diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/metamx/rdiclient/RdiClientImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/com/metamx/rdiclient/RdiClientImpl.java
index fce92f5..01175c2 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/metamx/rdiclient/RdiClientImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/metamx/rdiclient/RdiClientImpl.java
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ private ListenableFuture<HttpResponseStatus> retryingPost(
   )
   {
     final SettableFuture<HttpResponseStatus> retVal = SettableFuture.create();
-    final ListenableFuture<HttpResponseStatus> response = Futures.transform(
+    final ListenableFuture<HttpResponseStatus> response = Futures.transformAsync(
         httpClient.go(request, new StatusResponseHandler(Charsets.UTF_8)),
         new AsyncFunction<StatusResponseHolder, HttpResponseStatus>()
         {
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e0a36c..a3021ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
         <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
         <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+        <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+        <version>25.0-jre</version>
+      </dependency>
 
       <!-- Jackson -->
       <dependency>