diff --git a/docs/oauth-2.0.md b/docs/oauth-2.0.md
index 56a72b165..247750b32 100644
--- a/docs/oauth-2.0.md
+++ b/docs/oauth-2.0.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ For instructions on setting up your credentials properly, see the
 already have an access token, you can make a request in the following way:
 
 ```java
-import com.google.api.client.googleapis.javanet.GoogleNetHttpTransport;
+import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.services.books.Books;
 import com.google.auth.http.HttpCredentialsAdapter;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ GoogleCredentials credentials =
 
 Books books =
     new Books.Builder(
-            GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport(),
+            Gnew NetHttpTransport(),
             GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance(),
             new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credentials))
         .setApplicationName("BooksExample/1.0")
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ App Engine takes care of all of the details. You only specify the OAuth 2.0
 scope you need.
 
 ```java
-import com.google.api.client.googleapis.javanet.GoogleNetHttpTransport;
+import com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport;
 import com.google.api.client.json.gson.GsonFactory;
 import com.google.api.services.books.Books;
 import com.google.appengine.api.appidentity.AppIdentityService;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ GoogleCredentials credentials =
 
 Books books =
     new Books.Builder(
-            GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport(),
+            new NetHttpTransport(),
             GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance(),
             new HttpCredentialsAdapter(credentials))
         .setApplicationName("BooksExample/1.0")
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ a private key downloaded from the [Google API Console][console].
 For example, you can make a request in the following way:
 
 ```java
-HttpTransport httpTransport = GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport();
+HttpTransport httpTransport = new NetHttpTransport();
 JsonFactory jsonFactory = GsonFactory.getDefaultInstance();
 
 //Build service account credential
@@ -405,12 +405,12 @@ additionally call [`GoogleCredential.Builder.setServiceAccountUser(String)`][set
 
 This is the command-line authorization code flow described in [Using OAuth 2.0 for Installed Applications][oauth2-installed-app].
 
-Example snippet from [plus-cmdline-sample][plus-sample]:
+Example usage:
 
 ```java
 public static void main(String[] args) {
   try {
-    httpTransport = GoogleNetHttpTransport.newTrustedTransport();
+    httpTransport = new NetHttpTransport();
     dataStoreFactory = new FileDataStoreFactory(DATA_STORE_DIR);
     // authorization
     Credential credential = authorize();
diff --git a/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtils.java b/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtils.java
index c15c8a458..e1cb2d9de 100644
--- a/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtils.java
+++ b/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtils.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 import com.google.api.client.util.SecurityUtils;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
@@ -69,21 +71,96 @@ public final class GoogleUtils {
   }
 
   /** Cached value for {@link #getCertificateTrustStore()}. */
-  static KeyStore certTrustStore;
+  @VisibleForTesting static KeyStore certTrustStore;
+
+  /** Name of bundled keystore. */
+  static final String BUNDLED_KEYSTORE = "google.p12";
+
+  /** Bundled keystore password. */
+  static final String BUNDLED_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD = "notasecret";
+
+  /** Default JDK cacerts file path relative to java.home. */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static String[] possibleJdkPaths = {
+    "lib/security/cacerts", // Java 9+
+    "jre/lib/security/cacerts" // Java 8 and earlier
+  };
+
+  /** Java home system property key. */
+  static final String JAVA_HOME_KEY = "java.home";
+
+  /** Default password for JDK cacerts file. */
+  static final String DEFAULT_CACERTS_PASSWORD = "changeit";
+
+  /**
+   * Loads the bundled google.p12 keystore containing trusted root certificates.
+   *
+   * @return the loaded keystore
+   */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static KeyStore getBundledKeystore() throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException {
+    KeyStore ks = SecurityUtils.getPkcs12KeyStore();
+    InputStream is = GoogleUtils.class.getResourceAsStream(BUNDLED_KEYSTORE);
+    SecurityUtils.loadKeyStore(ks, is, BUNDLED_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD);
+    return ks;
+  }
 
