diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b0540b2..c8ab767 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ plugins { id 'groovy' }
 project.ext.moduleName = 'com.synopsys.integration.integration-rest'
 project.ext.junitShowStandardStreams = 'true'
 
-version = '7.1.3-SNAPSHOT'
+version = '8.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
 description = 'A library wrapping http communication for integrations.'
 
 apply plugin: 'com.synopsys.integration.library'
 
 dependencies {
-    api 'com.synopsys.integration:integration-common:24.2.0'
+    api 'com.synopsys.integration:integration-common:24.2.1'
+
+    api 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.13'
+    api 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.5.13'
 
     testImplementation 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.12'
     testImplementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:mockwebserver:3.9.0'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/HttpMethod.java b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/HttpMethod.java
index fcd1d9a..f0ceaf4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/HttpMethod.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/HttpMethod.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
  */
 package com.synopsys.integration.rest;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
 public enum HttpMethod {
     GET,
     PUT,
@@ -32,4 +34,8 @@ public enum HttpMethod {
     OPTIONS,
     TRACE;
 
+    public static HttpMethod fromMethod(String method) {
+        return HttpMethod.valueOf(StringUtils.upperCase(method));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/response/DefaultResponse.java b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/response/DefaultResponse.java
index 8855c39..1700eac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/response/DefaultResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/response/DefaultResponse.java
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
 
 import com.synopsys.integration.exception.IntegrationException;
+import com.synopsys.integration.rest.HttpMethod;
+import com.synopsys.integration.rest.HttpUrl;
 import com.synopsys.integration.rest.RestConstants;
 import com.synopsys.integration.rest.exception.IntegrationRestException;
 
@@ -210,8 +212,17 @@ public void throwExceptionForError() throws IntegrationRestException {
             }
 
             String messageFormat = "There was a problem trying to %s %s, response was %s %s%s.";
-            String message = String.format(messageFormat, request.getMethod(), request.getURI().toString(), statusCode, statusCodeDescription, reasonPhraseDescription);
-            throw new IntegrationRestException(statusCode, statusMessage, httpResponseContent, message);
+            HttpMethod httpMethod = HttpMethod.fromMethod(request.getMethod());
+            //ejk - seems unlikey that we'd get here without a valid url...
+            HttpUrl httpUrl = null;
+            try {
+                httpUrl = new HttpUrl(request.getURI());
+            } catch (IntegrationException ignored) {
+                //ignored
+            }
+
+            String message = String.format(messageFormat, httpMethod, httpUrl.string(), statusCode, statusCodeDescription, reasonPhraseDescription);
+            throw new IntegrationRestException(httpMethod, httpUrl, statusCode, statusMessage, httpResponseContent, message);
         }
     }