diff --git a/.github/workflows/dart.yml b/.github/workflows/dart.yml
index 0297fc1..38a2c18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dart.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dart.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: dart pub get
+      - name: Print Dart version
+        run: dart --version
       - name: Format
         run: dart format --output none --set-exit-if-changed example lib test
       - name: Analyzer
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0ddbdc..302bb29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [5.4.0] - 2023-04-30
+### Changed
+- Switch to http\_interop packages.
+- Bump min SDK version to 2.19.
+
 ## [5.3.0] - 2022-12-29
 ### Added
 - Client MessageConverter class to control HTTP request/response conversion.
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Sound null-safety support.
 
 ### Changed
-- Everything. Again. This is another major **BC-breaking** rework. Please refer to 
+- Everything. Again. This is another major **BC-breaking** rework. Please refer to
 the API documentation, examples and tests.
 
 ## [3.2.3] - 2020-08-06
@@ -87,11 +92,11 @@ is missing. Before in such cases a `FormatException` would be thrown ([pr](https
 
 ## [3.2.2] - 2020-01-07
 ### Fixed
--  Can not decode related resource which is null ([\#77](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/77))
+- Can not decode related resource which is null ([\#77](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/77))
 
 ## [3.2.1] - 2020-01-01
 ### Fixed
--  Incorrect URL in the example in the Client documentation ([\#74](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/74))
+- Incorrect URL in the example in the Client documentation ([\#74](https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/issues/74))
 
 ## [3.2.0] - 2019-12-30
 ### Added
@@ -157,14 +162,14 @@ is missing. Before in such cases a `FormatException` would be thrown ([pr](https
 
 ## [2.0.0] - 2019-07-12
 ### Changed
-- This package now consolidates the Client, the Server and the Document in one single library. 
-It does not depend on `json_api_document` and `json_api_server` anymore, please remove these packages 
+- This package now consolidates the Client, the Server and the Document in one single library.
+It does not depend on `json_api_document` and `json_api_server` anymore, please remove these packages
 from your `pubspec.yaml`.
 - The min Dart SDK version bumped to `2.3.0`
 - The Client requires an instance of HttpClient to be passed to the constructor explicitly.
-- Both the Document and the Server have been refactored with lots of **BREAKING CHANGES**. 
+- Both the Document and the Server have been refactored with lots of **BREAKING CHANGES**.
 See the examples and the functional tests for details.
-- Meta properties are not defensively copied, but set directly. Meta property behavior is unified across 
+- Meta properties are not defensively copied, but set directly. Meta property behavior is unified across
 the Document model.
 
 ### Removed
@@ -224,6 +229,7 @@ the Document model.
 ### Added
 - Client: fetch resources, collections, related resources and relationships
 
+[5.4.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/5.3.0...5.4.0
 [5.3.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/5.2.0...5.3.0
 [5.2.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/5.1.0...5.2.0
 [5.1.0]: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart/compare/5.0.5...5.1.0
diff --git a/example/README.md b/example/README.md
index a326488..4b5eecf 100644
--- a/example/README.md
+++ b/example/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-The client and server examples are meant to run together. 
+The client and server examples are meant to run together.
 
 - Open a new terminal window and run `dart server.dart`
 - While the server is running, open another window and run `dart client.dart`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/server/json_api_server.dart b/example/server/json_api_server.dart
index f53b7e8..defdb7e 100644
--- a/example/server/json_api_server.dart
+++ b/example/server/json_api_server.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:http_interop_io/http_interop_io.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/http.dart';
 
 class JsonApiServer {
@@ -41,18 +41,7 @@ class JsonApiServer {
 
   Future<HttpServer> _createServer() async {
     final server = await HttpServer.bind(host, port);
-    server.listen((request) async {
-      final headers = <String, String>{};
-      request.headers.forEach((k, v) => headers[k] = v.join(','));
-      final response = await _handler.handle(HttpRequest(
-          request.method, request.requestedUri,
-          body: await request.cast<List<int>>().transform(utf8.decoder).join())
-        ..headers.addAll(headers));
-      response.headers.forEach(request.response.headers.add);
-      request.response.statusCode = response.statusCode;
-      request.response.write(response.body);
-      await request.response.close();
-    });
+    server.listen(listener(_handler));
     return server;
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/client.dart b/lib/client.dart
index 7455c69..9f4f0ef 100644
--- a/lib/client.dart
+++ b/lib/client.dart
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 /// The [RoutingClient] should be your default choice.
 library client;
 
