diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/JdkHttpClientConnection.java b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/JdkHttpClientConnection.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.transport.http;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest.Builder;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
+import org.springframework.ws.transport.WebServiceConnection;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the {@link WebServiceConnection} interface that uses a Java
+ * {@link HttpClient}.
+ *
+ * @author Marten Deinum
+ * @see java.net.http.HttpClient
+ * @see java.net.http.HttpRequest
+ * @since 4.1
+ */
+public class JdkHttpClientConnection extends AbstractHttpSenderConnection {
+
+	private static final List<String> DISALLOWED_HEADERS =
+			List.of("connection", "content-length", "expect", "host", "upgrade");
+
+	private final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+	private final HttpClient client;
+	private final Builder requestBuilder;
+
+	private final URI uri;
+
+	private HttpResponse<InputStream> response;
+	private HttpRequest request;
+
+	private ByteArrayOutputStream requestBuffer;
+
+	public JdkHttpClientConnection(HttpClient client, URI uri, Duration requestTimeout) {
+		this.client = client;
+		this.uri = uri;
+		this.requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder(uri).timeout(requestTimeout);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected OutputStream getRequestOutputStream() throws IOException {
+		return this.requestBuffer;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Iterator<String> getResponseHeaderNames() throws IOException {
+		return response.headers().map().keySet().iterator();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Iterator<String> getResponseHeaders(String name) throws IOException {
+		return response.headers().allValues(name).iterator();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void addRequestHeader(String name, String value) throws IOException {
+		if (DISALLOWED_HEADERS.contains(name.toLowerCase())) {
+			logger.info("HttpClient doesn't allow setting the '"+name + "' header, ignoring!");
+			return;
+		}
+		this.requestBuilder.header(name, value);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public URI getUri() throws URISyntaxException {
+		return this.uri;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected int getResponseCode() throws IOException {
+		return this.response != null ? this.response.statusCode() : 0;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected String getResponseMessage() throws IOException {
+		HttpStatus status = HttpStatus.resolve(getResponseCode());
+		return status != null ? status.getReasonPhrase() : "";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected long getResponseContentLength() throws IOException {
+		if (this.response != null) {
+			return this.response.headers()
+					.firstValueAsLong(HttpTransportConstants.HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH)
+					.orElse(-1);
+		}
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected InputStream getRawResponseInputStream() throws IOException {
+		return this.response.body();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void onSendBeforeWrite(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException {
+		requestBuffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void onSendAfterWrite(WebServiceMessage message) throws IOException {
+		byte[] body = this.requestBuffer.toByteArray();
+		this.request = requestBuilder.POST(BodyPublishers.ofByteArray(body)).build();
+		try {
+			this.response = this.client.send(this.request, BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());
+		}
+		catch (InterruptedException ex)
+		{
+			Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+			throw new IllegalStateException(ex);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void onClose() throws IOException {
+		if (this.response != null) {
+			this.response.body().close();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/JdkHttpClientMessageSender.java b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/JdkHttpClientMessageSender.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.transport.http;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.ws.transport.WebServiceConnection;
+
+/**
+ * {@code WebServiceMessageSender} implementation that uses the standard Java {@code HttpClient}
+ * facilities to execute POST requests.
+ * <p>
+ * Can be used with a simple default configured {@code HttpClient} or can be constructed with a
+ * pre-configured {@code HttpClient}.
+ *
+ * @author Marten Deinum
+ * @see java.net.http.HttpClient
+ * @since 4.1
+ */
+public class JdkHttpClientMessageSender extends AbstractHttpWebServiceMessageSender
+		implements InitializingBean {
+
+	private Duration connectionTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(60);
+	private Duration requestTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(60);
+
+	private HttpClient client;
+
+	public JdkHttpClientMessageSender() {}
+
+	public JdkHttpClientMessageSender(HttpClient client) {
+		this.client = client;
+	}
+
+	public void setConnectionTimeout(Duration connectionTimeout) {
+		this.connectionTimeout = connectionTimeout;
+	}
+
+	public void setRequestTimeout(Duration requestTimeout) {
+		this.requestTimeout = requestTimeout;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public WebServiceConnection createConnection(URI uri) throws IOException {
+
+		JdkHttpClientConnection connection =
+				new JdkHttpClientConnection(this.client, uri, requestTimeout);
+		if (isAcceptGzipEncoding()) {
+			connection.addRequestHeader(
+					HttpTransportConstants.HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING,
+					HttpTransportConstants.CONTENT_ENCODING_GZIP);
+		}
+		return connection;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
+		if (this.client == null) {
+			this.client = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+					.connectTimeout(this.connectionTimeout)
+					.build();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/JdkHttpClientMessageSenderIntegrationTest.java b/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/JdkHttpClientMessageSenderIntegrationTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.transport.http;
+
+public class JdkHttpClientMessageSenderIntegrationTest
+		extends AbstractHttpWebServiceMessageSenderIntegrationTestCase<JdkHttpClientMessageSender> {
+
+	@Override
+	protected JdkHttpClientMessageSender createMessageSender() {
+		return new JdkHttpClientMessageSender();
+	}
+}