diff --git a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/snoop/HttpSnoopClient.java b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/snoop/HttpSnoopClient.java
index 1c01c4cd57..4f52b2beef 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/snoop/HttpSnoopClient.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/io/netty/example/http/snoop/HttpSnoopClient.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoopGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioSocketChannel;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.ClientCookieEncoder;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultCookie;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpRequest;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultFullHttpRequest;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequest;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class HttpSnoopClient {
             Channel ch = b.connect(host, port).sync().channel();
 
             // Prepare the HTTP request.
-            HttpRequest request = new DefaultHttpRequest(
+            HttpRequest request = new DefaultFullHttpRequest(
                     HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1, HttpMethod.GET, uri.getRawPath());
             request.headers().set(HttpHeaders.Names.HOST, host);
             request.headers().set(HttpHeaders.Names.CONNECTION, HttpHeaders.Values.CLOSE);