diff --git a/maven-resolver-test-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/test/util/http/HttpTransporterTest.java b/maven-resolver-test-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/test/util/http/HttpTransporterTest.java
index 776bcc381..920922e07 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-test-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/test/util/http/HttpTransporterTest.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-test-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/test/util/http/HttpTransporterTest.java
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ protected void setUp(TestInfo testInfo) throws Exception {
         factory = transporterFactorySupplier.get();
         repoDir = TestFileUtils.createTempDir();
         TestFileUtils.writeString(new File(repoDir, "file.txt"), "test");
+        TestFileUtils.writeString(new File(repoDir, "artifact.pom"), "<xml>pom</xml>");
         TestFileUtils.writeString(new File(repoDir, "dir/file.txt"), "test");
         TestFileUtils.writeString(new File(repoDir, "dir/oldFile.txt"), "oldTest", OLD_FILE_TIMESTAMP);
         TestFileUtils.writeString(new File(repoDir, "empty.txt"), "");
@@ -391,6 +392,17 @@ protected void testGet_ToFileTimestamp() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(OLD_FILE_TIMESTAMP, file.lastModified());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    protected void testGet_CompressionUsedWithPom() throws Exception {
+        File file = TestFileUtils.createTempFile("pom");
+        GetTask task = new GetTask(URI.create("repo/artifact.pom")).setDataPath(file.toPath());
+        transporter.get(task);
+        String acceptEncoding = httpServer.getLogEntries().get(0).getHeaders().get("Accept-Encoding");
+        assertNotNull(acceptEncoding, "Missing Accept-Encoding header when retrieving pom");
+        // support either gzip or deflate as the transporter implementation may vary
+        assertTrue(acceptEncoding.contains("gzip") || acceptEncoding.contains("deflate"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     protected void testGet_EmptyResource() throws Exception {
         File file = TestFileUtils.createTempFile("failure");
diff --git a/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/pom.xml
index 3c18dc77c..c61ac14c5 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.resolver</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-resolver-util</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.github.mizosoft.methanol</groupId>
+      <artifactId>methanol</artifactId>
+      <version>1.8.3</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
diff --git a/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/transport/jdk/JdkTransporter.java b/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/transport/jdk/JdkTransporter.java
index 7029762e8..a6b2854f0 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/transport/jdk/JdkTransporter.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-parent/maven-resolver-transport-jdk-11/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/transport/jdk/JdkTransporter.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 
+import com.github.mizosoft.methanol.Methanol;
 import org.eclipse.aether.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.eclipse.aether.RepositorySystemSession;
 import org.eclipse.aether.repository.AuthenticationContext;
@@ -485,7 +486,7 @@ public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
             }
         }
 
-        HttpClient.Builder builder = HttpClient.newBuilder()
+        HttpClient.Builder builder = Methanol.newBuilder()
                 .version(HttpClient.Version.valueOf(ConfigUtils.getString(
                         session,
                         DEFAULT_HTTP_VERSION,