diff --git a/src/log.ts b/src/log.ts
index 296c1a4648..0a11257a88 100644
--- a/src/log.ts
+++ b/src/log.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { default as request } from 'request';
+import request = require('request');
 import { Writable } from 'stream';
 
 import { KubeConfig } from './config';