diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle b/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle
index 52af4078c29..91b932ac590 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/build.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 
 dependencies {
     api project(":rmf:rmf-java-base")
-    api "org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.3.1" version {
+    api "org.apache.httpcomponents.client5:httpclient5:5.4.1" version {
         strictly "[5.0,6.0["
-        prefer "5.1.3"
+        prefer "5.4.1"
     }
 
     api commons.io version commons.io_version
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/src/main/java/com/commercetools/http/apachehttp/CtApacheHttpClient.java b/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/src/main/java/com/commercetools/http/apachehttp/CtApacheHttpClient.java
index d0599578dc8..6401f0a9775 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/src/main/java/com/commercetools/http/apachehttp/CtApacheHttpClient.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-apachehttp-client/src/main/java/com/commercetools/http/apachehttp/CtApacheHttpClient.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleBody;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleResponseConsumer;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.config.TlsConfig;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.async.CloseableHttpAsyncClient;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.async.HttpAsyncClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.nio.PoolingAsyncClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.nio.support.AsyncRequestBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http2.HttpVersionPolicy;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.reactor.IOReactorStatus;
-import org.apache.hc.core5.reactor.ssl.TlsDetails;
 
 public class CtApacheHttpClient extends HttpClientBase {
     public static final int MAX_REQUESTS = 64;
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ public static HttpAsyncClientBuilder createClientBuilder() {
     }
 
     public static HttpAsyncClientBuilder createClientBuilder(AsyncClientConnectionManager cm) {
-        return HttpAsyncClientBuilder.create().setVersionPolicy(HttpVersionPolicy.NEGOTIATE).setConnectionManager(cm);
+        return HttpAsyncClientBuilder.create().setConnectionManager(cm);
     }
 
     public static PoolingAsyncClientConnectionManagerBuilder createConnectionManager(final int maxConnTotal,
             final int maxConnPerRoute) {
-        final TlsStrategy tlsStrategy = ClientTlsStrategyBuilder.create()
-                .useSystemProperties()
-                .setTlsDetailsFactory(
-                    sslEngine -> new TlsDetails(sslEngine.getSession(), sslEngine.getApplicationProtocol()))
+        final TlsStrategy tlsStrategy = ClientTlsStrategyBuilder.create().useSystemProperties().build();
+        final TlsConfig tlsConfig = TlsConfig.copy(TlsConfig.DEFAULT)
+                .setVersionPolicy(HttpVersionPolicy.NEGOTIATE)
                 .build();
         return PoolingAsyncClientConnectionManagerBuilder.create()
                 .setMaxConnPerRoute(maxConnPerRoute)
                 .setMaxConnTotal(maxConnTotal)
+                .setDefaultTlsConfig(tlsConfig)
                 .setTlsStrategy(tlsStrategy);
     }