diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpUtil.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpUtil.java
index 5f678b074c..a0e202397a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/HttpUtil.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.conn.socket.PlainConnectionSocketFactory;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCredentialsProvider;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultRedirectStrategy;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.LaxRedirectStrategy;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public static CloseableHttpClient buildHttpClient(
               .setConnectionManager(connectionManager)
               // Support JVM proxy settings
               .useSystemProperties()
-              .setRedirectStrategy(new DefaultRedirectStrategy())
+              .setRedirectStrategy(new LaxRedirectStrategy())
               .setUserAgent(buildUserAgent(userAgentSuffix)) // needed for Okta
               .disableCookieManagement() // SNOW-39748
               .setDefaultRequestConfig(DefaultRequestConfig);