Migration from request

[ghorofamike]

The package.json lists request as a dependency, is there a plan to get migrate from it? what are the alternatives? any drop in replacement?
On Node 17.0.1, i get this error which might be due to changes in how node handles streams between node 15.x and 16.x

info HTTP GET /api/events 200 36.479 ms - -
Error: aborted
    at connResetException (node:internal/errors:691:14)
    at abortIncoming (node:_http_server:594:17)
    at socketOnClose (node:_http_server:588:3)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:402:35)
    at TCP.<anonymous> (node:net:687:12) {
  code: 'ECONNRESET'
} 
node:events:368
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: aborted
    at connResetException (node:internal/errors:691:14)
    at Socket.socketCloseListener (node:_http_client:407:19)
    at Socket.emit (node:events:402:35)
    at TCP.<anonymous> (node:net:687:12)
Emitted 'error' event on Request instance at:
    at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (/wildduck/node_modules/request/request.js:1079:12)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (node:events:390:28)
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:164:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:129:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {
  code: 'ECONNRESET'
}

Node.js v17.0.1