diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
index 40de8d3..5d5ddf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 90be1e6..bd24872 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+1.0.8
+~~~~~
+
+* Use httpx.RequestError as base exception for ClientConnectionError.
+
 1.0.7
 ~~~~~
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4438a5f..c2691b0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 110
-target-version = ['py37']
+target-version = ['py38']
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 77af6ab..0206fd9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-httpx>=0.13.3
+httpx>=0.16.1
 python-slugify>=4.0.0
 python-status>=1.0.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 98ae337..44f2223 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     changelog = f.read()
 
 
-install_requirements = ["python-status>=1.0.1", "httpx>=0.13.3", "python-slugify>=4.0.0"]
+install_requirements = ["python-status>=1.0.1", "httpx>=0.16.1", "python-slugify>=4.0.0"]
 tests_requirements = ["pytest", "pytest-asyncio", "pytest-cov", "pytest-httpserver", "coveralls"]
 
 
diff --git a/simple_rest_client/decorators.py b/simple_rest_client/decorators.py
index f2122a5..98e735c 100644
--- a/simple_rest_client/decorators.py
+++ b/simple_rest_client/decorators.py
@@ -7,13 +7,7 @@
 from .exceptions import AuthError, ClientConnectionError, ClientError, NotFoundError, ServerError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-client_connection_exceptions = (
-    httpx.ConnectTimeout,
-    httpx.ReadTimeout,
-    httpx.WriteTimeout,
-    httpx.PoolTimeout,
-    httpx.NetworkError,
-)
+client_connection_exceptions = (httpx.RequestError,)
 
 
 def validate_response(response):
diff --git a/tests/test_decorators.py b/tests/test_decorators.py
index 6d510cd..4c6755e 100644
--- a/tests/test_decorators.py
+++ b/tests/test_decorators.py
@@ -54,19 +54,35 @@ def test_validate_response_client_error(status_code, response_kwargs):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "side_effect",
-    (httpx.ConnectTimeout, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.WriteTimeout, httpx.PoolTimeout, httpx.NetworkError),
+    (
+        httpx.RequestError,
+        httpx.ConnectTimeout,
+        httpx.ReadTimeout,
+        httpx.WriteTimeout,
+        httpx.PoolTimeout,
+        httpx.NetworkError,
+        httpx.ProxyError,
+    ),
 )
 def test_handle_request_error_exceptions(side_effect):
-    wrapped = mock.Mock(side_effect=side_effect)
+    wrapped = mock.Mock(side_effect=side_effect(message="message", request="Request"))
     with pytest.raises(ClientConnectionError):
         handle_request_error(wrapped)()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "side_effect",
-    (httpx.ConnectTimeout, httpx.ReadTimeout, httpx.WriteTimeout, httpx.PoolTimeout, httpx.NetworkError),
+    (
+        httpx.RequestError,
+        httpx.ConnectTimeout,
+        httpx.ReadTimeout,
+        httpx.WriteTimeout,
+        httpx.PoolTimeout,
+        httpx.NetworkError,
+        httpx.ProxyError,
+    ),
 )
 def test_handle_async_request_error_exceptions(event_loop, side_effect):
-    wrapped = CoroutineMock(side_effect=side_effect)
+    wrapped = CoroutineMock(side_effect=side_effect(message="message", request="Request"))
     with pytest.raises(ClientConnectionError):
         event_loop.run_until_complete(handle_async_request_error(wrapped)())