diff --git a/gateway/Gopkg.lock b/gateway/Gopkg.lock
index f278e69b..3f82f5c7 100644
--- a/gateway/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/gateway/Gopkg.lock
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@
   version = "v1.0.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:d30085f782a2785c72cd5d4dda822aa615070ba745ea25e5a8a3661faa0ad980"
+  digest = "1:be6ac85ebf7294885126fdf1de053a333fbb8803af6b666f4cccf818d41a3776"
   name = "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider"
   packages = ["auth"]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "0ca8ae603fee9736e011b81fbf02777d89a4ea85"
-  version = "0.9.2"
+  revision = "45a3391b385208bd34690f84abcc1dfab6c1730b"
+  version = "0.9.4"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:c91d031a0f53699e18f204e8a8d360d400a34686a3bb34d82c63a53ff1d73cea"
diff --git a/gateway/Gopkg.toml b/gateway/Gopkg.toml
index 7bb3888c..be0b8240 100644
--- a/gateway/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/gateway/Gopkg.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ignored = ["github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/queue"]
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider"
-  version = "0.9.1"
+  version = "0.9.4"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "go.uber.org/goleak"
diff --git a/gateway/metrics/add_metrics.go b/gateway/metrics/add_metrics.go
index f143a66c..4490cd2a 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/add_metrics.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/add_metrics.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/requests"
+	types "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types"
 )
 
 // AddMetricsHandler wraps a http.HandlerFunc with Prometheus metrics
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func AddMetricsHandler(handler http.HandlerFunc, prometheusQuery PrometheusQuery
 		}
 
 		upstreamBody, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(upstreamCall.Body)
-		var functions []requests.Function
+		var functions []types.FunctionStatus
 
 		err := json.Unmarshal(upstreamBody, &functions)
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func AddMetricsHandler(handler http.HandlerFunc, prometheusQuery PrometheusQuery
 	}
 }
 
-func mixIn(functions *[]requests.Function, metrics *VectorQueryResponse) {
+func mixIn(functions *[]types.FunctionStatus, metrics *VectorQueryResponse) {
 	if functions == nil {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/gateway/metrics/add_metrics_test.go b/gateway/metrics/add_metrics_test.go
index 1454e3b7..3389565f 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/add_metrics_test.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/add_metrics_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/requests"
+	types "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types"
 )
 
 type FakePrometheusQueryFetcher struct {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func Test_PrometheusMetrics_MixedInto_Services(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(body) == 0 {
 		t.Errorf("Want content-length > 0, got: %d", len(rr.Body.String()))
 	}
-	results := []requests.Function{}
+	results := []types.FunctionStatus{}
 	json.Unmarshal([]byte(rr.Body.String()), &results)
 	if len(results) == 0 {
 		t.Errorf("Want %d function, got: %d", 1, len(results))
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ func Test_FunctionsHandler_ReturnsJSONAndOneFunction(t *testing.T) {
 
 func makeFunctionsHandler() http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		functions := []requests.Function{
-			requests.Function{
+		functions := []types.FunctionStatus{
+			types.FunctionStatus{
 				Name:     "func_echoit",
 				Replicas: 0,
 			},
diff --git a/gateway/metrics/exporter.go b/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
index 1585b5bc..365cca88 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/exporter.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/auth"
-	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/requests"
+	types "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 )
 
 // Exporter is a prometheus exporter
 type Exporter struct {
 	metricOptions MetricOptions
-	services      []requests.Function
+	services      []types.FunctionStatus
 	credentials   *auth.BasicAuthCredentials
 }
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ type Exporter struct {
 func NewExporter(options MetricOptions, credentials *auth.BasicAuthCredentials) *Exporter {
 	return &Exporter{
 		metricOptions: options,
-		services:      []requests.Function{},
+		services:      []types.FunctionStatus{},
 		credentials:   credentials,
 	}
 }
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) StartServiceWatcher(endpointURL url.URL, metricsOptions Metri
 					get.SetBasicAuth(e.credentials.User, e.credentials.Password)
 				}
 
