diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/src/Tests/StatisticsInvalidPostTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/src/Tests/StatisticsInvalidPostTest.php
index a2056d4..cd765c9 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/src/Tests/StatisticsInvalidPostTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/src/Tests/StatisticsInvalidPostTest.php
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class StatisticsInvalidPostTest extends WebTestBase {
    */
   protected function setUp() {
     parent::setUp();
-    $this->client = new Client();
+    $this->client = \Drupal::service('http_client_factory')
+      ->fromOptions();
     // Enable logging.
     $this->config('statistics.settings')
       ->set('count_content_views', 1)
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ public function testInvalidPost() {
       ->fetchAssoc();
     $this->assertEqual($result['nid'], array(), 'Verifying that nothing is written to the node_counter table.');
 
-
     // An id greater than int(10), the maximum nid database limit.
     $nid = 123456789012;
     $post = array('nid' => $nid);
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ public function testInvalidPost() {
       ->execute()
       ->fetchAssoc();
     $this->assertEqual($result['nid'], array(), 'Verifying that nothing is written to the node_counter table.');
-
   }
 
 }