diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 2e1beb63..ee3ba052 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - House numbers (nodes) fix visibility [#168](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/168)
 - Android fix quick scale vs long press [#250](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/250)
 - Use baseline 160dpi in scaling [#236](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/236)
+- OkHttp3 update [#138](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/138)
 - libGDX double tap zoom [#263](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/263)
 - MapFileTileSource zoom level API enhancements [#219](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/219)
 - Animator enhancements with easing functions [#246](https://github.com/mapsforge/vtm/issues/246)
diff --git a/vtm-app/build.gradle b/vtm-app/build.gradle
index 6276c6d0..16cc6cf8 100644
--- a/vtm-app/build.gradle
+++ b/vtm-app/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile project(':vtm-themes')
     compile project(':vtm-extras')
     compile 'com.noveogroup.android:android-logger:1.3.6'
-    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:2.6.0'
+    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.6.0'
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/vtm-app/src/org/osmdroid/utils/HttpConnection.java b/vtm-app/src/org/osmdroid/utils/HttpConnection.java
index baa900d0..104c3c94 100644
--- a/vtm-app/src/org/osmdroid/utils/HttpConnection.java
+++ b/vtm-app/src/org/osmdroid/utils/HttpConnection.java
@@ -2,25 +2,26 @@ package org.osmdroid.utils;
 
 import android.util.Log;
 
-import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.Request;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.Response;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient.Builder;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+
 /**
  * A "very very simple to use" class for performing http get and post requests.
  * So many ways to do that, and potential subtle issues.
  * If complexity should be added to handle even more issues, complexity should be put here and only here.
- * <p/>
+ * <p>
  * Typical usage:
  * <pre>HttpConnection connection = new HttpConnection();
  * connection.doGet("http://www.google.com");
  * InputStream stream = connection.getStream();
  * if (stream != null) {
- *     //use this stream, for buffer reading, or XML SAX parsing, or whatever...
+ * 	//use this stream, for buffer reading, or XML SAX parsing, or whatever...
  * }
  * connection.close();</pre>
  */
@@ -35,9 +36,14 @@ public class HttpConnection {
 
     private static OkHttpClient getOkHttpClient() {
         if (client == null) {
-            client = new OkHttpClient();
+            Builder b = new Builder();
+            b.connectTimeout(TIMEOUT_CONNECTION, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            b.readTimeout(TIMEOUT_SOCKET, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            client = b.build();
+            /*
             client.setConnectTimeout(TIMEOUT_CONNECTION, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             client.setReadTimeout(TIMEOUT_SOCKET, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+            */
         }
         return client;
     }
@@ -73,15 +79,10 @@ public class HttpConnection {
      * @return the opened InputStream, or null if creation failed for any reason.
      */
     public InputStream getStream() {
-        try {
-            if (response == null)
-                return null;
-            stream = response.body().byteStream();
-            return stream;
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+        if (response == null)
             return null;
-        }
+        stream = response.body().byteStream();
+        return stream;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/vtm-http/build.gradle b/vtm-http/build.gradle
index 4aae9007..d8de1eeb 100644
--- a/vtm-http/build.gradle
+++ b/vtm-http/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ apply plugin: 'maven'
 
 dependencies {
     compile project(':vtm')
-    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:1.5.2'
+    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.6.0'
 }
 
 sourceSets {
diff --git a/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java b/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
index b2d20f5a..5b7467cf 100644
--- a/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
+++ b/vtm-http/src/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngine.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2014 Charles Greb
  * Copyright 2014 Hannes Janetzek
+ * Copyright 2017 devemux86
  *
  * This file is part of the OpenScienceMap project (http://www.opensciencemap.org).
  *
@@ -17,24 +18,21 @@
  */
 package org.oscim.tiling.source;
 
-import com.squareup.okhttp.HttpResponseCache;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
-
 import org.oscim.core.Tile;
 import org.oscim.utils.IOUtils;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
+import okhttp3.Cache;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+import okhttp3.Request;
+import okhttp3.Response;
+
 public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
-    static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(OkHttpEngine.class);
 
     private final OkHttpClient mClient;
     private final UrlTileSource mTileSource;
@@ -46,9 +44,10 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
             mClient = new OkHttpClient();
         }
 
-        public OkHttpFactory(HttpResponseCache responseCache) {
-            mClient = new OkHttpClient();
-            mClient.setResponseCache(responseCache);
+        public OkHttpFactory(Cache cache) {
+            mClient = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+                    .cache(cache)
+                    .build();
         }
 
