diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index ceed67d1..1af60ca5 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1149,13 +1149,13 @@ trio = ["trio (>=0.22.0,<1.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httpx"
-version = "0.27.2"
+version = "0.28.0"
 description = "The next generation HTTP client."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "httpx-0.27.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7bb2708e112d8fdd7829cd4243970f0c223274051cb35ee80c03301ee29a3df0"},
-    {file = "httpx-0.27.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f7c2be1d2f3c3c3160d441802406b206c2b76f5947b11115e6df10c6c65e66c2"},
+    {file = "httpx-0.28.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dc0b419a0cfeb6e8b34e85167c0da2671206f5095f1baa9663d23bcfd6b535fc"},
+    {file = "httpx-0.28.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0858d3bab51ba7e386637f22a61d8ccddaeec5f3fe4209da3a6168dbb91573e0"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1166,7 +1166,6 @@ certifi = "*"
 h2 = {version = ">=3,<5", optional = true, markers = "extra == \"http2\""}
 httpcore = "==1.*"
 idna = "*"
-sniffio = "*"
 
 [package.extras]
 brotli = ["brotli", "brotlicffi"]
@@ -3529,4 +3528,4 @@ scrapy = ["scrapy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "dd3449989524195813aa229339ebdc3732798bca1e360e8e7b13a1ba1954d2b2"
+content-hash = "767e2c543811a6d1f260455a2320a365ddbaef05dfc584b3dd5c81c1b1dac0e8"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 722f0c73..2a0b7abd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ crawlee = "~0.4.0"
 cryptography = ">=42.0.0"
 # TODO: relax the upper bound once the issue is resolved:
 # https://github.com/apify/apify-sdk-python/issues/348
-httpx = "~0.27.0"
+httpx = "~0.28.0"
 lazy-object-proxy = ">=1.10.0"
 scrapy = { version = ">=2.11.0", optional = true }
 typing-extensions = ">=4.1.0"