diff --git a/jersey/pom.xml b/jersey/pom.xml
index c8a7de66ae..7c7330d84f 100644
--- a/jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/jersey/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
             <version>${jersey.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.connectors</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-apache-connector</artifactId>
+            <version>${jersey.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <jersey.version>2.26</jersey.version>
+        <jersey.version>2.38</jersey.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jersey/client/JerseyClientHeaders.java b/jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jersey/client/JerseyClientHeaders.java
index ebcbe1d4ab..29db298e9e 100644
--- a/jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jersey/client/JerseyClientHeaders.java
+++ b/jersey/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jersey/client/JerseyClientHeaders.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.baeldung.jersey.client;
 
 import com.baeldung.jersey.client.filter.AddHeaderOnRequestFilter;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.apache.connector.ApacheConnectorProvider;
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientConfig;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.client.authentication.HttpAuthenticationFeature;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.client.oauth1.AccessToken;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.client.oauth1.ConsumerCredentials;
@@ -155,7 +157,8 @@ public class JerseyClientHeaders {
     }
 
     public static Response sendRestrictedHeaderThroughDefaultTransportConnector(String headerKey, String headerValue) {
-        Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
+        ClientConfig clientConfig = new ClientConfig().connectorProvider(new ApacheConnectorProvider());
+        Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient(clientConfig);
         System.setProperty("sun.net.http.allowRestrictedHeaders", "true");
 
         return client.target(TARGET)
diff --git a/jersey/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jersey/server/EchoHeadersUnitTest.java b/jersey/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jersey/server/EchoHeadersUnitTest.java
index cca7446dd1..24552f6d81 100644
--- a/jersey/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jersey/server/EchoHeadersUnitTest.java
+++ b/jersey/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jersey/server/EchoHeadersUnitTest.java
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ package com.baeldung.jersey.server;
 
 import com.baeldung.jersey.client.JerseyClientHeaders;
 import com.baeldung.jersey.client.filter.AddHeaderOnRequestFilter;
-import org.glassfish.jersey.media.sse.SseFeature;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.server.ResourceConfig;
 import org.glassfish.jersey.test.JerseyTest;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Application;
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
-@Ignore
 public class EchoHeadersUnitTest extends JerseyTest {
 
     private static final String SIMPLE_HEADER_KEY = "my-header-key";