diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 9ae68806..71af9ae3 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
-            <artifactId>url-connection-client</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>apache-client</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java b/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java
index 949e6563..b2ba2a0a 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClient.java
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.interceptor.ExecutionAttributes;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.interceptor.ExecutionInterceptor;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.retry.RetryPolicy;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.ProxyConfiguration;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ApacheHttpClient;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ProxyConfiguration;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.GlueClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.GlueClientBuilder;
@@ -90,25 +90,25 @@ public AWSSchemaRegistryClient(@NonNull AwsCredentialsProvider credentialsProvid
                 .retryPolicy(retryPolicy)
                 .addExecutionInterceptor(new UserAgentRequestInterceptor())
                 .build();
-        UrlConnectionHttpClient.Builder urlConnectionHttpClientBuilder = UrlConnectionHttpClient.builder();
+        ApacheHttpClient.Builder httpClientBuilder = ApacheHttpClient.builder();
         if (glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getProxyUrl() != null) {
-        	log.debug("Creating http client using proxy {}", glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getProxyUrl().toString());
+        	log.debug("Creating http client using proxy {}", glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getProxyUrl());
     		ProxyConfiguration proxy = ProxyConfiguration.builder().endpoint(glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getProxyUrl()).build();
-    		urlConnectionHttpClientBuilder.proxyConfiguration(proxy);
+    		httpClientBuilder.proxyConfiguration(proxy);
         }
 
         GlueClientBuilder glueClientBuilder = GlueClient
                 .builder()
                 .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
                 .overrideConfiguration(overrideConfiguration)
-                .httpClient(urlConnectionHttpClientBuilder.build())
+                .httpClient(httpClientBuilder.build())
                 .region(Region.of(glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getRegion()));
 
         if (glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getEndPoint() != null) {
             try {
                 glueClientBuilder.endpointOverride(new URI(glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getEndPoint()));
             } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-                String message = String.format("Malformed uri, please pass the valid uri for creating the client",
+                String message = String.format("Malformed uri, please pass the valid uri for creating the client: %s",
                                                glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getEndPoint());
                 throw new AWSSchemaRegistryException(message, e);
             }
diff --git a/common/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClientTest.java b/common/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClientTest.java
index c6a221ae..7f0665a5 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClientTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/common/AWSSchemaRegistryClientTest.java
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public void testConstructor_withMalformedUri_throwsException() {
                 () -> new AWSSchemaRegistryClient(mockAwsCredentialsProvider, glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration));
         assertEquals(URISyntaxException.class, awsSchemaRegistryException.getCause().getClass());
 
-        String expectedMessage = String.format("Malformed uri, please pass the valid uri for creating the client",
+        String expectedMessage = String.format("Malformed uri, please pass the valid uri for creating the client: %s",
                 glueSchemaRegistryConfiguration.getEndPoint());
         assertEquals(expectedMessage, awsSchemaRegistryException.getMessage());
     }
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java
index 481932d6..c0a839a2 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kafka/GlueSchemaRegistryKafkaIntegrationTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.GlueClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.glue.model.Compatibility;
@@ -116,8 +115,6 @@ public static void tearDown() throws URISyntaxException {
                 .credentialsProvider(awsCredentialsProvider)
                 .region(Region.of(REGION))
                 .endpointOverride(new URI(SCHEMA_REGISTRY_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE))
-                .httpClient(UrlConnectionHttpClient.builder()
-                                    .build())
                 .build();
 
         for (String schemaName : schemasToCleanUp) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java
index 68a03098..3e74b5cc 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/services/schemaregistry/integrationtests/kinesis/GlueSchemaRegistryKinesisIntegrationTest.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkBytes;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkSystemSetting;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudwatch.CloudWatchAsyncClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.dynamodb.DynamoDbAsyncClient;
@@ -195,8 +194,6 @@ public static void tearDown() throws URISyntaxException {
                 .credentialsProvider(awsCredentialsProvider)
                 .region(Region.of(REGION))
                 .endpointOverride(new URI(SCHEMA_REGISTRY_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE))
-                .httpClient(UrlConnectionHttpClient.builder()
-                                    .build())
                 .build();
 
         for (String schemaName : schemasToCleanUp) {