diff --git a/src/missing.h b/src/missing.h
index 8e0b4bfa..c5edc9ac 100644
--- a/src/missing.h
+++ b/src/missing.h
@@ -104,10 +104,19 @@ static __inline void *_reallocf(void *ptr, size_t size) {
 
 /* MinGW doesn't know these */
 #ifndef WM_CLIENTSHUTDOWN
-#define WM_CLIENTSHUTDOWN 0x3B
+#define WM_CLIENTSHUTDOWN                       0x3B
 #endif
 #ifndef WM_COPYGLOBALDATA
-#define WM_COPYGLOBALDATA 0x49
+#define WM_COPYGLOBALDATA                       0x49
+#endif
+#ifndef INTERNET_OPTION_ENABLE_HTTP_PROTOCOL
+#define INTERNET_OPTION_ENABLE_HTTP_PROTOCOL    148
+#endif
+#ifndef INTERNET_OPTION_HTTP_DECODING
+#define INTERNET_OPTION_HTTP_DECODING           65
+#endif
+#ifndef HTTP_PROTOCOL_FLAG_HTTP2
+#define HTTP_PROTOCOL_FLAG_HTTP2                2
 #endif
 
 /* The following is used for native ISO mounting in Windows 8 or later */
diff --git a/src/net.c b/src/net.c
index afb17537..2d695e64 100644
--- a/src/net.c
+++ b/src/net.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ extern HANDLE dialog_handle;
 extern BOOL is_x86_32, close_fido_cookie_prompts;
 static DWORD error_code, fido_len = 0;
 static BOOL force_update_check = FALSE;
+static const char* request_headers = "Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate";
 
 /*
  * FormatMessage does not handle internet errors
@@ -264,8 +265,8 @@ static HINTERNET GetInternetSession(BOOL bRetry)
 {
 	int i;
 	char agent[64];
-	BOOL r;
-	DWORD dwFlags, dwTimeout = NET_SESSION_TIMEOUT;
+	BOOL r, decodingSupport = TRUE;
+	DWORD dwFlags, dwTimeout = NET_SESSION_TIMEOUT, dwProtocolSupport = HTTP_PROTOCOL_FLAG_HTTP2;
 	HINTERNET hSession = NULL;
 
 	PF_TYPE_DECL(WINAPI, BOOL, InternetGetConnectedState, (LPDWORD, DWORD));
@@ -295,6 +296,10 @@ static HINTERNET GetInternetSession(BOOL bRetry)
 	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT, (LPVOID)&dwTimeout, sizeof(dwTimeout));
 	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_SEND_TIMEOUT, (LPVOID)&dwTimeout, sizeof(dwTimeout));
 	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT, (LPVOID)&dwTimeout, sizeof(dwTimeout));
+	// Enable gzip and deflate decoding schemes
+	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_HTTP_DECODING, (LPVOID)&decodingSupport, sizeof(decodingSupport));
+	// Enable HTTP/2 protocol support
+	pfInternetSetOptionA(hSession, INTERNET_OPTION_ENABLE_HTTP_PROTOCOL, (LPVOID)&dwProtocolSupport, sizeof(dwProtocolSupport));
 
 out:
 	return hSession;
@@ -384,7 +389,7 @@ uint64_t DownloadToFileOrBuffer(const char* url, const char* file, BYTE** buffer
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (!pfHttpSendRequestA(hRequest, NULL, 0, NULL, 0)) {
+	if (!pfHttpSendRequestA(hRequest, request_headers, -1L, NULL, 0)) {
 		uprintf("Unable to send request: %s", WinInetErrorString());
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -727,7 +732,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI CheckForUpdatesThread(LPVOID param)
 				INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP|INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS|
 				INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI|INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE|INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK|
 				((UrlParts.nScheme == INTERNET_SCHEME_HTTPS)?INTERNET_FLAG_SECURE:0), (DWORD_PTR)NULL);
-			if ((hRequest == NULL) || (!pfHttpSendRequestA(hRequest, NULL, 0, NULL, 0))) {
+			if ((hRequest == NULL) || (!pfHttpSendRequestA(hRequest, request_headers, -1L, NULL, 0))) {
 				uprintf("Unable to send request: %s", WinInetErrorString());
 				goto out;
 			}
@@ -1091,7 +1096,7 @@ BOOL IsDownloadable(const char* url)
 	if (hRequest == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!pfHttpSendRequestA(hRequest, NULL, 0, NULL, 0))
+	if (!pfHttpSendRequestA(hRequest, request_headers, -1L, NULL, 0))
 		goto out;
 
 	// Get the file size
diff --git a/src/rufus.rc b/src/rufus.rc
index 544b9afb..2def7d7b 100644
--- a/src/rufus.rc
+++ b/src/rufus.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 IDD_DIALOG DIALOGEX 12, 12, 232, 326
 STYLE DS_SETFONT | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
 EXSTYLE WS_EX_ACCEPTFILES
-CAPTION "Rufus 3.11.1661"
+CAPTION "Rufus 3.11.1662"
 FONT 9, "Segoe UI Symbol", 400, 0, 0x0
 BEGIN
     LTEXT           "Drive Properties",IDS_DRIVE_PROPERTIES_TXT,8,6,53,12,NOT WS_GROUP
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 3,11,1661,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 3,11,1661,0
+ FILEVERSION 3,11,1662,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 3,11,1662,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -414,13 +414,13 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "https://rufus.ie"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Akeo Consulting"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.11.1661"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "3.11.1662"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011-2020 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus-3.11.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.11.1661"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "3.11.1662"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"