diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6e5e944..b21b815 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/unistack-org/micro-client-http/v3
 
 go 1.16
 
-require github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.3.11
+require github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.3.12
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e50bf58..0c23d63 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:3Qf8kWWT7OJRJbdiICTKqZju1ZixQ/KpMGzzAfe6+WQ=
 github.com/silas/dag v0.0.0-20210121180416-41cf55125c34/go.mod h1:7RTUFBdIRC9nZ7/3RyRNH1bdqIShrDejd1YbLwgPS+I=
-github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.3.11 h1:Jr0gAw5lLqgddiHKQeWUOUeP6ZqgRhz52EA9zJ5MJ3U=
-github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.3.11/go.mod h1:PPCt675o3HPcODFbJ4iRWPmQFAk1WQ+asQSOb/syq6U=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210331212208-0fccb6fa2b5c/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96bSt6lcn1PtDYWL6XObtHCRCNQM=
+github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.3.12 h1:3CZsjskLlu2MG3uW5A3e++KDaFdUNlGS/Ck+sGhtHL4=
+github.com/unistack-org/micro/v3 v3.3.12/go.mod h1:98hNcMXp/WyWJwLwCuwrhN1Jm7aCWaRNsMfRjK8Fq+Y=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96bSt6lcn1PtDYWL6XObtHCRCNQM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210330210617-4fbd30eecc44/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 9e268fd..dfc0c55 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ func (h *httpClient) call(ctx context.Context, addr string, req client.Request,
 	}
 
 	ct := req.ContentType()
+	if len(opts.ContentType) > 0 {
+		ct = opts.ContentType
+	}
 
 	// set timeout in nanoseconds
 	header.Set("Timeout", fmt.Sprintf("%d", opts.RequestTimeout))
@@ -194,6 +197,10 @@ func (h *httpClient) stream(ctx context.Context, addr string, req client.Request
 	}
 
 	ct := req.ContentType()
+	if len(opts.ContentType) > 0 {
+		ct = opts.ContentType
+	}
+
 	// set timeout in nanoseconds
 	header.Set("Timeout", fmt.Sprintf("%d", opts.RequestTimeout))
 	// set the content type for the request