diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ecc38b260..40ac3714db 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
     "grapheme-splitter": "^1.0.4",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
     "history": "^4.10.1",
+    "hpagent": "^1.2.0",
     "http-proxy": "^1.18.1",
     "immer": "^9.0.16",
     "joi": "^17.7.0",
diff --git a/src/common/fetch/fetch.injectable.ts b/src/common/fetch/fetch.injectable.ts
index e320c0128a..bd1ba89db7 100644
--- a/src/common/fetch/fetch.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/common/fetch/fetch.injectable.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { HttpsProxyAgent } from "hpagent";
 import type * as FetchModule from "node-fetch";
+import userStoreInjectable from "../user-store/user-store.injectable";
 
 const { NodeFetch: { default: fetch }} = require("../../../build/webpack/node-fetch.bundle") as { NodeFetch: typeof FetchModule };
 
@@ -14,7 +16,20 @@ export type Fetch = (url: string, init?: RequestInit) => Promise<Response>;
 
 const fetchInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "fetch",
-  instantiate: (): Fetch => fetch,
+  instantiate: (di): Fetch => {
+    const { httpsProxy, allowUntrustedCAs } = di.inject(userStoreInjectable);
+    const agent = httpsProxy
+      ? new HttpsProxyAgent({
+        proxy: httpsProxy,
+        rejectUnauthorized: !allowUntrustedCAs,
+      })
+      : undefined;
+
+    return (url, init = {}) => fetch(url, {
+      agent,
+      ...init,
+    });
+  },
   causesSideEffects: true,
 });
 
diff --git a/src/common/request.ts b/src/common/request.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 331b257f4d..0000000000
--- a/src/common/request.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-import request from "request";
-import requestPromise from "request-promise-native";
-import { UserStore } from "./user-store";
-
-// todo: get rid of "request" (deprecated)
-// https://github.com/lensapp/lens/issues/459
-
-function getDefaultRequestOpts(): Partial<request.Options> {
-  const { httpsProxy, allowUntrustedCAs } = UserStore.getInstance();
-
-  return {
-    proxy: httpsProxy || undefined,
-    rejectUnauthorized: !allowUntrustedCAs,
-  };
-}
-
-/**
- * @deprecated
- */
-export function customRequest(opts: request.Options) {
-  return request.defaults(getDefaultRequestOpts())(opts);
-}
-
-/**
- * @deprecated
- */
-export function customRequestPromise(opts: requestPromise.Options) {
-  return requestPromise.defaults(getDefaultRequestOpts())(opts);
-}
diff --git a/src/features/helm-charts/add-custom-helm-repository-in-preferences.test.ts b/src/features/helm-charts/add-custom-helm-repository-in-preferences.test.ts
index a1b215c40c..f24f0a5391 100644
--- a/src/features/helm-charts/add-custom-helm-repository-in-preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/helm-charts/add-custom-helm-repository-in-preferences.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import execFileInjectable from "../../common/fs/exec-file.injectable";
 import helmBinaryPathInjectable from "../../main/helm/helm-binary-path.injectable";
 import getActiveHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../../main/helm/repositories/get-active-helm-repositories/get-active-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import type { HelmRepo } from "../../common/helm/helm-repo";
-import callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
+import requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import isPathInjectable from "../../renderer/components/input/validators/is-path.injectable";
 import showSuccessNotificationInjectable from "../../renderer/components/notifications/show-success-notification.injectable";
 import showErrorNotificationInjectable from "../../renderer/components/notifications/show-error-notification.injectable";
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ describe("add custom helm repository in preferences", () => {
     });
 
     builder.beforeWindowStart((windowDi) => {
-      windowDi.override(callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
+      windowDi.override(requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
       windowDi.override(showSuccessNotificationInjectable, () => showSuccessNotificationMock);
       windowDi.override(showErrorNotificationInjectable, () => showErrorNotificationMock);
 