+export 'package:http_interop_http/http_interop_http.dart';
 export 'package:json_api/src/client/client.dart';
-export 'package:json_api/src/client/disposable_handler.dart';
-export 'package:json_api/src/client/message_converter.dart';
 export 'package:json_api/src/client/persistent_handler.dart';
 export 'package:json_api/src/client/request.dart';
 export 'package:json_api/src/client/response/collection_fetched.dart';
diff --git a/lib/http.dart b/lib/http.dart
index 724805b..f7c2930 100644
--- a/lib/http.dart
+++ b/lib/http.dart
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 /// This is a thin HTTP layer abstraction used by the client and the server
 library http;
 
-export 'package:json_api/src/http/http_handler.dart';
-export 'package:json_api/src/http/http_headers.dart';
-export 'package:json_api/src/http/http_message.dart';
-export 'package:json_api/src/http/http_request.dart';
-export 'package:json_api/src/http/http_response.dart';
-export 'package:json_api/src/http/logging_handler.dart';
+export 'package:http_interop/http_interop.dart'
+    show
+        HttpMessage,
+        HttpHeaders,
+        HttpRequest,
+        HttpResponse,
+        HttpHandler,
+        LoggingHandler;
+export 'package:json_api/src/http/http_response_ext.dart';
 export 'package:json_api/src/http/media_type.dart';
 export 'package:json_api/src/http/payload_codec.dart';
 export 'package:json_api/src/http/status_code.dart';
diff --git a/lib/src/client/client.dart b/lib/src/client/client.dart
index 1a126a4..be1a50d 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/client/client.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+import 'package:http_interop_http/http_interop_http.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/http.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/src/client/disposable_handler.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/client/request.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/client/response.dart';
 
diff --git a/lib/src/client/disposable_handler.dart b/lib/src/client/disposable_handler.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index ab69d52..0000000
--- a/lib/src/client/disposable_handler.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:http/http.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/http.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/src/client/persistent_handler.dart';
-
-/// This HTTP handler creates a new instance of the [Client] for every request
-/// end disposes the client after the request completes.
-class DisposableHandler implements HttpHandler {
-  const DisposableHandler();
-
-  @override
-  Future<HttpResponse> handle(HttpRequest request) async {
-    final client = Client();
-    try {
-      return await PersistentHandler(client).handle(request);
-    } finally {
-      client.close();
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/client/message_converter.dart b/lib/src/client/message_converter.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e830b5..0000000
--- a/lib/src/client/message_converter.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-import 'dart:convert';
-
-import 'package:http/http.dart';
-import 'package:http_parser/http_parser.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/http.dart';
-
-/// Converts HTTP messages to and from to ones used by the `http` package.
-class MessageConverter {
-  /// Creates an instance of the converter.
-  ///
-  /// Pass [defaultResponseEncoding] to use in cases when the server does
-  /// not specify the encoding.
-  MessageConverter({Encoding defaultResponseEncoding = utf8})
-      : _defaultResponseEncoding = defaultResponseEncoding;
-
-  final Encoding _defaultResponseEncoding;
-
-  /// Converts [HttpRequest] to [Request].
-  Request request(HttpRequest request) {
-    final converted = Request(request.method, request.uri);
-    final hasBody = !(request.isGet || request.isOptions);
-    if (hasBody) {
-      // The Request would set the content-type header if the body is assigned
-      // a value (even an empty string). We want to avoid this extra header for
-      // GET and OPTIONS requests.
-      // See https://github.com/dart-lang/http/issues/841
-      converted.body = request.body;
-    }
-    converted.headers.addAll(request.headers);
-    return converted;
-  }
-
-  /// Converts [Response] to [HttpResponse].
-  HttpResponse response(Response response) {
-    final encoding = _encodingForHeaders(response.headers);
-    final body = encoding.decode(response.bodyBytes);
-    return HttpResponse(response.statusCode, body: body)
-      ..headers.addAll(response.headers);
-  }
-
-  /// Returns the [Encoding] that corresponds to [charset].
-  ///
-  /// Returns [defaultResponseEncoding] if [charset] is null or if no [Encoding]
-  /// was found that corresponds to [charset].
-  Encoding _encodingForCharset(String? charset) {
-    if (charset == null) return _defaultResponseEncoding;
-    return Encoding.getByName(charset) ?? _defaultResponseEncoding;
-  }
-
-  /// Returns the [MediaType] object for the given content-type.
-  ///
-  /// Defaults to `application/octet-stream`.
-  MediaType _mediaType(String? contentType) {
-    if (contentType != null) return MediaType.parse(contentType);
-    return MediaType('application', 'octet-stream');
-  }
-
-  /// Returns the encoding to use for a response with the given headers.
-  ///
-  /// Defaults to [defaultEncoding] if the headers don't specify the charset
-  /// or if that charset is unknown.
-  Encoding _encodingForHeaders(Map<String, String> headers) {
-    final mediaType = _mediaType(headers['content-type']);
-    final charset = mediaType.parameters['charset'];
-    return _encodingForCharset(charset);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/client/persistent_handler.dart b/lib/src/client/persistent_handler.dart
index 7eacb9b..b6d5007 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/persistent_handler.dart
+++ b/lib/src/client/persistent_handler.dart
@@ -1,35 +1,25 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:http/http.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/http.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/src/client/message_converter.dart';
+import 'package:http_interop_http/http_interop_http.dart';
 