-				services := []requests.Function{}
+				services := []types.FunctionStatus{}
 				res, err := proxyClient.Do(get)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Println(err)
diff --git a/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go b/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go
index 8a345212..4d18a920 100644
--- a/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go
+++ b/gateway/metrics/exporter_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package metrics
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/requests"
+	types "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 )
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ func Test_Collect_CollectsTheNumberOfReplicasOfAService(t *testing.T) {
 	metricsOptions := BuildMetricsOptions()
 	exporter := NewExporter(metricsOptions, nil)
 
-	expectedService := requests.Function{
+	expectedService := types.FunctionStatus{
 		Name:     "function_with_two_replica",
 		Replicas: 2,
 	}
 
-	exporter.services = []requests.Function{expectedService}
+	exporter.services = []types.FunctionStatus{expectedService}
 
 	ch := make(chan prometheus.Metric)
 	defer close(ch)
diff --git a/gateway/plugin/external.go b/gateway/plugin/external.go
index b3e14df8..bbfd6ac6 100644
--- a/gateway/plugin/external.go
+++ b/gateway/plugin/external.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	types "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types"
 	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/handlers"
-	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/requests"
 	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/scaling"
 )
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (s ExternalServiceQuery) GetReplicas(serviceName string) (scaling.ServiceQu
 	var err error
 	var emptyServiceQueryResponse scaling.ServiceQueryResponse
 
-	function := requests.Function{}
+	function := types.FunctionStatus{}
 
 	urlPath := fmt.Sprintf("%ssystem/function/%s", s.URL.String(), serviceName)
 
diff --git a/gateway/requests/requests.go b/gateway/requests/requests.go
index 5c8f1746..93439906 100644
--- a/gateway/requests/requests.go
+++ b/gateway/requests/requests.go
@@ -5,80 +5,6 @@
 // the OpenFaaS gateway REST API
 package requests
 
-// CreateFunctionRequest create a function in the swarm.
-type CreateFunctionRequest struct {
-
-	// Service corresponds to a Docker Service
-	Service string `json:"service"`
-
-	// Image corresponds to a Docker image
-	Image string `json:"image"`
-
-	// Network is specific to Docker Swarm - default overlay network is: func_functions
-	Network string `json:"network"`
-
-	// EnvProcess corresponds to the fprocess variable for your container watchdog.
-	EnvProcess string `json:"envProcess"`
-
-	// EnvVars provides overrides for functions.
-	EnvVars map[string]string `json:"envVars"`
-
-	// RegistryAuth is the registry authentication (optional)
-	// in the same encoded format as Docker native credentials
-	// (see ~/.docker/config.json)
-	RegistryAuth string `json:"registryAuth,omitempty"`
-
-	// Constraints are specific to back-end orchestration platform
-	Constraints []string `json:"constraints"`
-
-	// Secrets list of secrets to be made available to function
-	Secrets []string `json:"secrets"`
-
-	// Labels are metadata for functions which may be used by the
-	// back-end for making scheduling or routing decisions
-	Labels *map[string]string `json:"labels"`
-
-	// Annotations are metadata for functions which may be used by the
-	// back-end for management, orchestration, events and build tasks
-	Annotations *map[string]string `json:"annotations"`
-
-	// Limits for function
-	Limits *FunctionResources `json:"limits"`
-
-	// Requests of resources requested by function
-	Requests *FunctionResources `json:"requests"`
-
-	// ReadOnlyRootFilesystem removes write-access from the root filesystem
-	// mount-point.
-	ReadOnlyRootFilesystem bool `json:"readOnlyRootFilesystem"`
-}
-
-// FunctionResources Memory and CPU
-type FunctionResources struct {
-	Memory string `json:"memory"`
-	CPU    string `json:"cpu"`
-}
-
-// Function exported for system/functions endpoint
-type Function struct {
-	Name            string  `json:"name"`
-	Image           string  `json:"image"`
-	InvocationCount float64 `json:"invocationCount"` // TODO: shouldn't this be int64?
-	Replicas        uint64  `json:"replicas"`
-	EnvProcess      string  `json:"envProcess"`
-
-	// AvailableReplicas is the count of replicas ready to receive invocations as reported by the back-end
-	AvailableReplicas uint64 `json:"availableReplicas"`
-
-	// Labels are metadata for functions which may be used by the
-	// back-end for making scheduling or routing decisions
-	Labels *map[string]string `json:"labels"`
-
-	// Annotations are metadata for functions which may be used by the
-	// back-end for management, orchestration, events and build tasks
-	Annotations *map[string]string `json:"annotations"`
-}
-
 // AsyncReport is the report from a function executed on a queue worker.
 type AsyncReport struct {
 	FunctionName string  `json:"name"`
diff --git a/gateway/tests/integration/createfunction_test.go b/gateway/tests/integration/createfunction_test.go
index dcb023eb..7b37a637 100644
--- a/gateway/tests/integration/createfunction_test.go
+++ b/gateway/tests/integration/createfunction_test.go
@@ -9,21 +9,22 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/requests"
+	types "github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types"
+	requests "github.com/openfaas/faas/gateway/requests"
 )
 
