diff --git a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
index 23b5334287..7b5223c339 100644
--- a/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
+++ b/caffeine-bounded-cache-support/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-okhttp</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/docs/documentation/v4-3-migration.md b/docs/documentation/v4-3-migration.md
index f5022fa856..17d3be70b4 100644
--- a/docs/documentation/v4-3-migration.md
+++ b/docs/documentation/v4-3-migration.md
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ permalink: /docs/v4-3-migration
 
 ## Condition API Change
 
-In Workflows the target of the condition was the managed resource itself, not the target dependent resource. 
+In Workflows the target of the condition was the managed resource itself, not the target dependent resource.
 This changed, now the API contains the dependent resource.
 
 New API:
 
 ```java
 public interface Condition<R, P extends HasMetadata> {
-    
-  boolean isMet(DependentResource<R, P> dependentResource, P primary, Context<P> context);
-  
+
+    boolean isMet(DependentResource<R, P> dependentResource, P primary, Context<P> context);
+
 }
 ```
 
@@ -27,10 +27,24 @@ Former API:
 ```java
 public interface Condition<R, P extends HasMetadata> {
 
-  boolean isMet(P primary, R secondary, Context<P> context);
-  
+    boolean isMet(P primary, R secondary, Context<P> context);
+
 }
 ```
 
-Migration is trivial. Since the secondary resource can be accessed from the dependent resource. So to access the secondary
+Migration is trivial. Since the secondary resource can be accessed from the dependent resource. So to access the
+secondary
 resource just use `dependentResource.getSecondaryResource(primary,context)`.
+
+## HTTP client choice
+
+It is now possible to change the HTTP client used by the Fabric8 client to communicate with the Kubernetes API server.
+By default, the SDK uses the historical default HTTP client which relies on Okhttp and there shouldn't be anything
+needed to keep using this implementation. The `tomcat-operator` sample has been migrated to use the Vert.X based
+implementation. You can see how to change the client by looking at
+that [sample POM file](https://github.com/java-operator-sdk/java-operator-sdk/blob/d259fcd084f7e22032dfd0df3c7e64fe68850c1b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml#L37-L50):
+
+- You need to exclude the default implementation (in this case okhttp) from the `operator-framework` dependency
+- You need to add the appropriate implementation dependency, `kubernetes-httpclient-vertx` in this case, HTTP client
+  implementations provided as part of the Fabric8 client all following the `kubernetes-httpclient-<implementation name>`
+  pattern for their artifact identifier.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
index 7c6e42da69..4d09220023 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
       <artifactId>kubernetes-client</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+          <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-okhttp</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/operator-framework/pom.xml b/operator-framework/pom.xml
index 8911516d8d..bb9e19b9ed 100644
--- a/operator-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@
       <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
       <artifactId>operator-framework-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-okhttp</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3fc536ac4..cc5e8c28e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
-                <artifactId>kubernetes-client</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>kubernetes-client-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${fabric8-client.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -200,6 +200,28 @@
                 <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
                 <version>${caffeine.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Kubernetes client HTTP client implementations -->
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+              <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-okhttp</artifactId>
+              <version>${fabric8-client.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+              <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+              <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-vertx</artifactId>
+              <version>${fabric8-client.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+<!--            We currently only recommend using the legacy okhttp client and the vert.x-based implementation -->
+<!--            <dependency>-->
+<!--              <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>-->
+<!--              <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-jdk</artifactId>-->
+<!--              <version>${fabric8-client.version}</version>-->
+<!--            </dependency>-->
+<!--            <dependency>-->
+<!--              <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>-->
+<!--              <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-jetty</artifactId>-->
+<!--              <version>${fabric8-client.version}</version>-->
+<!--            </dependency>-->
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
index 6a38e2d93b..9ce4dd8e1b 100644
--- a/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-operators/tomcat-operator/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.javaoperatorsdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>operator-framework</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-okhttp</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>
+            <artifactId>kubernetes-httpclient-vertx</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.fabric8</groupId>