diff --git a/gateway-ha/src/main/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/ClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java b/gateway-ha/src/main/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/ClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java
index 6bf13f6e9..960abb4d3 100644
--- a/gateway-ha/src/main/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/ClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java
+++ b/gateway-ha/src/main/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/ClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ public ClusterStats monitor(ProxyBackendConfiguration backend) {
               parsedUrl.getHost(),
               parsedUrl.getPort() == -1 ? parsedUrl.getDefaultPort() : parsedUrl.getPort()
           );
+      // automatically set ssl config based on url protocol
+      properties.setProperty("SSL", String.valueOf(parsedUrl.getProtocol().equals("https")));
     } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
       log.error("could not parse backend url {} ", url);
       return clusterStats;
diff --git a/gateway-ha/src/test/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/TestClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java b/gateway-ha/src/test/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/TestClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java
index 5c7fbdfda..76f5b2fb7 100644
--- a/gateway-ha/src/test/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/TestClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java
+++ b/gateway-ha/src/test/java/io/trino/gateway/ha/clustermonitor/TestClusterStatsJdbcMonitor.java
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
 import java.sql.DriverManager;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance.Lifecycle;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ public class TestClusterStatsJdbcMonitor {
     @Mock
     private ResultSet resultSet;
 
-    private java.util.Properties properties;
+    private Properties properties;
 
     @BeforeEach
     public void initMocks() {
@@ -56,24 +58,24 @@ public void resetMocks() {
     public void setUp() {
         BackendStateConfiguration backendStateConfiguration = new BackendStateConfiguration();
         backendStateConfiguration.setUsername("Trino");
-        properties = new java.util.Properties();
+        properties = new Properties();
         properties.setProperty("user", backendStateConfiguration.getUsername());
         properties.setProperty("password", backendStateConfiguration.getPassword());
         properties.setProperty("SSL", String.valueOf(backendStateConfiguration.getSsl()));
         clusterStatsJdbcMonitor = new ClusterStatsJdbcMonitor(backendStateConfiguration);
     }
 
-    private static Stream<Arguments> provideSchemeAndPort(){
+    private static Stream<Arguments> provideProtocolAndPortAndSsl(){
         return Stream.of(
-            Arguments.of("https", "90", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:90/system"),
-            Arguments.of("http", "90", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:90/system"),
-            Arguments.of("https", "", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:443/system"),
-            Arguments.of("http", "", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:80/system")
+            Arguments.of("https", "90", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:90/system", "true"),
+            Arguments.of("http", "90", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:90/system", "false"),
+            Arguments.of("https", "", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:443/system", "true"),
+            Arguments.of("http", "", "jdbc:trino://trino.example.com:80/system", "false")
         );
     }
     @ParameterizedTest
-    @MethodSource("provideSchemeAndPort")
-    public void testProtocol(String scheme, String port, String expectedJdbcUrl) throws java.sql.SQLException {
+    @MethodSource("provideProtocolAndPortAndSsl")
+    public void testProtocolAndSsl(String scheme, String port, String expectedJdbcUrl, String expectedSsl) throws java.sql.SQLException {
         try(MockedStatic<DriverManager> m = Mockito.mockStatic(java.sql.DriverManager.class)) {
             m.when(() -> DriverManager.getConnection(anyString(), any())).thenReturn(connection);
             when(connection.prepareStatement(anyString())).thenReturn(preparedStatement);
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@ public void testProtocol(String scheme, String port, String expectedJdbcUrl) thr
 
             clusterStatsJdbcMonitor.monitor(proxyBackend);
 
+            properties.setProperty("SSL", expectedSsl);
+
             m.verify(() -> DriverManager.getConnection(expectedJdbcUrl, properties));
         }
     }
diff --git a/proxyserver/pom.xml b/proxyserver/pom.xml
index 4ebe346b3..21448802f 100644
--- a/proxyserver/pom.xml
+++ b/proxyserver/pom.xml
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
         <plugins>