy_file.exists() {
                         let url = format!("https://github.com/lapce/lapce/releases/download/v{VERSION}/lapce-proxy-linux.gz");
-                        let mut resp =
-                            reqwest::blocking::get(url).expect("request failed");
+                        let mut data = ureq::get(&url)
+                            .call()
+                            .expect("request failed")
+                            .into_reader();
                         let mut out = std::fs::File::create(&local_proxy_file)
                             .expect("failed to create file");
-                        let mut gz = GzDecoder::new(&mut resp);
+                        let mut gz = GzDecoder::new(&mut data);
                         std::io::copy(&mut gz, &mut out)
                             .expect("failed to copy content");
                     }
diff --git a/lapce-proxy/Cargo.toml b/lapce-proxy/Cargo.toml
index 9c0b660c..3352f8f7 100644
--- a/lapce-proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lapce-proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ grep-searcher = "0.1.8"
 grep-matcher = "0.1.5"
 grep-regex = "0.1.9"
 ignore = "0.4.18"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking"] }
+ureq = { version = "2.4.0", features = ["json"] }
 wasmer = "2.1.1"
 wasmer-wasi = "2.1.1"
 directories = "4.0.1"
diff --git a/lapce-proxy/src/plugin.rs b/lapce-proxy/src/plugin.rs
index b0d1da7b..0d564c5b 100644
--- a/lapce-proxy/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/lapce-proxy/src/plugin.rs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ pub fn install_plugin(
                 "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{}/master/{}",
                 plugin.repository, plugin.wasm
             );
-            let mut resp = reqwest::blocking::get(url)?;
+            let mut resp = ureq::get(&url).call()?.into_reader();
             let mut file = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
                 .create(true)
                 .truncate(true)
@@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ fn host_handle_notification(plugin_env: &PluginEnv) {
                 );
             }
             PluginNotification::DownloadFile { url, path } => {
-                let mut resp = reqwest::blocking::get(url).expect("request failed");
+                let mut resp = ureq::get(&url)
+                    .call()
+                    .expect("request failed")
+                    .into_reader();
                 let mut out = std::fs::File::create(
                     plugin_env.desc.dir.clone().unwrap().join(path),
                 )
diff --git a/lapce-ui/Cargo.toml b/lapce-ui/Cargo.toml
index d3189041..eea0ed5d 100644
--- a/lapce-ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lapce-ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ rayon = "1.5.1"
 diff = "0.1.12"
 libloading = "0.7"
 flate2 = "1.0.22"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 hashbrown = "0.11.2"
 sled = "0.34.7"
 base64 = "0.13.0"