diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/jdk/JdkHttpClient.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/jdk/JdkHttpClient.java
index 55c5e28d489ff1..327a0fdb85e5fd 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/jdk/JdkHttpClient.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/jdk/JdkHttpClient.java
@@ -168,6 +168,11 @@ public void connectFailed(URI uri, SocketAddress sa, IOException ioe) {
       builder.sslContext(sslContext);
     }
 
+    String version = config.version();
+    if (version != null) {
+      builder.version(Version.valueOf(version));
+    }
+
     this.client = builder.build();
   }