diff --git a/zebrad/tests/acceptance.rs b/zebrad/tests/acceptance.rs
index ae25f819041..03b5e55d1ab 100644
--- a/zebrad/tests/acceptance.rs
+++ b/zebrad/tests/acceptance.rs
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ use common::{
     test_type::TestType::{self, *},
 };
 
+use crate::common::rpc_client::RPCRequestClient;
+
 /// The maximum amount of time that we allow the creation of a future to block the `tokio` executor.
 ///
 /// This should be larger than the amount of time between thread time slices on a busy test VM.
@@ -1320,7 +1322,6 @@ async fn rpc_endpoint_parallel_threads() -> Result<()> {
 /// Set `parallel_cpu_threads` to true to auto-configure based on the number of CPU cores.
 #[tracing::instrument]
 async fn rpc_endpoint(parallel_cpu_threads: bool) -> Result<()> {
-    use hyper::{body::to_bytes, Body, Client, Method, Request};
     use serde_json::Value;
 
     let _init_guard = zebra_test::init();
@@ -1331,7 +1332,6 @@ async fn rpc_endpoint(parallel_cpu_threads: bool) -> Result<()> {
     // Write a configuration that has RPC listen_addr set
     // [Note on port conflict](#Note on port conflict)
     let mut config = random_known_rpc_port_config(parallel_cpu_threads)?;
-    let url = format!("http://{}", config.rpc.listen_addr.unwrap());
 
     let dir = testdir()?.with_config(&mut config)?;
     let mut child = dir.spawn_child(args!["start"])?;
@@ -1342,24 +1342,15 @@ async fn rpc_endpoint(parallel_cpu_threads: bool) -> Result<()> {
     )?;
 
     // Create an http client
-    let client = Client::new();
-
-    // Create a request to call `getinfo` RPC method
-    let req = Request::builder()
-        .method(Method::POST)
-        .uri(url)
-        .header("content-type", "application/json")
-        .body(Body::from(
-            r#"{"jsonrpc":"1.0","method":"getinfo","params":[],"id":123}"#,
-        ))?;
+    let client = RPCRequestClient::new(config.rpc.listen_addr.unwrap());
 
-    // Make the call to the RPC endpoint
-    let res = client.request(req).await?;
+    // Make the call to the `getinfo` RPC method
+    let res = client.call("getinfo", "[]".to_string()).await?;
 
     // Test rpc endpoint response
     assert!(res.status().is_success());
 
-    let body = to_bytes(res).await;
+    let body = res.bytes().await;
     let (body, mut child) = child.kill_on_error(body)?;
 
     let parsed: Value = serde_json::from_slice(&body)?;
@@ -1419,17 +1410,12 @@ fn non_blocking_logger() -> Result<()> {
         )?;
 
         // Create an http client
-        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+        let client = RPCRequestClient::new(zebra_rpc_address);
 
         // Most of Zebra's lines are 100-200 characters long, so 500 requests should print enough to fill the unix pipe,
         // fill the channel that tracing logs are queued onto, and drop logs rather than block execution.
         for _ in 0..500 {
-            let res = client
-                .post(format!("http://{}", &zebra_rpc_address))
-                .body(r#"{"jsonrpc":"1.0","method":"getinfo","params":[],"id":123}"#)
-                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-                .send()
-                .await?;
+            let res = client.call("getinfo", "[]".to_string()).await?;
 
             // Test that zebrad rpc endpoint is still responding to requests
             assert!(res.status().is_success());
@@ -2042,28 +2028,17 @@ async fn fully_synced_rpc_test() -> Result<()> {
         return Ok(());
     };
 
-    zebrad.expect_stdout_line_matches(&format!(
-        "Opened RPC endpoint at {}",
-        zebra_rpc_address.expect("lightwalletd test must have RPC port"),
-    ))?;
+    let zebra_rpc_address = zebra_rpc_address.expect("lightwalletd test must have RPC port");
+
+    zebrad.expect_stdout_line_matches(&format!("Opened RPC endpoint at {zebra_rpc_address}"))?;
+
+    let client = RPCRequestClient::new(zebra_rpc_address);
 
     // Make a getblock test that works only on synced node (high block number).
     // The block is before the mandatory checkpoint, so the checkpoint cached state can be used
     // if desired.
-    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
     let res = client
-        .post(format!(
-            "http://{}",
-            &zebra_rpc_address
-                .expect("lightwalletd test must have RPC port")
-                .to_string()
-        ))
-        // Manually constructed request to avoid encoding it, for simplicity
-        .body(r#"{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblock", "params": ["1180900", 0], "id":123 }"#)
-        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-        .send()
-        .await?
-        .text()
+        .text_from_call("getblock", r#"["1180900", 0]"#.to_string())
         .await?;
 
     // Simple textual check to avoid fully parsing the response, for simplicity
diff --git a/zebrad/tests/common/cached_state.rs b/zebrad/tests/common/cached_state.rs
index ad70983f588..9e87c6d6abe 100644
--- a/zebrad/tests/common/cached_state.rs
+++ b/zebrad/tests/common/cached_state.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use reqwest::Client;
-
 use color_eyre::eyre::{eyre, Result};
 use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tokio::fs;
@@ -26,6 +24,7 @@ use zebra_chain::{
 use zebra_state::{ChainTipChange, LatestChainTip};
 
 use crate::common::config::testdir;
+use crate::common::rpc_client::RPCRequestClient;
 
 use zebra_state::MAX_BLOCK_REORG_HEIGHT;
 
@@ -231,22 +230,11 @@ pub async fn get_raw_future_blocks(
     )?;
 
