diff --git a/instrumentation/http_client/Appraisals b/instrumentation/http_client/Appraisals
index 1602d8d722..224f4cd958 100644
--- a/instrumentation/http_client/Appraisals
+++ b/instrumentation/http_client/Appraisals
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 semconv_stability = %w[dup stable old]
 
 semconv_stability.each do |mode|
+  appraise "httpclient-latest-#{mode}" do
+    gem 'httpclient'
+  end
+
   appraise "httpclient-2.8-#{mode}" do
     gem 'httpclient', '~> 2.8.0'
   end