diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml b/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
index 323c46a5fc..f8005092ae 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -26,23 +26,6 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
             <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- http client -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
-            <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
-            <version>${httpcore.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <!-- marshalling -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -66,6 +49,7 @@
             <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
             <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
             <version>${cucumber.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jbehave</groupId>
@@ -73,11 +57,6 @@
             <version>${jbehave.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>
-            <artifactId>karate-apache</artifactId>
-            <version>${karate.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>
             <artifactId>karate-junit4</artifactId>
@@ -94,6 +73,18 @@
                 <filtering>true</filtering>
             </resource>
         </resources>
+        <testResources>
+            <!-- https://github.com/karatelabs/karate#folder-structure -->
+            <testResource>
+                <directory>src/test/java</directory>
+                <excludes>
+                    <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
+                </excludes>
+            </testResource>
+            <testResource>
+                <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
+            </testResource>
+        </testResources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -145,9 +136,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>2.9.0</rest-assured.version>
         <cucumber.version>6.8.0</cucumber.version>
         <wiremock.version>2.21.0</wiremock.version>
-        <karate.version>0.6.1</karate.version>
-        <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
-        <httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
+        <karate.version>1.3.1</karate.version>
         <jbehave.version>4.1</jbehave.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/karate/KarateIntegrationTest.java b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/karate/KarateIntegrationTest.java
index 59d14e6ae0..91dbd7599e 100644
--- a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/karate/KarateIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/karate/KarateIntegrationTest.java
@@ -2,17 +2,16 @@ package com.baeldung.rest.karate;
 
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.WireMockServer;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration;
-import cucumber.api.CucumberOptions;
+import com.intuit.karate.junit4.Karate;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
 
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.*;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.aResponse;
 
-//We need to upgrade to latest version of Karate for JDK17 --- JAVA-22250
-//@RunWith(Karate.class)
-@CucumberOptions(features = "classpath:karate")
+@RunWith(Karate.class)
 public class KarateIntegrationTest {
 
     private static final int PORT_NUMBER = 8097;
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ public class KarateIntegrationTest {
     private static final WireMockServer wireMockServer = new WireMockServer(WireMockConfiguration.options().port(PORT_NUMBER));
 
     @BeforeClass
-    public static void setUp() throws Exception {
+    public static void setUp() {
         wireMockServer.start();
 
         configureFor("localhost", PORT_NUMBER);
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ public class KarateIntegrationTest {
                         .withHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
                         .withBody("{ \"id\": \"1234\", name: \"John Smith\" }")));
         stubFor(post(urlEqualTo("/user/create"))
-                .withHeader("content-type", equalTo("application/json"))
+                .withHeader("content-type", equalTo("application/json; charset=UTF-8"))
                 .withRequestBody(containing("id"))
                 .willReturn(aResponse()
                         .withStatus(200)
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ public class KarateIntegrationTest {
     }
 
     @AfterClass
-    public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
+    public static void tearDown() {
         wireMockServer.stop();
     }
 
diff --git a/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/resources/karate/user.feature b/testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/karate/user.feature
similarity index 100%
rename from testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/resources/karate/user.feature
rename to testing-modules/rest-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/rest/karate/user.feature