 /// Handler which relies on the built-in Dart HTTP client.
 /// It is the developer's responsibility to instantiate the client and
 /// call `close()` on it in the end pf the application lifecycle.
-class PersistentHandler implements HttpHandler {
+class PersistentHandler extends HandlerWrapper {
   /// Creates a new instance of the handler. Do not forget to call `close()` on
   /// the [client] when it's not longer needed.
   ///
   /// Use [messageConverter] to fine tune the HTTP request/response conversion.
   PersistentHandler(
-      this.client,
+      Client client,
       {@Deprecated('Deprecated in favor of MessageConverter.'
           ' To be removed in version 6.0.0')
           this.defaultEncoding = utf8,
       MessageConverter? messageConverter})
-      : _converter = messageConverter ??
-            MessageConverter(defaultResponseEncoding: defaultEncoding);
+      : super(client,
+            messageConverter: messageConverter ??
+                MessageConverter(defaultResponseEncoding: defaultEncoding));
 
-  final Client client;
   final Encoding defaultEncoding;
-  final MessageConverter _converter;
-
-  @override
-  Future<HttpResponse> handle(HttpRequest request) async {
-    final convertedRequest = _converter.request(request);
-    final streamedResponse = await client.send(convertedRequest);
-    final response = await Response.fromStream(streamedResponse);
-    return _converter.response(response);
-  }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/client/routing_client.dart b/lib/src/client/routing_client.dart
index 108880b..f4c03c6 100644
--- a/lib/src/client/routing_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/client/routing_client.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import 'package:json_api/document.dart';
+import 'package:json_api/http.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/routing.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/client/client.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/client/request.dart';
diff --git a/lib/src/http/http_handler.dart b/lib/src/http/http_handler.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 234c125..0000000
--- a/lib/src/http/http_handler.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_request.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_response.dart';
-
-abstract class HttpHandler {
-  Future<HttpResponse> handle(HttpRequest request);
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/http/http_headers.dart b/lib/src/http/http_headers.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index a711104..0000000
--- a/lib/src/http/http_headers.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import 'dart:collection';
-
-mixin HttpHeaders {
-  /// Message headers. Case-insensitive.
-  final headers = LinkedHashMap<String, String>(
-      equals: (a, b) => a.toLowerCase() == b.toLowerCase(),
-      hashCode: (s) => s.toLowerCase().hashCode);
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/http/http_message.dart b/lib/src/http/http_message.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 64142ac..0000000
--- a/lib/src/http/http_message.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_headers.dart';
-
-/// HTTP message. Request or Response.
-class HttpMessage with HttpHeaders {
-  HttpMessage(this.body);
-
-  /// Message body
-  final String body;
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/http/http_request.dart b/lib/src/http/http_request.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 2eef17c..0000000
--- a/lib/src/http/http_request.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_message.dart';
-
-/// The request which is sent by the client and received by the server
-class HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {
-  HttpRequest(String method, this.uri, {String body = ''})
-      : method = method.toLowerCase(),
-        super(body);
-
-  /// Requested URI
-  final Uri uri;
-
-  /// Request method, lowercase
-  final String method;
-
-  bool get isGet => method == 'get';
-
-  bool get isPost => method == 'post';
-
-  bool get isDelete => method == 'delete';
-
-  bool get isPatch => method == 'patch';
-
-  bool get isOptions => method == 'options';
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/http/http_response.dart b/lib/src/http/http_response_ext.dart
similarity index 70%
rename from lib/src/http/http_response.dart
rename to lib/src/http/http_response_ext.dart
index 76c3961..6259810 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/http_response.dart
+++ b/lib/src/http/http_response_ext.dart
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_message.dart';
+import 'package:http_interop/http_interop.dart' as interop;
 import 'package:json_api/src/http/media_type.dart';
 import 'package:json_api/src/http/status_code.dart';
 
