diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 9a2b11aa7..4151e9962 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require "#{current_directory}/lib/fog"
 begin
   require 'jeweler'
   Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
-    gem.add_dependency('excon', '>=0.0.20')
+    gem.add_dependency('excon', '>=0.0.21')
     gem.add_dependency('formatador', '>=0.0.10')
     gem.add_dependency('json')
     gem.add_dependency('mime-types')
diff --git a/lib/fog/slicehost/requests/reboot_slice.rb b/lib/fog/slicehost/requests/reboot_slice.rb
index 7bbba5c0d..9f8201bbb 100644
--- a/lib/fog/slicehost/requests/reboot_slice.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/slicehost/requests/reboot_slice.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ module Fog
       #     * 'status'<~String> - Current status of the slice
       def reboot_slice(slice_id, type = 'SOFT')
         request(
-          :body     => '', # Gives a 411 Length Required without this
           :expects  => 200,
           :method   => 'PUT',
           :parser   => Fog::Parsers::Slicehost::GetSlice.new,