diff --git a/core/aws-core/pom.xml b/core/aws-core/pom.xml
index a22dd889b9e8..f7756efbcf40 100644
--- a/core/aws-core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/aws-core/pom.xml
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/sdk-core/pom.xml b/core/sdk-core/pom.xml
index 55e89524cd00..b08b5904d0dd 100644
--- a/core/sdk-core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/sdk-core/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/http/loader/ClasspathSdkHttpServiceProvider.java b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/http/loader/ClasspathSdkHttpServiceProvider.java
index 468adab2cb3f..e5f4248cf2b0 100644
--- a/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/http/loader/ClasspathSdkHttpServiceProvider.java
+++ b/core/sdk-core/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/core/internal/http/loader/ClasspathSdkHttpServiceProvider.java
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ final class ClasspathSdkHttpServiceProvider<T> implements SdkHttpServiceProvider
 
     static final Map<String, Integer> SYNC_HTTP_SERVICES_PRIORITY =
         ImmutableMap.<String, Integer>builder()
-                    .put("software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ApacheSdkHttpService", 1)
-                    .put("software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionSdkHttpService", 2)
-                    .put("software.amazon.awssdk.http.crt.AwsCrtSdkHttpService", 3)
+                    .put("software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache5.Apache5SdkHttpService", 1)
+                    .put("software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ApacheSdkHttpService", 2)
+                    .put("software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionSdkHttpService", 3)
+                    .put("software.amazon.awssdk.http.crt.AwsCrtSdkHttpService", 4)
                     .build();
 
     static final Map<String, Integer> ASYNC_HTTP_SERVICES_PRIORITY =
diff --git a/services/pom.xml b/services/pom.xml
index 5a1a72db06bd..5a2841d3ea9b 100644
--- a/services/pom.xml
+++ b/services/pom.xml
@@ -521,6 +521,12 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>netty-nio-client</artifactId>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
diff --git a/test/codegen-generated-classes-test/pom.xml b/test/codegen-generated-classes-test/pom.xml
index 71e6ee14e459..4b72669e7f8a 100644
--- a/test/codegen-generated-classes-test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/codegen-generated-classes-test/pom.xml
@@ -235,6 +235,12 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
             <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/test/module-path-tests/pom.xml b/test/module-path-tests/pom.xml
index e271c08de9f0..f9fb35f1731c 100644
--- a/test/module-path-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/test/module-path-tests/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
             <artifactId>apache-client</artifactId>
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-nio-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml b/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml
index ccb9278d2857..f6d2178ca71a 100644
--- a/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/test/protocol-tests/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>http-client-spi</artifactId>
diff --git a/test/s3-benchmarks/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/s3benchmarks/s3express/S3BenchmarkRunner.java b/test/s3-benchmarks/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/s3benchmarks/s3express/S3BenchmarkRunner.java
index 5822de568e1b..705c0a6c6b79 100644
--- a/test/s3-benchmarks/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/s3benchmarks/s3express/S3BenchmarkRunner.java
+++ b/test/s3-benchmarks/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/s3benchmarks/s3express/S3BenchmarkRunner.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.metrics.CoreMetric;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.http.HttpMetric;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ApacheHttpClient;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache5.Apache5HttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.http.nio.netty.NettyNioAsyncHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.metrics.MetricLevel;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.metrics.MetricPublisher;
@@ -67,12 +69,13 @@ public static void runBenchmarks(boolean useS3Express) {
 
         S3Client s3Client = S3BenchmarkTestUtils.s3ClientBuilder(region)
                                                 .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
+                                                .httpClient(ApacheHttpClient.create())
                                                 .overrideConfiguration(o -> o.addMetricPublisher(
                                                     metricPublisher(cloudwatchClient,
                                                                     namespacePrefix + "/SmallObject/Apache")))
                                                 .build();
 
-        LOGGER.info(() -> "Running small objects benchmark, 64Kb data, 5 buckets, 200 iterations");
+        LOGGER.info(() -> "Running small objects benchmark with Apache4 Http Client, 64Kb data, 5 buckets, 200 iterations");
         BenchmarkConfig smallObjectSyncConfig = BenchmarkConfig.builder()
                                                                .region(region)
                                                                .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ public static void runBenchmarks(boolean useS3Express) {
                                                                     namespacePrefix + "/MediumObject/Apache")))
                                                 .build();
 
-        LOGGER.info(() -> "Running medium objects benchmark, 1024Kb data, 5 buckets, 200 iterations");
+        LOGGER.info(() -> "Running medium objects benchmark with Apache4 Http Client, 1024Kb data, 5 buckets, 200 iterations");
         BenchmarkConfig largeObjectSyncConfig = BenchmarkConfig.builder()
                                                                .region(region)
                                                                .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
@@ -108,6 +111,33 @@ public static void runBenchmarks(boolean useS3Express) {
 
         s3Client.close();
 
+        s3Client = S3BenchmarkTestUtils.s3ClientBuilder(region)
+                                       .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
+                                       .httpClient(Apache5HttpClient.create())
+                                       .overrideConfiguration(o -> o.addMetricPublisher(
+                                           metricPublisher(cloudwatchClient,
+                                                           namespacePrefix + "/SmallObject/Apache5")))
+                                       .build();
+
+        LOGGER.info(() -> "Running small objects benchmark with Apache5 Http Client, 64Kb data, 5 buckets, 200 iterations");
+        syncBenchmark = new S3PutGetDeleteSyncBenchmark(smallObjectSyncConfig, s3Client);
+        syncBenchmark.run();
+        s3Client.close();
+
+        s3Client = S3BenchmarkTestUtils.s3ClientBuilder(region)
+                                       .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
+                                       .httpClient(Apache5HttpClient.create())
+                                       .overrideConfiguration(o -> o.addMetricPublisher(
+                                           metricPublisher(cloudwatchClient,
+                                                           namespacePrefix + "/MediumObject/Apache5")))
+                                       .build();
+
+        LOGGER.info(() -> "Running medium objects benchmark with Apache5 Http Client, 1024Kb data, 5 buckets, 200 iterations");
+        syncBenchmark = new S3PutGetDeleteSyncBenchmark(largeObjectSyncConfig, s3Client);
+        syncBenchmark.run();
+        s3Client.close();
+
+
         S3AsyncClient s3AsyncClient = S3BenchmarkTestUtils.s3AsyncClientBuilder(region)
                                                           .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
                                                           .overrideConfiguration(o -> o.addMetricPublisher(
diff --git a/test/sdk-native-image-test/pom.xml b/test/sdk-native-image-test/pom.xml
index f212169f97e4..e05d3cb154b6 100644
--- a/test/sdk-native-image-test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/sdk-native-image-test/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/test/stability-tests/pom.xml b/test/stability-tests/pom.xml
index ed89867b0dd1..66fd0cd4c826 100644
--- a/test/stability-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/test/stability-tests/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache5-client</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}-PREVIEW</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty-nio-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/test/tests-coverage-reporting/pom.xml b/test/tests-coverage-reporting/pom.xml
index 94556f27211a..6eb43a1f40ea 100644
--- a/test/tests-coverage-reporting/pom.xml
+++ b/test/tests-coverage-reporting/pom.xml
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <artifactId>apache-client</artifactId>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <artifactId>aws-crt-client</artifactId>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>