diff --git a/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb b/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb
index 57693802..bd9ea558 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/db/updater.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module WPScan
       # @return [ Hash ] The params for Typhoeus::Request
       # @note Those params can't be overriden by CLI options
       def request_params
-        @request_params ||= Browser.instance.default_connect_request_params.merge(
+        @request_params ||= Browser.instance.default_request_params.merge(
           timeout: 600,
           connecttimeout: 300,
           accept_encoding: 'gzip, deflate',
diff --git a/lib/wpscan/db/vuln_api.rb b/lib/wpscan/db/vuln_api.rb
index d9015925..12ba7aa9 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/db/vuln_api.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/db/vuln_api.rb
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ module WPScan
       # @return [ Hash ]
       # @note Those params can not be overriden by CLI options
       def self.default_request_params
-        @default_request_params ||= Browser.instance.default_connect_request_params.merge(
+        @default_request_params ||= Browser.instance.default_request_params.merge(
           headers: {
             'User-Agent' => Browser.instance.default_user_agent,
             'Authorization' => "Token token=#{token}"