         @Override
@@ -75,17 +74,13 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Tile cannot be null.");
         }
         URL url = new URL(mTileSource.getTileUrl(tile));
-        HttpURLConnection conn = mClient.open(url);
-
+        Request.Builder builder = new Request.Builder()
+                .url(url);
         for (Entry<String, String> opt : mTileSource.getRequestHeader().entrySet())
-            conn.addRequestProperty(opt.getKey(), opt.getValue());
-
-        try {
-            inputStream = conn.getInputStream();
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            throw new IOException("ERROR " + conn.getResponseCode()
-                    + ": " + conn.getResponseMessage());
-        }
+            builder.addHeader(opt.getKey(), opt.getValue());
+        Request request = builder.build();
+        Response response = mClient.newCall(request).execute();
+        inputStream = response.body().byteStream();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -103,9 +98,11 @@ public class OkHttpEngine implements HttpEngine {
         }).start();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * OkHttp cache implemented through {@link OkHttpClient.Builder#cache(Cache)}.
+     */
     @Override
     public void setCache(OutputStream os) {
-        // OkHttp cache implented through tileSource setResponseCache
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/vtm-tests/build.gradle b/vtm-tests/build.gradle
index c59ee657..fccb5189 100644
--- a/vtm-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/vtm-tests/build.gradle
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apply plugin: 'java'
 
 dependencies {
     compile project(':vtm-http')
-    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp:okhttp:1.5.2'
-    testCompile 'com.squareup.okhttp:mockwebserver:1.5.2'
+    compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.6.0'
+    testCompile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:3.6.0'
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
     testCompile 'org.easytesting:fest-assert-core:2.0M10'
     testCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-all:1.10.19'
diff --git a/vtm-tests/test/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngineTest.java b/vtm-tests/test/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngineTest.java
index fe352550..bfaef18e 100644
--- a/vtm-tests/test/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngineTest.java
+++ b/vtm-tests/test/org/oscim/tiling/source/OkHttpEngineTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 package org.oscim.tiling.source;
 
-import com.squareup.okhttp.HttpResponseCache;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.RecordedRequest;
-
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -16,23 +11,26 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 
+import okhttp3.Cache;
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
+import okhttp3.mockwebserver.RecordedRequest;
+
 import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class OkHttpEngineTest {
     private OkHttpEngine engine;
     private MockWebServer server;
-    private MockResponse mockResponse;
-    private HttpResponseCache cache;
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() throws Exception {
-        mockResponse = new MockResponse();
-        mockResponse.setBody("TEST RESPONSE".getBytes());
+        MockResponse mockResponse = new MockResponse();
+        mockResponse.setBody("TEST RESPONSE");
         server = new MockWebServer();
         server.enqueue(mockResponse);
-        server.play();
+        server.start();
         engine = (OkHttpEngine) new OkHttpEngine.OkHttpFactory()
-                .create(new OSciMap4TileSource(server.getUrl("/tiles/vtm").toString()));
+                .create(new OSciMap4TileSource(server.url("/tiles/vtm").toString()));
     }
 
     @After
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ public class OkHttpEngineTest {
 
     @Test
     public void sendRequest_shouldAppendXYZToPath() throws Exception {
-        engine.sendRequest(new Tile(1, 2, new Integer(3).byteValue()));
+        engine.sendRequest(new Tile(1, 2, (byte) 3));
 
         RecordedRequest request = server.takeRequest();
         assertThat(request.getPath()).isEqualTo("/tiles/vtm/3/1/2.vtm");
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ public class OkHttpEngineTest {
 
     @Test
     public void read_shouldReturnResponseStream() throws Exception {
-        engine.sendRequest(new Tile(1, 2, new Integer(3).byteValue()));
+        engine.sendRequest(new Tile(1, 2, (byte) 3));
 
         InputStream responseStream = engine.read();
         String response = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(responseStream)).readLine();
@@ -93,12 +91,12 @@ public class OkHttpEngineTest {
 
     @Test
     public void create_shouldUseTileSourceCache() throws Exception {
-        cache = new HttpResponseCache(new File("tmp"), 1024);
+        Cache cache = new Cache(new File("tmp"), 1024);
         OSciMap4TileSource tileSource =
-                new OSciMap4TileSource(server.getUrl("/tiles/vtm").toString());
+                new OSciMap4TileSource(server.url("/tiles/vtm").toString());
         engine = (OkHttpEngine) new OkHttpEngine.OkHttpFactory(cache).create(tileSource);
-        engine.sendRequest(new Tile(1, 2, new Integer(3).byteValue()));
+        engine.sendRequest(new Tile(1, 2, (byte) 3));
         engine.requestCompleted(true);
-        assertThat(cache.getRequestCount()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(cache.requestCount()).isEqualTo(1);
     }
 }