diff --git a/src/features/helm-charts/add-helm-repository-from-list-in-preferences.test.ts b/src/features/helm-charts/add-helm-repository-from-list-in-preferences.test.ts
index 29e6ea890d..21ddaba1aa 100644
--- a/src/features/helm-charts/add-helm-repository-from-list-in-preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/helm-charts/add-helm-repository-from-list-in-preferences.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import execFileInjectable from "../../common/fs/exec-file.injectable";
 import helmBinaryPathInjectable from "../../main/helm/helm-binary-path.injectable";
 import getActiveHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../../main/helm/repositories/get-active-helm-repositories/get-active-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import type { HelmRepo } from "../../common/helm/helm-repo";
-import callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
+import requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import showSuccessNotificationInjectable from "../../renderer/components/notifications/show-success-notification.injectable";
 import showErrorNotificationInjectable from "../../renderer/components/notifications/show-error-notification.injectable";
 import type { AsyncResult } from "../../common/utils/async-result";
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe("add helm repository from list in preferences", () => {
     builder.beforeWindowStart((windowDi) => {
       windowDi.override(showSuccessNotificationInjectable, () => showSuccessNotificationMock);
       windowDi.override(showErrorNotificationInjectable, () => showErrorNotificationMock);
-      windowDi.override(callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => callForPublicHelmRepositoriesMock);
+      windowDi.override(requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => callForPublicHelmRepositoriesMock);
     });
 
     rendered = await builder.render();
diff --git a/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts b/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6858b854fd..0000000000
--- a/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
-import { sortBy } from "lodash/fp";
-import type { HelmRepo } from "../../../../../../../common/helm/helm-repo";
-import { customRequestPromise } from "../../../../../../../common/request";
-
-const callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable = getInjectable({
-  id: "call-for-public-helm-repositories",
-
-  instantiate: () => async (): Promise<HelmRepo[]> => {
-    const res = await customRequestPromise({
-      uri: "https://github.com/lensapp/artifact-hub-repositories/releases/download/latest/repositories.json",
-      json: true,
-      resolveWithFullResponse: true,
-      timeout: 10000,
-    });
-
-    const repositories = res.body as HelmRepo[];
-
-    return sortBy(repo => repo.name, repositories);
-  },
-
-  causesSideEffects: true,
-});
-
-export default callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable;
diff --git a/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts b/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts
index 4c32ff7154..16a0fe98cd 100644
--- a/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,15 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import { asyncComputed } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-react";
-import callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
+import requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./request-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
 
 const publicHelmRepositoriesInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "public-helm-repositories",
 
-  instantiate: (di) => {
-    const callForPublicHelmRepositories = di.inject(callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable);
-
-    return asyncComputed({
-      getValueFromObservedPromise: callForPublicHelmRepositories,
-      valueWhenPending: [],
-    });
-  },
+  instantiate: (di) => asyncComputed({
+    getValueFromObservedPromise: di.inject(requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable),
+    valueWhenPending: [],
+  }),
 });
 
 export default publicHelmRepositoriesInjectable;
diff --git a/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts b/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64e130aa09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
+import { sortBy } from "lodash/fp";
+import downloadJsonInjectable from "../../../../../../../common/fetch/download-json.injectable";
+import { withTimeout } from "../../../../../../../common/fetch/timeout-controller";
+import type { HelmRepo } from "../../../../../../../common/helm/helm-repo";
+import loggerInjectable from "../../../../../../../common/logger.injectable";
+
+const publicHelmReposUrl = "https://github.com/lensapp/artifact-hub-repositories/releases/download/latest/repositories.json";
+
+const requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable = getInjectable({
+  id: "request-public-helm-repositories",
+
+  instantiate: (di) => {
+    const downloadJson = di.inject(downloadJsonInjectable);
+    const logger = di.inject(loggerInjectable);
+
+    return async (): Promise<HelmRepo[]> => {
+      const controller = withTimeout(10_000);
+      const result = await downloadJson(publicHelmReposUrl, {
+        signal: controller.signal,
+      });
+
+      if (!result.callWasSuccessful) {
+        logger.warn(`Failed to download public helm repos: ${result.error}`);
+
+        return [];
+      }
+
+      return sortBy(repo => repo.name, result.response as HelmRepo[]);
+    };
+  },
+
+  causesSideEffects: true,
+});
+
+export default requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable;
diff --git a/src/features/helm-charts/listing-active-helm-repositories-in-preferences.test.ts b/src/features/helm-charts/listing-active-helm-repositories-in-preferences.test.ts
index df92796e76..f95387fded 100644
--- a/src/features/helm-charts/listing-active-helm-repositories-in-preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/helm-charts/listing-active-helm-repositories-in-preferences.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import execFileInjectable, { type ExecFile } from "../../common/fs/exec-file.inj
 import helmBinaryPathInjectable from "../../main/helm/helm-binary-path.injectable";
 import loggerInjectable from "../../common/logger.injectable";
 import type { Logger } from "../../common/logger";
-import callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
+import requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import showErrorNotificationInjectable from "../../renderer/components/notifications/show-error-notification.injectable";
 
