diff --git a/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/app.php b/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/app.php
index 54bef81305..a88861c094 100644
--- a/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/app.php
+++ b/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/app.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 if(\OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue('updatechecker', true) === true) {
 	$updater = new \OC\Updater\VersionCheck(
-		\OC::$server->getHTTPHelper(),
+		\OC::$server->getHTTPClientService(),
 		\OC::$server->getConfig()
 	);
 	$updateChecker = new \OCA\UpdateNotification\UpdateChecker(
diff --git a/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/application.php b/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/application.php
index e0e8dad3d7..08ff4abf76 100644
--- a/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/application.php
+++ b/apps/updatenotification/appinfo/application.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class Application extends App {
 
 		$container->registerService('AdminController', function(IAppContainer $c) {
 			$updater = new \OC\Updater\VersionCheck(
-				\OC::$server->getHTTPHelper(),
+				\OC::$server->getHTTPClientService(),
 				\OC::$server->getConfig()
 			);
 			return new AdminController(
diff --git a/lib/private/updater/versioncheck.php b/lib/private/updater/versioncheck.php
index 2c93952fed..e42a1e2a40 100644
--- a/lib/private/updater/versioncheck.php
+++ b/lib/private/updater/versioncheck.php
@@ -33,28 +33,27 @@
 
 namespace OC\Updater;
 
-use OC\Hooks\BasicEmitter;
-use OC\HTTPHelper;
 use OC_Util;
+use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OC\Setup;
 use OCP\Util;
 
 class VersionCheck {
 
-	/** @var \OC\HTTPHelper $helper */
-	private $httpHelper;
+	/** @var IClientService */
+	private $clientService;
 	
 	/** @var IConfig */
 	private $config;
 
 	/**
-	 * @param HTTPHelper $httpHelper
+	 * @param IClientService $clientService
 	 * @param IConfig $config
 	 */
-	public function __construct(HTTPHelper $httpHelper,
+	public function __construct(IClientService $clientService,
 								IConfig $config) {
-		$this->httpHelper = $httpHelper;
+		$this->clientService = $clientService;
 		$this->config = $config;
 	}
 
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class VersionCheck {
 		$url = $updaterUrl . '?version=' . $versionString;
 
 		$tmp = [];
-		$xml = $this->httpHelper->getUrlContent($url);
+		$xml = $this->getUrlContent($url);
 		if ($xml) {
 			$loadEntities = libxml_disable_entity_loader(true);
 			$data = @simplexml_load_string($xml);
@@ -115,5 +114,20 @@ class VersionCheck {
 		$this->config->setAppValue('core', 'lastupdateResult', json_encode($data));
 		return $tmp;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
+	 * @param string $url
+	 * @return bool|resource|string
+	 */
+	protected function getUrlContent($url) {
+		try {
+			$client = $this->clientService->newClient();
+			$response = $client->get($url);
+			return $response->getBody();
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/updater/versioncheck.php b/tests/lib/updater/versioncheck.php
index 76afe893a7..4613581a75 100644
--- a/tests/lib/updater/versioncheck.php
+++ b/tests/lib/updater/versioncheck.php
@@ -29,24 +29,20 @@ use OCP\Util;
 class VersionCheckTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 	/** @var IConfig| \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject */
 	private $config;
-	/** @var HTTPHelper | \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject*/
-	private $httpHelper;
-	/** @var VersionCheck */
+	/** @var VersionCheck | \PHPUnit_Framework_MockObject_MockObject*/
 	private $updater;
 
 	public function setUp() {
 		parent::setUp();
-		$this->config = $this->getMockBuilder('\\OCP\\IConfig')
+		$this->config = $this->getMockBuilder('\OCP\IConfig')
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
 			->getMock();
-		$this->httpHelper = $this->getMockBuilder('\\OC\\HTTPHelper')
+		$clientService = $this->getMockBuilder('\OCP\Http\Client\IClientService')
 			->disableOriginalConstructor()
 			->getMock();
 
-		$this->updater = new VersionCheck(
-			$this->httpHelper,
-			$this->config
-		);
+		$this->updater = $this->getMock('\OC\Updater\VersionCheck',
+			['getUrlContent'], [$clientService, $this->config]);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -118,7 +114,7 @@ class VersionCheckTest extends \Test\TestCase {
   <url>https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-8.0.4.zip</url>
   <web>http://doc.owncloud.org/server/8.0/admin_manual/maintenance/upgrade.html</web>
 </owncloud>';
-		$this->httpHelper
+		$this->updater
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('getUrlContent')
 			->with($this->buildUpdateUrl('https://updates.owncloud.com/server/'))
@@ -153,7 +149,7 @@ class VersionCheckTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->with('core', 'lastupdateResult', 'false');
 
 		$updateXml = 'Invalid XML Response!';
-		$this->httpHelper
+		$this->updater
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('getUrlContent')
 			->with($this->buildUpdateUrl('https://updates.owncloud.com/server/'))
@@ -201,7 +197,7 @@ class VersionCheckTest extends \Test\TestCase {
   <url>https://download.owncloud.org/community/owncloud-8.0.4.zip</url>
   <web>http://doc.owncloud.org/server/8.0/admin_manual/maintenance/upgrade.html</web>
 </owncloud>';
-		$this->httpHelper
+		$this->updater
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('getUrlContent')
 			->with($this->buildUpdateUrl('https://myupdater.com/'))
@@ -245,7 +241,7 @@ class VersionCheckTest extends \Test\TestCase {
   <url></url>
   <web></web>
 </owncloud>';
-		$this->httpHelper
+		$this->updater
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('getUrlContent')
 			->with($this->buildUpdateUrl('https://updates.owncloud.com/server/'))
@@ -282,7 +278,7 @@ class VersionCheckTest extends \Test\TestCase {
 			->with('core', 'lastupdateResult', json_encode($expectedResult));
 
 		$updateXml = '';
-		$this->httpHelper
+		$this->updater
 			->expects($this->once())
 			->method('getUrlContent')
 			->with($this->buildUpdateUrl('https://updates.owncloud.com/server/'))