 /// The response sent by the server and received by the client
-class HttpResponse extends HttpMessage {
-  HttpResponse(this.statusCode, {String body = ''}) : super(body);
-
-  /// Response status code
-  final int statusCode;
-
+extension HttpResponseExt on interop.HttpResponse {
   /// True if the body is not empty and the Content-Type
   /// is `application/vnd.api+json`
   bool get hasDocument =>
diff --git a/lib/src/http/logging_handler.dart b/lib/src/http/logging_handler.dart
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae8c38..0000000
--- a/lib/src/http/logging_handler.dart
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_handler.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_request.dart';
-import 'package:json_api/src/http/http_response.dart';
-
-/// A wrapper over [HttpHandler] which allows logging
-class LoggingHandler implements HttpHandler {
-  LoggingHandler(this.handler, {this.onRequest, this.onResponse});
-
-  final HttpHandler handler;
-  final Function(HttpRequest request)? onRequest;
-  final Function(HttpResponse response)? onResponse;
-
-  @override
-  Future<HttpResponse> handle(HttpRequest request) async {
-    onRequest?.call(request);
-    final response = await handler.handle(request);
-    onResponse?.call(response);
-    return response;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/lib/src/http/payload_codec.dart b/lib/src/http/payload_codec.dart
index e3ed74b..54cf3aa 100644
--- a/lib/src/http/payload_codec.dart
+++ b/lib/src/http/payload_codec.dart
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:convert';
 
 /// Encodes/decodes JSON payload.
-///
-/// The methods are designed to be asynchronous to allow for conversion to be
-/// performed in isolates if needed.
 class PayloadCodec {
   const PayloadCodec();
 
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 4fdedbc..18d2116 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 name: json_api
-version: 5.3.0
+version: 5.4.0
 homepage: https://github.com/f3ath/json-api-dart
 description: A framework-agnostic implementations of JSON:API Client and Server. Supports JSON:API v1.0 (https://jsonapi.org)
 environment:
-  sdk: '>=2.17.0 <3.0.0'
+  sdk: '>=2.19.0 <3.0.0'
 
 dependencies:
   http: ^0.13.4
   http_parser: ^4.0.0
+  http_interop: ^0.1.0
+  http_interop_http: ^0.1.1
 
 dev_dependencies:
   lints: ^1.0.1
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ dev_dependencies:
   uuid: ^3.0.0
   coverage: ^1.3.0
   check_coverage: ^0.0.4
+  http_interop_io: ^0.1.0
 
 cider:
   link_template:
diff --git a/test/unit/client/message_converter_test.dart b/test/unit/client/message_converter_test.dart
index 966d718..be0b862 100644
--- a/test/unit/client/message_converter_test.dart
+++ b/test/unit/client/message_converter_test.dart
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ void main() {
     final r = converter.request(HttpRequest('OPTIONS', uri));
     expect(r.headers, isEmpty);
   });
+
+  test('No headers are set for DELETE requests', () {
+    final r = converter.request(HttpRequest('DELETE', uri));
+    expect(r.headers, isEmpty);
+  });
 }