diff --git a/providers/flipt/go.sum b/providers/flipt/go.sum
index 7a29dc61e..2c3134146 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/go.sum
+++ b/providers/flipt/go.sum
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.15.1 h1:TC3FtHtOKlGlIbSf3SEpxXVhgTd/bCbuc39XHIyltkw=
-github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.15.1/go.mod h1:2WAFYzt8rLYavcubpCoiym3iSCXiHdPB6DxtMkv2wyo=
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.16.0 h1:5NCHYv5slvNBIZhYXAzAufo0OI59OACZ5tczVqSE+Tg=
 github.com/open-feature/go-sdk v1.16.0/go.mod h1:EIF40QcoYT1VbQkMPy2ZJH4kvZeY+qGUXAorzSWgKSo=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
@@ -51,16 +49,12 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0 h1:Gs5VK9/WUJhNXZgn8MR6ITatvAmKeIuCt
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.33.0/go.mod h1:dL5ykHZmm1B1nVRk9dDjChwDmt81MjVp3gLkQRwKf/Q=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0 h1:cCJuF7LRjUFso9LPnEAHJDB2pqzp+hbO8eu1qqW2d/s=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.33.0/go.mod h1:uIcdVUZMpTAmz0tI1z04GoVSezK37CbGV4fr1f2nBck=
-go.uber.org/mock v0.5.2 h1:LbtPTcP8A5k9WPXj54PPPbjcI4Y6lhyOZXn+VS7wNko=
-go.uber.org/mock v0.5.2/go.mod h1:wLlUxC2vVTPTaE3UD51E0BGOAElKrILxhVSDYQLld5o=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0 h1:hyF9dfmbgIX5EfOdasqLsWD6xqpNZlXblLB/Dbnwv3Y=
 go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0/go.mod h1:KiVJ4BqZJaMj4svdfmHM0AUx4NJYO8ZNpPnZn1Z+BBU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 h1:vRMAPTMaeGqVhG5QyLJHqNDwecKTomGeqbnfZyKlBI8=
 golang.org/x/net v0.38.0/go.mod h1:ivrbrMbzFq5J41QOQh0siUuly180yBYtLp+CKbEaFx8=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 h1:ioabZlmFYtWhL+TRYpcnNlLwhyxaM9kWTDEmfnprqik=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.26.0 h1:P42AVeLghgTYr4+xUnTRKDMqpar+PtX7KWuNQL21L8M=
-golang.org/x/text v0.26.0/go.mod h1:QK15LZJUUQVJxhz7wXgxSy/CJaTFjd0G+YLonydOVQA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.29.0 h1:1neNs90w9YzJ9BocxfsQNHKuAT4pkghyXc4nhZ6sJvk=
 golang.org/x/text v0.29.0/go.mod h1:7MhJOA9CD2qZyOKYazxdYMF85OwPdEr9jTtBpO7ydH4=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241230172942-26aa7a208def h1:0Km0hi+g2KXbXL0+riZzSCKz23f4MmwicuEb00JeonI=
diff --git a/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider.go b/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider.go
index 4db3b24b9..30aeba577 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider.go
+++ b/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/open-feature/go-sdk-contrib/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport"
@@ -25,11 +26,19 @@ type Config struct {
 	TokenProvider   sdk.ClientTokenProvider
 	Namespace       string
 	GRPCDialOptions []grpc.DialOption
+	httpClient      *http.Client
 }
 
 // Option is a configuration option for the provider.
 type Option func(*Provider)
 
+// WithHTTPClient returns an [Option] that specifies the HTTP client to use as the basis of communications.
+func WithHTTPClient(client *http.Client) Option {
+	return func(p *Provider) {
+		p.config.httpClient = client
+	}
+}
+
 // WithAddress sets the address for the remote Flipt gRPC or HTTP API.
 func WithAddress(address string) Option {
 	return func(p *Provider) {
@@ -86,6 +95,7 @@ func NewProvider(opts ...Option) *Provider {
 		Address:         "http://localhost:8080",
 		Namespace:       "default",
 		GRPCDialOptions: []grpc.DialOption{},
+		httpClient:      http.DefaultClient,
 	}}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -93,7 +103,11 @@ func NewProvider(opts ...Option) *Provider {
 	}
 
 	if p.svc == nil {
-		topts := []transport.Option{transport.WithAddress(p.config.Address), transport.WithCertificatePath(p.config.CertificatePath)}
+		topts := []transport.Option{
+			transport.WithAddress(p.config.Address),
+			transport.WithHTTPClient(p.config.httpClient),
+			transport.WithCertificatePath(p.config.CertificatePath),
+		}
 		if p.config.TokenProvider != nil {
 			topts = append(topts, transport.WithClientTokenProvider(p.config.TokenProvider))
 		}
diff --git a/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider_test.go b/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider_test.go
index 6dfaf1ddd..b64751c81 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider_test.go
+++ b/providers/flipt/pkg/provider/provider_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package flipt
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
 	of "github.com/open-feature/go-sdk/openfeature"
@@ -672,3 +673,9 @@ func TestObjectEvaluation(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWithHTTPClientOption(t *testing.T) {
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	p := NewProvider(WithHTTPClient(client))
+	assert.Equal(t, client, p.config.httpClient)
+}
diff --git a/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service.go b/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service.go
index 3dacf7d70..d94ffc1dc 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service.go
+++ b/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -40,11 +41,19 @@ type Service struct {
 	once              sync.Once
 	tokenProvider     sdk.ClientTokenProvider
 	grpcDialOptions   []grpc.DialOption
+	httpClient        *http.Client
 }
 
 // Option is a service option.
 type Option func(*Service)
 
+// WithHTTPClient returns an [Option] that specifies the HTTP client to use as the basis of communications.
+func WithHTTPClient(client *http.Client) Option {
+	return func(s *Service) {
+		s.httpClient = client
+	}
+}
+
 // WithAddress sets the address for the remote Flipt gRPC API.
 func WithAddress(address string) Option {
 	return func(s *Service) {
@@ -91,6 +100,7 @@ func New(opts ...Option) *Service {
 		grpcDialOptions: []grpc.DialOption{
 			grpc.WithStatsHandler(otelgrpc.NewClientHandler()),
 		},
+		httpClient: http.DefaultClient,
 	}
 
 	for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -158,7 +168,7 @@ func (s *Service) instance() (offlipt.Client, error) {
 			opts = append(opts, sdk.WithClientTokenProvider(s.tokenProvider))
 		}
 
-		hclient := sdk.New(sdkhttp.NewTransport(s.address), opts...)
+		hclient := sdk.New(sdkhttp.NewTransport(s.address, sdkhttp.WithHTTPClient(s.httpClient)), opts...)
 		if u.Scheme == "https" || u.Scheme == "http" {
 			s.client = &fclient{
 				hclient.Flipt(),
diff --git a/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service_test.go b/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service_test.go
index c73332ec3..656769d04 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service_test.go
+++ b/providers/flipt/pkg/service/transport/service_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package transport
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
 	of "github.com/open-feature/go-sdk/openfeature"
@@ -288,3 +289,9 @@ func TestGRPCToOpenFeatureError(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWithHTTPClientOption(t *testing.T) {
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	p := New(WithHTTPClient(client))
+	assert.Equal(t, client, p.httpClient)
+}