diff --git a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestClientLiveManualTest.java b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestClientLiveManualTest.java
index 34c50f4b6d..f1dbbd6d03 100644
--- a/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestClientLiveManualTest.java
+++ b/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestClientLiveManualTest.java
@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@ import static org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIF
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.conn.scheme.Scheme;
+import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.TrustStrategy;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -23,6 +29,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
  * */
 public class RestClientLiveManualTest {
 
+    final String urlOverHttps = "http://localhost:8080/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/api/bars/1";
+
+
     // tests
 
     @Test
@@ -39,9 +48,28 @@ public class RestClientLiveManualTest {
         final SSLSocketFactory sf = new SSLSocketFactory(acceptingTrustStrategy, ALLOW_ALL_HOSTNAME_VERIFIER);
         httpClient.getConnectionManager().getSchemeRegistry().register(new Scheme("https", 8443, sf));
 
-        final String urlOverHttps = "https://localhost:8443/spring-security-rest-basic-auth/api/bars/1";
+        final ResponseEntity<String> response = new RestTemplate(requestFactory).exchange(urlOverHttps, HttpMethod.GET, null, String.class);
+        assertThat(response.getStatusCode().value(), equalTo(200));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenAcceptingAllCertificatesUsing4_4_whenHttpsUrlIsConsumed_thenCorrect() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+        final CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom().setSSLHostnameVerifier(new NoopHostnameVerifier()).build();
+
+        final HttpGet getMethod = new HttpGet(urlOverHttps);
+        final HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(getMethod);
+        assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), equalTo(200));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenAcceptingAllCertificatesUsing4_4_whenHttpsUrlIsConsumedUsingRestTemplate_thenCorrect() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+        final CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom().setSSLHostnameVerifier(new NoopHostnameVerifier()).build();
+        final HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
+        requestFactory.setHttpClient(httpClient);
+
         final ResponseEntity<String> response = new RestTemplate(requestFactory).exchange(urlOverHttps, HttpMethod.GET, null, String.class);
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode().value(), equalTo(200));
     }
 
 }
+