diff --git a/dehydrated b/dehydrated
index 6e4909c..4548afe 100755
--- a/dehydrated
+++ b/dehydrated
@@ -935,14 +935,14 @@ http_request() {
   set +e
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   if [[ "${1}" = "head" ]]; then
-    statuscode="$(curl ${ip_version:-} ${CURL_OPTS} -A "dehydrated/${VERSION} curl/${CURL_VERSION}" -s -w "%{http_code}" -o "${tempcont}" "${2}" -I)"
+    statuscode="$(curl ${ip_version:-} ${CURL_OPTS} -A "dehydrated/${VERSION} curl/${CURL_VERSION}" -s -w "%{http_code}" -o "${tempcont}" -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' "${2}" -I)"
     curlret="${?}"
     touch "${tempheaders}"
   elif [[ "${1}" = "get" ]]; then
-    statuscode="$(curl ${ip_version:-} ${CURL_OPTS} -A "dehydrated/${VERSION} curl/${CURL_VERSION}" -L -s -w "%{http_code}" -o "${tempcont}" -D "${tempheaders}" "${2}")"
+    statuscode="$(curl ${ip_version:-} ${CURL_OPTS} -A "dehydrated/${VERSION} curl/${CURL_VERSION}" -L -s -w "%{http_code}" -o "${tempcont}" -D "${tempheaders}" -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' "${2}")"
     curlret="${?}"
   elif [[ "${1}" = "post" ]]; then
-    statuscode="$(curl ${ip_version:-} ${CURL_OPTS} -A "dehydrated/${VERSION} curl/${CURL_VERSION}" -s -w "%{http_code}" -o "${tempcont}" "${2}" -D "${tempheaders}" -H 'Content-Type: application/jose+json' -d "${3}")"
+    statuscode="$(curl ${ip_version:-} ${CURL_OPTS} -A "dehydrated/${VERSION} curl/${CURL_VERSION}" -s -w "%{http_code}" -o "${tempcont}" "${2}" -D "${tempheaders}" -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' -H 'Content-Type: application/jose+json' -d "${3}")"
     curlret="${?}"
   else
     set -e