diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf36ebb659..d0845c83fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
         <dependency.gson.version>2.8.9</dependency.gson.version>
         <dependency.httpclient.version>4.5.13</dependency.httpclient.version>
         <dependency.httpcore.version>4.4.16</dependency.httpcore.version>
+        <dependency.httpcomponents-httpclient5.version>5.2.1</dependency.httpcomponents-httpclient5.version>
+        <dependency.httpcomponents-httpcore5.version>5.2.1</dependency.httpcomponents-httpcore5.version>
         <dependency.commons-httpclient.version>3.1-HTTPCLIENT-1265</dependency.commons-httpclient.version>
         <dependency.xercesImpl.version>2.12.2</dependency.xercesImpl.version>
         <dependency.slf4j.version>2.0.7</dependency.slf4j.version>
@@ -370,6 +372,16 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.commons-httpclient.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
+                <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
+                <version>${dependency.httpcomponents-httpclient5.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+                <artifactId>httpcore5</artifactId>
+                <version>${dependency.httpcomponents-httpcore5.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
                 <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
diff --git a/repository/pom.xml b/repository/pom.xml
index 1750127e5e..1f8cbf6f94 100644
--- a/repository/pom.xml
+++ b/repository/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@
             <artifactId>httpmime</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.core5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>httpcore5</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/security/authentication/identityservice/IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/security/authentication/identityservice/IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean.java
index 7f6a965fd8..24486446ad 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/security/authentication/identityservice/IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/alfresco/repo/security/authentication/identityservice/IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean.java
@@ -62,14 +62,17 @@ import com.nimbusds.openid.connect.sdk.op.OIDCProviderMetadata;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.identityservice.IdentityServiceFacade.IdentityServiceFacadeException;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
-import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
-import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
-import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.TrustAllStrategy;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
-import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
-import org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.classic.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.config.ConnectionConfig;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClientBuilder;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.classic.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.impl.io.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactory;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder;
+import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.TrustAllStrategy;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.ssl.SSLContextBuilder;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.ssl.SSLContexts;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
@@ -230,8 +233,7 @@ public class IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<IdentitySer
             // * Client is authenticating itself using basic auth
             // * Resource Owner Password Credentials Flow is used to authenticate Resource Owner
 
-            //JAKARTA_TO_DO|ACS-5392|SpringSecurity6|Apache Http Client 4.X removed//final ClientHttpRequestFactory httpRequestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(httpClientProvider.get());
-            final ClientHttpRequestFactory httpRequestFactory = null;
+            final ClientHttpRequestFactory httpRequestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(httpClientProvider.get());
             final RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate(httpRequestFactory);
             final ClientRegistration clientRegistration = clientRegistrationProvider.apply(restTemplate);
             final JwtDecoder jwtDecoder = jwtDecoderProvider.apply(restTemplate, clientRegistration.getProviderDetails());
@@ -263,10 +265,7 @@ public class IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<IdentitySer
             try
             {
                 HttpClientBuilder clientBuilder = HttpClients.custom();
-
-                applyConnectionConfiguration(clientBuilder);
-                applySSLConfiguration(clientBuilder);
-
+                applyConfiguration(clientBuilder);
                 return clientBuilder.build();
             }
             catch (Exception e)
@@ -275,18 +274,28 @@ public class IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<IdentitySer
             }
         }
 
-        private void applyConnectionConfiguration(HttpClientBuilder builder)
+        private void applyConfiguration(HttpClientBuilder builder) throws Exception
         {
-            final RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom()
-                                                             .setConnectTimeout(config.getClientConnectionTimeout())
-                                                             .setSocketTimeout(config.getClientSocketTimeout())
-                                                             .build();
+            final PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder connectionManagerBuilder = PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder.create();
 
-            builder.setDefaultRequestConfig(requestConfig)
-                   .setMaxConnTotal(config.getConnectionPoolSize());
+            applyConnectionConfiguration(connectionManagerBuilder);
+            applySSLConfiguration(connectionManagerBuilder);
+
+            builder.setConnectionManager(connectionManagerBuilder.build());
         }
 
-        private void applySSLConfiguration(HttpClientBuilder builder) throws Exception
+        private void applyConnectionConfiguration(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder connectionManagerBuilder)
+        {
+            final ConnectionConfig connectionConfig = ConnectionConfig.custom()
+                    .setConnectTimeout(config.getClientConnectionTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                    .setSocketTimeout(config.getClientSocketTimeout(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+                    .build();
+
+            connectionManagerBuilder.setMaxConnTotal(config.getConnectionPoolSize());
+            connectionManagerBuilder.setDefaultConnectionConfig(connectionConfig);
+        }
+
+        private void applySSLConfiguration(PoolingHttpClientConnectionManagerBuilder connectionManagerBuilder) throws Exception
         {
             SSLContextBuilder sslContextBuilder = null;
             if (config.isDisableTrustManager())
@@ -313,15 +322,19 @@ public class IdentityServiceFacadeFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<IdentitySer
                 sslContextBuilder.loadKeyMaterial(new File(config.getClientKeystore()), keystorePassword, keyPassword);
             }
 
+            final SSLConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder sslConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder = SSLConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder.create();
+
             if (sslContextBuilder != null)
             {
-                builder.setSSLContext(sslContextBuilder.build());
+                sslConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder.setSslContext(sslContextBuilder.build());
             }
 
             if (config.isDisableTrustManager() || config.isAllowAnyHostname())
             {
-                builder.setSSLHostnameVerifier(NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
+                sslConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder.setHostnameVerifier(NoopHostnameVerifier.INSTANCE);
             }
+            final SSLConnectionSocketFactory sslConnectionSocketFactory = sslConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder.build();
+            connectionManagerBuilder.setSSLSocketFactory(sslConnectionSocketFactory);
         }
 
         private char[] asCharArray(String value, char[] nullValue)