 describe("listing active helm repositories in preferences", () => {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("listing active helm repositories in preferences", () => {
 
     builder.beforeWindowStart((windowDi) => {
       windowDi.override(showErrorNotificationInjectable, () => showErrorNotificationMock);
-      windowDi.override(callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
+      windowDi.override(requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
     });
 
     rendered = await builder.render();
diff --git a/src/features/helm-charts/remove-helm-repository-from-list-of-active-repository-in-preferences.test.ts b/src/features/helm-charts/remove-helm-repository-from-list-of-active-repository-in-preferences.test.ts
index f2a23f0409..303d749061 100644
--- a/src/features/helm-charts/remove-helm-repository-from-list-of-active-repository-in-preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/helm-charts/remove-helm-repository-from-list-of-active-repository-in-preferences.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import execFileInjectable from "../../common/fs/exec-file.injectable";
 import helmBinaryPathInjectable from "../../main/helm/helm-binary-path.injectable";
 import getActiveHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../../main/helm/repositories/get-active-helm-repositories/get-active-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import type { HelmRepo } from "../../common/helm/helm-repo";
-import callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
+import requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "./child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import type { AsyncResult } from "../../common/utils/async-result";
 
 describe("remove helm repository from list of active repositories in preferences", () => {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe("remove helm repository from list of active repositories in preferences
     });
 
     builder.beforeWindowStart((windowDi) => {
-      windowDi.override(callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
+      windowDi.override(requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
     });
 
     rendered = await builder.render();
diff --git a/src/features/preferences/navigation-to-kubernetes-preferences.test.ts b/src/features/preferences/navigation-to-kubernetes-preferences.test.ts
index 925d600545..1f4bd9b490 100644
--- a/src/features/preferences/navigation-to-kubernetes-preferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/features/preferences/navigation-to-kubernetes-preferences.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import type { RenderResult } from "@testing-library/react";
 import type { ApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder";
 import { getApplicationBuilder } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/get-application-builder";
-import callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
+import requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import getActiveHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../../main/helm/repositories/get-active-helm-repositories/get-active-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import type { Discover } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/discovery-of-html-elements";
 import { discoverFor } from "../../renderer/components/test-utils/discovery-of-html-elements";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe("preferences - navigation to kubernetes preferences", () => {
       });
 
       builder.beforeWindowStart((windowDi) => {
-        windowDi.override(callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
+        windowDi.override(requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable, () => async () => []);
       });
 
       builder.beforeWindowStart(() => {
diff --git a/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx b/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx
index 6dc7fa010e..230b8ceb1d 100644
--- a/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/getDiForUnitTesting.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { observable, computed, runInAction } from "mobx";
 import requestAnimationFrameInjectable from "./components/animate/request-animation-frame.injectable";
 import getRandomIdInjectable from "../common/utils/get-random-id.injectable";
 import getFilePathsInjectable from "../features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-custom-helm-repository/helm-file-input/get-file-paths.injectable";
-import callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/call-for-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
+import requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable from "../features/helm-charts/child-features/preferences/renderer/adding-of-public-helm-repository/public-helm-repositories/request-public-helm-repositories.injectable";
 import platformInjectable from "../common/vars/platform.injectable";
 import startTopbarStateSyncInjectable from "./components/layout/top-bar/start-state-sync.injectable";
 import { registerMobX } from "@ogre-tools/injectable-extension-for-mobx";
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export const getDiForUnitTesting = (
     overrideFunctionalInjectables(di, [
       broadcastMessageInjectable,
       getFilePathsInjectable,
-      callForPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable,
+      requestPublicHelmRepositoriesInjectable,
     ]);
 
     di.override(extensionsStoreInjectable, () => ({
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f9f35148da..6c16fc47bf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6708,6 +6708,11 @@ hpack.js@^2.1.6:
     readable-stream "^2.0.1"
     wbuf "^1.1.0"
 
+hpagent@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/hpagent/-/hpagent-1.2.0.tgz#0ae417895430eb3770c03443456b8d90ca464903"
+  integrity sha512-A91dYTeIB6NoXG+PxTQpCCDDnfHsW9kc06Lvpu1TEe9gnd6ZFeiBoRO9JvzEv6xK7EX97/dUE8g/vBMTqTS3CA==
+
 html-encoding-sniffer@^2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/html-encoding-sniffer/-/html-encoding-sniffer-2.0.1.tgz#42a6dc4fd33f00281176e8b23759ca4e4fa185f3"