Copying the report by @woglinde from https://github.com/mojohaus/license-maven-plugin/pull/316 : > Unfortunately the currently used httpClient works a little bit diffrently with the proxy settings. > > With the old configuration the httpClient allways gets a defaultRequestConfig without a proxy set and so always tries a directly connection. The above PR needs an integration test, e.g. using https://github.com/adamfisk/LittleProxy