diff --git a/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/src/main/java/io/camunda/common/auth/SelfManagedAuthentication.java b/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/src/main/java/io/camunda/common/auth/SelfManagedAuthentication.java
index ea134e7e4..81257868b 100644
--- a/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/src/main/java/io/camunda/common/auth/SelfManagedAuthentication.java
+++ b/camunda-sdk-java/java-common/src/main/java/io/camunda/common/auth/SelfManagedAuthentication.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpClient;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.CloseableHttpResponse;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.EntityUtils;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.entity.StringEntity;
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ public void resetToken(Product product) {
   }
 
   private String retrieveToken(Product product, JwtCredential jwtCredential) {
-    try(CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClient.getInstance()) {
+    try(CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClients.createDefault()) {
       HttpPost request = buildRequest(jwtCredential);
       TokenResponse tokenResponse =
           client.execute(