-func createFunction(request requests.CreateFunctionRequest) (string, int, error) {
+func createFunction(request types.FunctionDeployment) (string, int, error) {
 	marshalled, _ := json.Marshal(request)
 	return fireRequest("http://localhost:8080/system/functions", http.MethodPost, string(marshalled))
 }
 
 func deleteFunction(name string) (string, int, error) {
-	marshalled, _ := json.Marshal(requests.DeleteFunctionRequest{name})
+	marshalled, _ := json.Marshal(requests.DeleteFunctionRequest{FunctionName: name})
 	return fireRequest("http://localhost:8080/system/functions", http.MethodDelete, string(marshalled))
 }
 
 func TestCreate_ValidRequest(t *testing.T) {
-	request := requests.CreateFunctionRequest{
+	request := types.FunctionDeployment{
 		Service:    "test_resizer",
 		Image:      "functions/resizer",
 		Network:    "func_functions",
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func TestCreate_ValidRequest(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCreate_InvalidImage(t *testing.T) {
-	request := requests.CreateFunctionRequest{
+	request := types.FunctionDeployment{
 		Service:    "test_resizer",
 		Image:      "a b c",
 		Network:    "func_functions",
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func TestCreate_InvalidImage(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCreate_InvalidNetwork(t *testing.T) {
-	request := requests.CreateFunctionRequest{
+	request := types.FunctionDeployment{
 		Service:    "test_resizer",
 		Image:      "functions/resizer",
 		Network:    "non_existent_network",
diff --git a/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/.travis.yml b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/.travis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d063d863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/.travis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+language: go
+go_import_path: github.com/openfaas/faas-provider
+script:
+  - make test
diff --git a/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/Makefile b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/Makefile
index d5488ed3..1a8709c2 100644
--- a/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/Makefile
+++ b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 build:
 	docker build -t faas-provider .
+
+
+test :
+	go test -cover ./...
diff --git a/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/proxy/proxy.go b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/proxy/proxy.go
index 67b1afc6..78bde88d 100644
--- a/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
-	"github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/httputils"
+	"github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/httputil"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func proxyRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, originalReq *http.Request, proxyClient
 	pathVars := mux.Vars(originalReq)
 	functionName := pathVars["name"]
 	if functionName == "" {
-		httputils.Errorf(w, http.StatusBadRequest, errMissingFunctionName)
+		httputil.Errorf(w, http.StatusBadRequest, errMissingFunctionName)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ func proxyRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, originalReq *http.Request, proxyClient
 	if resolveErr != nil {
 		// TODO: Should record the 404/not found error in Prometheus.
 		log.Printf("resolver error: cannot find %s: %s\n", functionName, resolveErr.Error())
-		httputils.Errorf(w, http.StatusNotFound, "Cannot find service: %s.", functionName)
+		httputil.Errorf(w, http.StatusNotFound, "Cannot find service: %s.", functionName)
 		return
 	}
 
