diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6f6c945..05c2be8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "test": "mocha --recursive"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.18.1",
+    "axios": "^0.21.2",
     "expect": "^1.13.0",
     "js-yaml": "^3.5.4",
     "jsonschema": "1.1.0",
diff --git a/src/apiSpecs.js b/src/apiSpecs.js
index 1e6481a..5df053a 100644
--- a/src/apiSpecs.js
+++ b/src/apiSpecs.js
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ const path = require('path')
 const assert = require('assert')
 const jsonSchema = require('jsonschema')
 const url = require('url')
-const request = require('axios')
+const axios = require('axios')
 const swaggerSpec = require('./swaggerSpec')
 const expect = require('expect')
 
+/** @type AxiosInstance */
+const request = axios.create()
+
 const ONLY_SPEC_MARKER = '+'
 const ONLY_VERBOSE_SPEC_MARKER = 'v+'
 
@@ -138,6 +141,14 @@ function getStepOperation(step, operations, primaryOp) {
   return operations.find(opt => opt.id === step.request.operationId) || primaryOp
 }
 
+function logRequest(step, specInfo, req, res) {
+  if (specInfo.verbose) {
+    const msg = `[${step.index}]${specInfo.summary}\n` +
+      `${prettyJson('Request:', req)}\n${prettyJson('Response:', res)}`
+    console.log(msg)
+  }
+}
+
 function runStep(step, op, specInfo, options, acc) {
   if (!acc) acc = []
   const req = createRequest(op, step.request, options, acc)
@@ -146,23 +157,17 @@ function runStep(step, op, specInfo, options, acc) {
     validateRequest(req, step, op)
   }
   return request(req)
+    .catch(error => {
+      // might be expected response
+      if (error.response) return error.response
+      throw error
+    })
     .then(res => {
       acc.push({ req, res })
-      if (specInfo.verbose) {
-        const msg = `[${step.index}]${specInfo.summary}\n` +
-          `${prettyJson('Request:', req)}\n${prettyJson('Response:', res)}`
-        console.log(msg)
-      }
-      return res
-    }, res => {
-      acc.push({ req, res })
-      return res
+      logRequest(step, specInfo, req, res)
+      validateResponse(req, res, step, op, options, acc)
+      return acc
     })
-    .then(
-      res => validateResponse(req, res, step, op, options, acc),
-      res => validateResponse(req, res, step, op, options, acc)
-    )
-    .then(() => acc)
 }
 
 function getSpecs(op, options) {
@@ -422,7 +427,13 @@ function getJsonFile(jsonPath) {
 }
 
 function prettyJson(title, obj) {
+  const cleanObj = Object.assign({}, obj, { request: null })
   const MAX_LINES = 400
-  const lines = JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2).split('\n').slice(0, MAX_LINES).join('\n')
-  return `${title}\n${lines}`
+  try {
+    const lines = JSON.stringify(cleanObj, null, 2).split('\n').slice(0, MAX_LINES).join('\n')
+    return `${title}\n${lines}`
+  } catch(e) {
+    console.log('Failed to JSON', obj)
+    return `${title}\n${obj}`
+  }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 87a5a16..69649d0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -107,13 +107,12 @@ async@~0.9.0:
   version "0.9.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-0.9.2.tgz#aea74d5e61c1f899613bf64bda66d4c78f2fd17d"
 
-axios@^0.18.1:
-  version "0.18.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/axios/-/axios-0.18.1.tgz#ff3f0de2e7b5d180e757ad98000f1081b87bcea3"
-  integrity sha512-0BfJq4NSfQXd+SkFdrvFbG7addhYSBA2mQwISr46pD6E5iqkWg02RAs8vyTT/j0RTnoYmeXauBuSv1qKwR179g==
+axios@^0.21.2:
+  version "0.21.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.4.tgz#c67b90dc0568e5c1cf2b0b858c43ba28e2eda575"
+  integrity sha512-ut5vewkiu8jjGBdqpM44XxjuCjq9LAKeHVmoVfHVzy8eHgxxq8SbAVQNovDA8mVi05kP0Ea/n/UzcSHcTJQfNg==
   dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "1.5.10"
-    is-buffer "^2.0.2"
+    follow-redirects "^1.14.0"
 
 babel-core@^5.8.33:
   version "5.8.38"
@@ -442,13 +441,6 @@ debug@2.2.0, debug@~2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     ms "0.7.1"
 
-debug@=3.1.0:
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-3.1.0.tgz#5bb5a0672628b64149566ba16819e61518c67261"
-  integrity sha512-OX8XqP7/1a9cqkxYw2yXss15f26NKWBpDXQd0/uK/KPqdQhxbPa994hnzjcE2VqQpDslf55723cKPUOGSmMY3g==
-  dependencies:
-    ms "2.0.0"
-
 debug@^2.1.1, debug@^2.2.0:
   version "2.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-2.3.2.tgz#94cb466ef7d6d2c7e5245cdd6e4104f2d0d70d30"
@@ -844,12 +836,10 @@ flat-cache@^1.2.1:
     graceful-fs "^4.1.2"
     write "^0.2.1"
 
-follow-redirects@1.5.10:
-  version "1.5.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.5.10.tgz#7b7a9f9aea2fdff36786a94ff643ed07f4ff5e2a"
-  integrity sha512-0V5l4Cizzvqt5D44aTXbFZz+FtyXV1vrDN6qrelxtfYQKW0KO0W2T/hkE8xvGa/540LkZlkaUjO4ailYTFtHVQ==
-  dependencies:
-    debug "=3.1.0"
+follow-redirects@^1.14.0:
+  version "1.14.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.14.7.tgz#2004c02eb9436eee9a21446a6477debf17e81685"
+  integrity sha512-+hbxoLbFMbRKDwohX8GkTataGqO6Jb7jGwpAlwgy2bIz25XtRm7KEzJM76R1WiNT5SwZkX4Y75SwBolkpmE7iQ==
 
 foreach@^2.0.5:
   version "2.0.5"
@@ -1087,11 +1077,6 @@ is-buffer@^1.0.2:
   version "1.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-buffer/-/is-buffer-1.1.4.tgz#cfc86ccd5dc5a52fa80489111c6920c457e2d98b"
 
-is-buffer@^2.0.2:
-  version "2.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-buffer/-/is-buffer-2.0.3.tgz#4ecf3fcf749cbd1e472689e109ac66261a25e725"
-  integrity sha512-U15Q7MXTuZlrbymiz95PJpZxu8IlipAp4dtS3wOdgPXx3mqBnslrWU14kxfHB+Py/+2PVKSr37dMAgM2A4uArw==
-
 is-callable@^1.0.4, is-callable@^1.1.1, is-callable@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-callable/-/is-callable-1.1.3.tgz#86eb75392805ddc33af71c92a0eedf74ee7604b2"
@@ -1600,11 +1585,6 @@ ms@0.7.2:
   version "0.7.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-0.7.2.tgz#ae25cf2512b3885a1d95d7f037868d8431124765"
 
-ms@2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.0.0.tgz#5608aeadfc00be6c2901df5f9861788de0d597c8"
-  integrity sha1-VgiurfwAvmwpAd9fmGF4jeDVl8g=
-
 multer@^1.1.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/multer/-/multer-1.2.0.tgz#5be1a45259fb04d2753d33c7c2a1caf5224705a2"