diff --git a/olp-cpp-sdk-core/src/http/curl/NetworkCurl.cpp b/olp-cpp-sdk-core/src/http/curl/NetworkCurl.cpp
index 7590296f2..cc5bcfd50 100644
--- a/olp-cpp-sdk-core/src/http/curl/NetworkCurl.cpp
+++ b/olp-cpp-sdk-core/src/http/curl/NetworkCurl.cpp
@@ -718,6 +718,9 @@ ErrorCode NetworkCurl::SendImplementation(
     curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 0L);
   }
 
+  // Request HTTP/2 when supported by the server (via ALPN negotiation)
+  curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2_0);
+
   curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2);
 
   const std::string& url = request.GetUrl();