 	proxyReq, err := buildProxyRequest(originalReq, functionAddr, pathVars["params"])
 	if err != nil {
-		httputils.Errorf(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Failed to resolve service: %s.", functionName)
+		httputil.Errorf(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Failed to resolve service: %s.", functionName)
 		return
 	}
 	if proxyReq.Body != nil {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func proxyRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, originalReq *http.Request, proxyClient
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("error with proxy request to: %s, %s\n", proxyReq.URL.String(), err.Error())
 
-		httputils.Errorf(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Can't reach service for: %s.", functionName)
+		httputil.Errorf(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "Can't reach service for: %s.", functionName)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types/model.go b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types/model.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..736d167e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gateway/vendor/github.com/openfaas/faas-provider/types/model.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package types
+
+// FunctionDeployment represents a request to create or update a Function.
+type FunctionDeployment struct {
+
+	// Service corresponds to a Service
+	Service string `json:"service"`
+
+	// Image corresponds to a Docker image
+	Image string `json:"image"`
+
+	// Network is specific to Docker Swarm - default overlay network is: func_functions
+	Network string `json:"network"`
+
+	// EnvProcess corresponds to the fprocess variable for your container watchdog.
+	EnvProcess string `json:"envProcess"`
+
+	// EnvVars provides overrides for functions.
+	EnvVars map[string]string `json:"envVars"`
+
+	// RegistryAuth is the registry authentication (optional)
+	// in the same encoded format as Docker native credentials
+	// (see ~/.docker/config.json)
+	RegistryAuth string `json:"registryAuth,omitempty"`
+
+	// Constraints are specific to back-end orchestration platform
+	Constraints []string `json:"constraints"`
+
+	// Secrets list of secrets to be made available to function
+	Secrets []string `json:"secrets"`
+
+	// Labels are metadata for functions which may be used by the
+	// back-end for making scheduling or routing decisions
+	Labels *map[string]string `json:"labels"`
+
+	// Annotations are metadata for functions which may be used by the
+	// back-end for management, orchestration, events and build tasks
+	Annotations *map[string]string `json:"annotations"`
+
+	// Limits for function
+	Limits *FunctionResources `json:"limits"`
+
+	// Requests of resources requested by function
+	Requests *FunctionResources `json:"requests"`
+
+	// ReadOnlyRootFilesystem removes write-access from the root filesystem
+	// mount-point.
+	ReadOnlyRootFilesystem bool `json:"readOnlyRootFilesystem"`
+}
+
+// FunctionResources Memory and CPU
+type FunctionResources struct {
+	Memory string `json:"memory"`
+	CPU    string `json:"cpu"`
+}
+
+// FunctionStatus exported for system/functions endpoint
+type FunctionStatus struct {
+
+	// Name corresponds to a Service
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+
+	// Image corresponds to a Docker image
+	Image string `json:"image"`
+
+	// InvocationCount count of invocations
+	InvocationCount float64 `json:"invocationCount"`
+
+	// Replicas desired within the cluster
+	Replicas uint64 `json:"replicas"`
+
+	// EnvProcess is the process to pass to the watchdog, if in use
+	EnvProcess string `json:"envProcess"`
+
+	// AvailableReplicas is the count of replicas ready to receive invocations as reported by the backend
+	AvailableReplicas uint64 `json:"availableReplicas"`
+
+	// Labels are metadata for functions which may be used by the
+	// backend for making scheduling or routing decisions
+	Labels *map[string]string `json:"labels"`
+
+	// Annotations are metadata for functions which may be used by the
+	// backend for management, orchestration, events and build tasks
+	Annotations *map[string]string `json:"annotations"`
+}