diff --git a/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb b/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb
index 38c841f9..70ea38e6 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ module WPScan
           connecttimeout: 300,
           accept_encoding: 'gzip, deflate',
           cache_ttl: 0,
-          headers: { 'User-Agent' => Browser.instance.default_user_agent, 'Referer' => nil }
+          headers: { 'User-Agent' => Browser.instance.default_user_agent }
         )
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/lib/db/vuln_api_spec.rb b/spec/lib/db/vuln_api_spec.rb
index df5a7570..79b6b1af 100644
--- a/spec/lib/db/vuln_api_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/db/vuln_api_spec.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ describe WPScan::DB::VulnApi do
 
   let(:request_headers) do
     {
-      'Expect' => nil,
       'User-Agent' => WPScan::Browser.instance.default_user_agent,
-      'Authorization' => 'Token token=' + api.token
+      'Authorization' => "Token token=#{api.token}"
     }
   end