diff --git a/lib/sparoid.rb b/lib/sparoid.rb
index a8d2271..f683a5d 100644
--- a/lib/sparoid.rb
+++ b/lib/sparoid.rb
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def write_cache
   def public_ip(host = "checkip.amazonaws.com", port = 80) # rubocop:disable Metrics/MethodLength
     Socket.tcp(host, port, connect_timeout: 3) do |sock|
       sock.sync = true
-      sock.print "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: #{host}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n"
+      sock.puts "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: #{host}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r"
       status = sock.readline(chomp: true)
       raise(ResolvError, "#{host}:#{port} response: #{status}") unless status.start_with? "HTTP/1.1 200 "
 
diff --git a/test/sparoid_test.rb b/test/sparoid_test.rb
index 08d257e..46e25d7 100644
--- a/test/sparoid_test.rb
+++ b/test/sparoid_test.rb
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ def test_it_resolves_public_ip_only_once_per_instance # rubocop:disable Metrics/
       assert_match "Host: ", client.readline(chomp: true)
       assert_equal "Connection: close", client.readline(chomp: true)
 
-      client.print "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
-      client.print "Content-Length: #{client_ip.bytesize}\r\n"
-      client.print "\r\n"
+      client.puts "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r"
+      client.puts "Content-Length: #{client_ip.bytesize}\r"
+      client.puts "\r"
       client.print client_ip
       client.close
       server.close