diff --git a/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests.csproj b/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests.csproj
index 81c3bf0..598e808 100644
--- a/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests.csproj
+++ b/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests/GenHTTP.Gateway.Tests.csproj
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
 
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.11.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="17.12.0" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestAdapter" Version="3.6.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="MSTest.TestFramework" Version="3.6.3" />
diff --git a/GenHTTP.Gateway/Configuration/GatewayConfiguration.cs b/GenHTTP.Gateway/Configuration/GatewayConfiguration.cs
index 3380ab2..4dca1f2 100644
--- a/GenHTTP.Gateway/Configuration/GatewayConfiguration.cs
+++ b/GenHTTP.Gateway/Configuration/GatewayConfiguration.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 public class GatewayConfiguration
 {
 
+    public bool? EnableQuic { get; set; }
+
     public Dictionary<string, HostConfiguration>? Hosts { get; set; }
         
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/GenHTTP.Gateway/Engine.cs b/GenHTTP.Gateway/Engine.cs
index f887dbe..b99c15e 100644
--- a/GenHTTP.Gateway/Engine.cs
+++ b/GenHTTP.Gateway/Engine.cs
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@ public static IServerHost Setup(Environment environment, GatewayConfiguration co
 
         if (certificateProvider != null)
         {
+            var quic = config.EnableQuic ?? false;
+
             if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
             {
-                server.Bind(IPAddress.Any, securePort, certificateProvider)
-                      .Bind(IPAddress.IPv6Any, securePort, certificateProvider);
+                server.Bind(IPAddress.Any, securePort, certificateProvider, enableQuic: quic)
+                      .Bind(IPAddress.IPv6Any, securePort, certificateProvider, enableQuic: quic);
             }
             else
             {
-                server.Bind(IPAddress.Any, securePort, certificateProvider);
+                server.Bind(IPAddress.Any, securePort, certificateProvider, enableQuic: quic);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/GenHTTP.Gateway/GenHTTP.Gateway.csproj b/GenHTTP.Gateway/GenHTTP.Gateway.csproj
index 63f13ba..e7975e4 100644
--- a/GenHTTP.Gateway/GenHTTP.Gateway.csproj
+++ b/GenHTTP.Gateway/GenHTTP.Gateway.csproj
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
 
-    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Core.Kestrel" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Core.Kestrel" Version="9.1.0" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.DirectoryBrowsing" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.DirectoryBrowsing" Version="9.1.0" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.IO" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.IO" Version="9.1.0" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.ReverseProxy" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.ReverseProxy" Version="9.1.0" />
 
-    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.VirtualHosting" Version="9.0.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="GenHTTP.Modules.VirtualHosting" Version="9.1.0" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="16.2.0" />
 
diff --git a/GenHTTP.Gateway/Resources/Default.yaml b/GenHTTP.Gateway/Resources/Default.yaml
index 12d6659..bd3800c 100644
--- a/GenHTTP.Gateway/Resources/Default.yaml
+++ b/GenHTTP.Gateway/Resources/Default.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-hosts:
+# activate to enable HTTP/3 via QUIC
+# requires port 443 to be reachable via UDP
+enableQuic: false
+
+hosts:
 
   # configuration for a specific host
   # duplicate this entry to add another host