   /**
-   * Returns the key store for trusted root certificates to use for Google APIs.
+   * Loads the default JDK keystore (cacerts) containing trusted root certificates. Uses Java's
+   * system properties + known cert locations to locate the default trust store.
+   *
+   * @return the loaded keystore
+   */
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static KeyStore getJdkDefaultKeyStore() throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException {
+    KeyStore keyStore = SecurityUtils.getDefaultKeyStore();
+
+    // Find the default JDK cacerts location
+    String javaHome = System.getProperty(JAVA_HOME_KEY);
+
+    for (String path : possibleJdkPaths) {
+      File cacertsFile = new File(javaHome, path);
+      try (FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(cacertsFile)) {
+        keyStore.load(fis, DEFAULT_CACERTS_PASSWORD.toCharArray());
+        return keyStore;
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        // File doesn't exist or can't be read, try next path
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new IOException("Unable to load default JDK cacerts file");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a keystore for trusted root certificates to use for Google APIs.
    *
    * <p>Value is cached, so subsequent access is fast.
    *
+   * <p>This method first attempts to load the JDK default keystore. If that fails or is not
+   * available, it falls back to loading the bundled Google certificate store.
+   *
    * @since 1.14
+   * @deprecated Depending on your build environment this method potentially can contain outdated
+   *     certs if loading jdk default certs fails. Instead of getting trusted certs directly use an
+   *     HttpTransport wrapper such as {@link <a
+   *     href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport">NetHttpTransport</a>}
+   *     which uses java jdk internal classes to load default jdk certs specifically for a build
+   *     environment. If you need to access the keystore directly please create your own keystore
+   *     file.
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public static synchronized KeyStore getCertificateTrustStore()
       throws IOException, GeneralSecurityException {
     if (certTrustStore == null) {
-      certTrustStore = SecurityUtils.getPkcs12KeyStore();
-      InputStream keyStoreStream = GoogleUtils.class.getResourceAsStream("google.p12");
-      SecurityUtils.loadKeyStore(certTrustStore, keyStoreStream, "notasecret");
+      try {
+        certTrustStore = getJdkDefaultKeyStore();
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        // If unable to retrieve default JDK keystore, fall through to bundled certificates
+      }
+
+      if (certTrustStore == null) {
+        certTrustStore = getBundledKeystore();
+      }
     }
     return certTrustStore;
   }
diff --git a/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/javanet/GoogleNetHttpTransport.java b/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/javanet/GoogleNetHttpTransport.java
index 66907fc72..eb4d00b46 100644
--- a/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/javanet/GoogleNetHttpTransport.java
+++ b/google-api-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/javanet/GoogleNetHttpTransport.java
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@
  *
  * @since 1.14
  * @author Yaniv Inbar
+ * @deprecated This legacy HttpTransport implementation is no longer being maintained.
+ *    Please use {@link <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-http-client/latest/com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpTransport">NetHttpTransport</a> instead.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class GoogleNetHttpTransport {
 
   /**
diff --git a/google-api-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtilsTest.java b/google-api-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtilsTest.java
index ef8aa80b1..9e531ab30 100644
--- a/google-api-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtilsTest.java
+++ b/google-api-client/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/googleapis/GoogleUtilsTest.java
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 
 package com.google.api.client.googleapis;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+
 import java.security.KeyStore;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -26,16 +27,43 @@
  */
 public class GoogleUtilsTest extends TestCase {
 
-  public void testGetCertificateTrustStore() throws Exception {
+  public void testGetCertificateTrustStore_LoadsJdkDefaultFirst() throws Exception {
+    GoogleUtils.certTrustStore = null;
+    KeyStore trustStore = GoogleUtils.getCertificateTrustStore();
+
+    // Load bundled keystore to compare
+    KeyStore bundled = GoogleUtils.getBundledKeystore();
+
+    assertNotEquals(
+        "Certificate truststore should NOT contain the same amount of certificates as the bundled keystore",
+        bundled.size(),
+        trustStore.size());
+  }
+
+  public void testGetCertificateTrustStore_LoadsBundledKeystoreIfJdkDefaultLoadFails()
+      throws Exception {
+    GoogleUtils.certTrustStore = null;
+    String[] originalPaths = GoogleUtils.possibleJdkPaths;
+    GoogleUtils.possibleJdkPaths = new String[0];
+
     KeyStore trustStore = GoogleUtils.getCertificateTrustStore();
-    Enumeration<String> aliases = trustStore.aliases();
-    while (aliases.hasMoreElements()) {
-      String alias = aliases.nextElement();
-      assertTrue(trustStore.isCertificateEntry(alias));
-    }
-    // intentionally check the count of certificates, so it can help us detect if a new certificate
-    // has been added or removed
-    assertEquals(71, trustStore.size());
+
+    // Load bundled keystore to compare
+    KeyStore bundled = GoogleUtils.getBundledKeystore();
+    assertEquals(
+        "Certificate truststore should contain the same amount of certificates as the bundled keystore",
+        trustStore.size(),
+        bundled.size());
+
+    GoogleUtils.possibleJdkPaths = originalPaths;
+  }
+
+  public void testGetCertificateTrustStore_IsCached() throws Exception {
+    KeyStore trustStore1 = GoogleUtils.getCertificateTrustStore();
+    KeyStore trustStore2 = GoogleUtils.getCertificateTrustStore();
+
+    // Should return the exact same instance due to caching
+    assertSame("Trust store should be cached", trustStore1, trustStore2);
   }
 
   public void testVersionMatcher() {