diff --git a/streampipes-extensions/streampipes-sinks-notifications-jvm/src/main/java/org/apache/streampipes/sinks/notifications/jvm/msteams/MSTeamsSink.java b/streampipes-extensions/streampipes-sinks-notifications-jvm/src/main/java/org/apache/streampipes/sinks/notifications/jvm/msteams/MSTeamsSink.java
index a61b944e51..80c55bb74c 100644
--- a/streampipes-extensions/streampipes-sinks-notifications-jvm/src/main/java/org/apache/streampipes/sinks/notifications/jvm/msteams/MSTeamsSink.java
+++ b/streampipes-extensions/streampipes-sinks-notifications-jvm/src/main/java/org/apache/streampipes/sinks/notifications/jvm/msteams/MSTeamsSink.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
 import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ public void onNotificationEvent(Event event) {
     } else {
       teamsMessageContent = createMessageFromAdvancedContent(processedMessageContent);
     }
-
-    sendPayloadToWebhook(HttpClients.createDefault(), teamsMessageContent, webhookUrl);
+    var client = HttpClientBuilder.create().useSystemProperties().build();
+    sendPayloadToWebhook(client, teamsMessageContent, webhookUrl);
   }
 
   @Override