diff --git a/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go b/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go
index e4e5aca..5b70002 100644
--- a/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go
+++ b/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func main() {
 
 // getLockClient returns an initialized EtcdLockClient, using an etcd
 // client configured from the global etcd flags
-func getClient() (*client.Client, error) {
+func getClient() (*http.DefaultClient, error) {
 	// copy of github.com/coreos/etcd/client.DefaultTransport so that
 	// TLSClientConfig can be overridden.
 	transport := &http.Transport{