     // Create an http client
-    let client = Client::new();
-
-    let send_rpc_request = |method, params| {
-        client
-            .post(format!("http://{}", &rpc_address))
-            .body(format!(
-                r#"{{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "{method}", "params": {params}, "id":123 }}"#
-            ))
-            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-            .send()
-    };
+    let rpc_client = RPCRequestClient::new(rpc_address);
 
     let blockchain_info: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(
-        &send_rpc_request("getblockchaininfo", "[]".to_string())
-            .await?
-            .text()
+        &rpc_client
+            .text_from_call("getblockchaininfo", "[]".to_string())
             .await?,
     )?;
 
@@ -266,9 +254,8 @@ pub async fn get_raw_future_blocks(
 
     for block_height in (0..max_num_blocks).map(|idx| idx + estimated_finalized_tip_height) {
         let raw_block: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(
-            &send_rpc_request("getblock", format!(r#"["{block_height}", 0]"#))
-                .await?
-                .text()
+            &rpc_client
+                .text_from_call("getblock", format!(r#"["{block_height}", 0]"#))
                 .await?,
         )?;
 
diff --git a/zebrad/tests/common/get_block_template_rpcs/submit_block.rs b/zebrad/tests/common/get_block_template_rpcs/submit_block.rs
index 657816dde0f..9d979bb93fa 100644
--- a/zebrad/tests/common/get_block_template_rpcs/submit_block.rs
+++ b/zebrad/tests/common/get_block_template_rpcs/submit_block.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 
 use color_eyre::eyre::{Context, Result};
 
-use reqwest::Client;
 use zebra_chain::parameters::Network;
 
 use crate::common::{
     cached_state::get_raw_future_blocks,
     launch::{can_spawn_zebrad_for_rpc, spawn_zebrad_for_rpc},
+    rpc_client::RPCRequestClient,
     test_type::TestType,
 };
 
@@ -65,16 +65,11 @@ pub(crate) async fn run() -> Result<()> {
     tracing::info!(?rpc_address, "zebrad opened its RPC port",);
 
     // Create an http client
-    let client = Client::new();
+    let client = RPCRequestClient::new(rpc_address);
 
     for raw_block in raw_blocks {
         let res = client
-            .post(format!("http://{}", &rpc_address))
-            .body(format!(
-                r#"{{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "submitblock", "params": ["{raw_block}"], "id":123 }}"#
-            ))
-            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-            .send()
+            .call("submitblock", format!(r#"["{raw_block}"]"#))
             .await?;
 
         assert!(res.status().is_success());
diff --git a/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/sync.rs b/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/sync.rs
index 82ebc031161..fa979b34be3 100644
--- a/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/sync.rs
+++ b/zebrad/tests/common/lightwalletd/sync.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use zebra_test::prelude::*;
 use crate::common::{
     launch::ZebradTestDirExt,
     lightwalletd::wallet_grpc::{connect_to_lightwalletd, ChainSpec},
+    rpc_client::RPCRequestClient,
     test_type::TestType,
 };
 
@@ -182,14 +183,9 @@ pub fn are_zebrad_and_lightwalletd_tips_synced(
         let lightwalletd_tip_height = lightwalletd_tip_block.height;
 
         // Get the block tip from zebrad
-        let zebrad_json_rpc_client = reqwest::Client::new();
-        let zebrad_blockchain_info = zebrad_json_rpc_client
-            .post(format!("http://{}", &zebra_rpc_address.to_string()))
-            .body(r#"{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "getblockchaininfo", "params": [], "id":123 }"#)
-            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
-            .send()
-            .await?
-            .text()
+        let client = RPCRequestClient::new(zebra_rpc_address);
+        let zebrad_blockchain_info = client
+            .text_from_call("getblockchaininfo", "[]".to_string())
             .await?;
         let zebrad_blockchain_info: serde_json::Value =
             serde_json::from_str(&zebrad_blockchain_info)?;
diff --git a/zebrad/tests/common/mod.rs b/zebrad/tests/common/mod.rs
index a1ef1365cb4..cb143cf50f0 100644
--- a/zebrad/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/zebrad/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ pub mod failure_messages;
 pub mod get_block_template_rpcs;
 pub mod launch;
 pub mod lightwalletd;
+pub mod rpc_client;
 pub mod sync;
 pub mod test_type;
diff --git a/zebrad/tests/common/rpc_client.rs b/zebrad/tests/common/rpc_client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f825c93fcd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zebrad/tests/common/rpc_client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+//! A client for calling Zebra's Json-RPC methods
+
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+
+use reqwest::Client;
+
+/// An http client for making Json-RPC requests
+pub struct RPCRequestClient {
+    client: Client,
+    rpc_address: SocketAddr,
+}
+
+impl RPCRequestClient {
+    /// Creates new RPCRequestSender
+    pub fn new(rpc_address: SocketAddr) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            client: Client::new(),
+            rpc_address,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Builds rpc request
+    pub async fn call(
+        &self,
+        method: &'static str,
+        params: impl Into<String>,
+    ) -> reqwest::Result<reqwest::Response> {
+        let params = params.into();
+        self.client
+            .post(format!("http://{}", &self.rpc_address))
+            .body(format!(
+                r#"{{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "{method}", "params": {params}, "id":123 }}"#
+            ))
+            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            .send()
+            .await
+    }
+
+    /// Builds rpc request and gets text from response
+    pub async fn text_from_call(
+        &self,
+        method: &'static str,
+        params: impl Into<String>,
+    ) -> reqwest::Result<String> {
+        self.call(method, params).await?.text().await
+    }
+}