diff --git a/client-core/src/main/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/Swagger.java b/client-core/src/main/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/Swagger.java
index 13fdf90d..59648932 100644
--- a/client-core/src/main/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/Swagger.java
+++ b/client-core/src/main/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/Swagger.java
@@ -4,18 +4,13 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.http.*;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
-import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
-import org.apache.http.client.methods.*;
-import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
@@ -41,50 +36,49 @@ public static VersionResult getVersionFromSwagger(String baseUrl, String default
         return getVersionFromSwagger(baseUrl, defaultVersion, null);
     }
 
+    private  static final HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+        .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
+        .followRedirects(HttpClient.Redirect.NORMAL)
+        .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(20))
+        .build();
+
+
     public static VersionResult getVersionFromSwagger(String baseUrl, String defaultVersion, @Nullable Duration timeout) {
+        final URI url = URI.create(baseUrl + "/openapi.json");
         try {
             if (timeout == null) {
                 timeout = Duration.ofSeconds(3);
             }
-            ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-            JsonFactory factory = new JsonFactory();
-            RequestConfig config = RequestConfig.custom()
-                .setConnectTimeout((int) timeout.toMillis())
-                .setConnectionRequestTimeout((int) timeout.toMillis())
-                .setSocketTimeout((int) timeout.toMillis()).build();
-            try (CloseableHttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder
-                .create()
-                .setDefaultRequestConfig(config)
-                .build()) {
-
-                URI url = URI.create(baseUrl + "/openapi.json");
-                HttpUriRequest request = new HttpGet(url);
-
-                request.addHeader(Headers.NPO_DATE, "CacheBust-" + UUID.randomUUID()); // Cloudfront includes npo date as a cache key header.
-                try (CloseableHttpResponse response = client.execute(request)) {
-                    if (response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == 200) {
-                        try (InputStream stream = response.getEntity().getContent()) {
-                            JsonParser jp = factory.createParser(stream);
-                            JsonNode openapi = mapper.readTree(jp);
-                            String versionString = openapi.get("info").get("version").asText();
-                            return VersionResult.builder().version(getVersion(versionString, defaultVersion)).available(true).build();
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        log.warn("No swagger found at {} -> {}", url, response.getStatusLine());
-                    }
+            final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+            final JsonFactory factory = new JsonFactory();
+
+            HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
+                .uri(url)
+                .timeout(timeout)
+                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+                .header(Headers.NPO_DATE, "CacheBust-" + UUID.randomUUID()) // Cloudfront includes npo date as a cache key header.
+                .GET()
+                .build();
+            HttpResponse<InputStream> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());
+            if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
+                try (InputStream stream = response.body()) {
+                    JsonParser jp = factory.createParser(stream);
+                    JsonNode openapi = mapper.readTree(jp);
+                    String versionString = openapi.get("info").get("version").asText();
+                    return VersionResult.builder().version(getVersion(versionString, defaultVersion)).available(true).build();
                 }
+            } else {
+                log.warn("No swagger found at {} -> {}", url, response.statusCode());
                 return VersionResult.builder().version(defaultVersion).available(false).build();
             }
-        } catch (JsonParseException jpe) {
-            log.warn(jpe.getMessage());
-            return VersionResult.builder().version(defaultVersion).available(true).build();
-        } catch (ConnectException | ConnectTimeoutException e) {
-            log.warn(e.getMessage());
-            return VersionResult.builder().version(defaultVersion).available(false).build();
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        } catch (JsonParseException ex) {
+            log.warn(url + ": " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
             return VersionResult.builder().version(defaultVersion).available(false).build();
+		} catch (IOException | InterruptedException ex) {
+            log.warn(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+            return VersionResult.builder().version(defaultVersion).available(true).build();
         }
+
     }
 
     public static String getVersion(String versionString, String defaultVersion) {
diff --git a/client-core/src/test/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/SwaggerTest.java b/client-core/src/test/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/SwaggerTest.java
index b91fe3c5..375dcd1b 100644
--- a/client-core/src/test/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/SwaggerTest.java
+++ b/client-core/src/test/java/nl/vpro/api/client/utils/SwaggerTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package nl.vpro.api.client.utils;
 
-import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import nl.vpro.util.Version;
@@ -16,15 +15,17 @@ public class SwaggerTest {
     @Test
     public void getVersion() {
 
-        Assertions.assertThat(Swagger.getVersion("5.6-SNAPSHOT.${builder.vcs.number}", null)).isEqualTo("5.6");
+        assertThat(Swagger.getVersion("5.6-SNAPSHOT.${builder.vcs.number}", null)).isEqualTo("5.6");
 
         assertThat(Swagger.getVersion("5.6.2.${builder.vcs.number}", null)).isEqualTo("5.6.2");
 
         assertThat(Swagger.getVersionNumber("5.6-SNAPSHOT.${builder.vcs.number}", null)).isEqualTo(Version.of(5, 6));
 
         assertThat(Swagger.getVersionNumber("5.6.2.${builder.vcs.number}", null)).isEqualTo(Version.of(5, 6, 2));
+    }
 
-
-
+    @Test
+    public void getVersionFromSwagger() {
+        assertThat(Swagger.getVersionFromSwagger("https://rs.poms.omroep.nl/v1/api", "5.6", null).getVersion()).isNotEqualTo("5.6");
     }
 }