diff --git a/bom-internal/pom.xml b/bom-internal/pom.xml
index 3b079b684c3c..f8e88ee88c14 100644
--- a/bom-internal/pom.xml
+++ b/bom-internal/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@
                 <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
                 <version>${httpcomponents.httpcore.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
+                <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
+                <version>${httpcomponents.client5.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+                <artifactId>httpcore5</artifactId>
+                <version>${httpcomponents.core5.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
diff --git a/http-clients/apache5-client/pom.xml b/http-clients/apache5-client/pom.xml
index c2426709da7b..46bae8e51051 100644
--- a/http-clients/apache5-client/pom.xml
+++ b/http-clients/apache5-client/pom.xml
@@ -43,12 +43,10 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-        <version>5.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpcore5</artifactId>
-        <version>5.3.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
@@ -110,11 +108,6 @@
         <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
         <artifactId>wiremock-jre8</artifactId>
diff --git a/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5HttpClient.java b/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5HttpClient.java
index ea7e64d8b15d..135b76e05a0d 100644
--- a/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5HttpClient.java
+++ b/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5HttpClient.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 @SdkPublicApi
 public final class Apache5HttpClient implements SdkHttpClient {
 
-    public static final String CLIENT_NAME = "Apache5Preview";
+    private static final String CLIENT_NAME = "Apache5Preview";
 
     private static final Logger log = Logger.loggerFor(Apache5HttpClient.class);
     private static final HostnameVerifier DEFAULT_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER = new DefaultHostnameVerifier();
@@ -733,14 +733,10 @@ public PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager create(Apache5HttpClient.DefaultBuilde
                 // Skip TTL=0 to maintain backward compatibility (infinite in 4.x vs immediate expiration in 5.x)
                 builder.setConnectionTimeToLive(TimeValue.of(connectionTtl.toMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
             }
-            PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager cm = builder.build();
-
-
-            cm.setDefaultMaxPerRoute(standardOptions.get(SdkHttpConfigurationOption.MAX_CONNECTIONS));
-            cm.setMaxTotal(standardOptions.get(SdkHttpConfigurationOption.MAX_CONNECTIONS));
-            cm.setDefaultSocketConfig(buildSocketConfig(standardOptions));
-
-            return cm;
+            builder.setMaxConnPerRoute(standardOptions.get(SdkHttpConfigurationOption.MAX_CONNECTIONS));
+            builder.setMaxConnTotal(standardOptions.get(SdkHttpConfigurationOption.MAX_CONNECTIONS));
+            builder.setDefaultSocketConfig(buildSocketConfig(standardOptions));
+            return builder.build();
         }
 
         private SSLConnectionSocketFactory getPreferredSocketFactory(Apache5HttpClient.DefaultBuilder configuration,
diff --git a/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.awssdk/apache-client/reflect-config.json b/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.awssdk/apache-client/reflect-config.json
index ce80a77b59d4..cae8832dd42d 100644
--- a/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.awssdk/apache-client/reflect-config.json
+++ b/http-clients/apache5-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/software.amazon.awssdk/apache-client/reflect-config.json
@@ -8,14 +8,6 @@
       }
     ]
   },
-  {
-    "name": "org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig$Builder",
-    "methods": [
-      {
-        "name": "setNormalizeUri"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
   {
     "name": "org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory",
     "allDeclaredConstructors": true,
diff --git a/http-clients/apache5-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5ClientTlsAuthTest.java b/http-clients/apache5-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5ClientTlsAuthTest.java
index 8d3165be6ebd..45e4b44a6d59 100644
--- a/http-clients/apache5-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5ClientTlsAuthTest.java
+++ b/http-clients/apache5-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/apache5/Apache5ClientTlsAuthTest.java
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlMatching;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration.wireMockConfig;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.anyOf;
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 import static software.amazon.awssdk.utils.JavaSystemSetting.SSL_KEY_STORE;
 import static software.amazon.awssdk.utils.JavaSystemSetting.SSL_KEY_STORE_PASSWORD;
 import static software.amazon.awssdk.utils.JavaSystemSetting.SSL_KEY_STORE_TYPE;
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLException;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.socket.ConnectionSocketFactory;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
-import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
-import org.apache.hc.core5.http.NoHttpResponseException;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -126,9 +123,8 @@ public void canMakeHttpsRequestWhenKeyProviderConfigured() throws IOException {
 
     @Test
     public void requestFailsWhenKeyProviderNotConfigured() throws IOException {
-        thrown.expect(anyOf(instanceOf(NoHttpResponseException.class), instanceOf(SSLException.class), instanceOf(SocketException.class)));
         client = Apache5HttpClient.builder().tlsKeyManagersProvider(NoneTlsKeyManagersProvider.getInstance()).build();
-        makeRequestWithHttpClient(client);
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> makeRequestWithHttpClient(client)).isInstanceOfAny(SSLException.class, SocketException.class);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40b7605f53a2..5dc9ded7fa62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@
         <jre.version>1.8</jre.version>
         <httpcomponents.httpclient.version>4.5.13</httpcomponents.httpclient.version>
         <httpcomponents.httpcore.version>4.4.16</httpcomponents.httpcore.version>
-
+        <httpcomponents.client5.version>5.5</httpcomponents.client5.version>
+        <httpcomponents.core5.version>5.3.4</httpcomponents.core5.version>
         <!-- Reactive Streams version -->
         <reactive-streams.version>1.0.4</reactive-streams.version>