diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d8c687612..29f8eafff 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.38.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.38.0
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.6.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.76.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10
 	k8s.io/api v0.34.1
@@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250531010427-b6e5de432a8b
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.44.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.48.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.35.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.32.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.13.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.37.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.39.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools/go/expect v0.1.1-deprecated // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3b139f000..053bd6feb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -250,41 +250,41 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250531010427-b6e5de432a8b h1:QoALfVG9rhQ/M7vYDScfPdWjG
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250531010427-b6e5de432a8b/go.mod h1:U6Lno4MTRCDY+Ba7aCcauB9T60gsv5s4ralQzP72ZoQ=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.28.0 h1:gQBtGhjxykdjY9YhZpSlZIsbnaE2+PgjfLWUQTnoZ1U=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.28.0/go.mod h1:yfB/L0NOf/kmEbXjzCPOx1iK1fRutOydrCMsqRhEBxI=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.30.0 h1:fDEXFVZ/fmCKProc/yAXXUijritrDzahmwwefnjoPFk=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.30.0/go.mod h1:lAsf5O2EvJeSFMiBxXDki7sCgAxEUcZHXoXMKT4GJKc=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
-golang.org/x/net v0.44.0 h1:evd8IRDyfNBMBTTY5XRF1vaZlD+EmWx6x8PkhR04H/I=
-golang.org/x/net v0.44.0/go.mod h1:ECOoLqd5U3Lhyeyo/QDCEVQ4sNgYsqvCZ722XogGieY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.48.0 h1:zyQRTTrjc33Lhh0fBgT/H3oZq9WuvRR5gPC70xpDiQU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.48.0/go.mod h1:+ndRgGjkh8FGtu1w1FGbEC31if4VrNVMuKTgcAAnQRY=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.31.0 h1:8Fq0yVZLh4j4YA47vHKFTa9Ew5XIrCP8LC6UeNZnLxo=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.31.0/go.mod h1:lzm5WQJQwKZ3nwavOZ3IS5Aulzxi68dUSgRHujetwEA=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190911185100-cd5d95a43a6e/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20201020160332-67f06af15bc9/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0 h1:l60nONMj9l5drqw6jlhIELNv9I0A4OFgRsG9k2oT9Ug=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.17.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 h1:vV+1eWNmZ5geRlYjzm2adRgW2/mcpevXNg50YZtPCE4=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0 h1:KVRy2GtZBrk1cBYA7MKu5bEZFxQk4NIDV6RLVcC8o0k=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.36.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
-golang.org/x/term v0.35.0 h1:bZBVKBudEyhRcajGcNc3jIfWPqV4y/Kt2XcoigOWtDQ=
-golang.org/x/term v0.35.0/go.mod h1:TPGtkTLesOwf2DE8CgVYiZinHAOuy5AYUYT1lENIZnA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 h1:CvCKL8MeisomCi6qNZ+wbb0DN9E5AATixKsvNtMoMFk=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/term v0.38.0 h1:PQ5pkm/rLO6HnxFR7N2lJHOZX6Kez5Y1gDSJla6jo7Q=
+golang.org/x/term v0.38.0/go.mod h1:bSEAKrOT1W+VSu9TSCMtoGEOUcKxOKgl3LE5QEF/xVg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.29.0 h1:1neNs90w9YzJ9BocxfsQNHKuAT4pkghyXc4nhZ6sJvk=
-golang.org/x/text v0.29.0/go.mod h1:7MhJOA9CD2qZyOKYazxdYMF85OwPdEr9jTtBpO7ydH4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.32.0 h1:ZD01bjUt1FQ9WJ0ClOL5vxgxOI/sVCNgX1YtKwcY0mU=
+golang.org/x/text v0.32.0/go.mod h1:o/rUWzghvpD5TXrTIBuJU77MTaN0ljMWE47kxGJQ7jY=
 golang.org/x/time v0.13.0 h1:eUlYslOIt32DgYD6utsuUeHs4d7AsEYLuIAdg7FlYgI=
 golang.org/x/time v0.13.0/go.mod h1:eL/Oa2bBBK0TkX57Fyni+NgnyQQN4LitPmob2Hjnqw4=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtnZ6UAqBI28+e2cm9otk0dWdXHAEo=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200619180055-7c47624df98f/go.mod h1:EkVYQZoAsY45+roYkvgYkIh4xh/qjgUK9TdY2XT94GE=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20210106214847-113979e3529a/go.mod h1:emZCQorbCU4vsT4fOWvOPXz4eW1wZW4PmDk9uLelYpA=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.37.0 h1:DVSRzp7FwePZW356yEAChSdNcQo6Nsp+fex1SUW09lE=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.37.0/go.mod h1:MBN5QPQtLMHVdvsbtarmTNukZDdgwdwlO5qGacAzF0w=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.39.0 h1:ik4ho21kwuQln40uelmciQPp9SipgNDdrafrYA4TmQQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.39.0/go.mod h1:JnefbkDPyD8UU2kI5fuf8ZX4/yUeh9W877ZeBONxUqQ=
 golang.org/x/tools/go/expect v0.1.1-deprecated h1:jpBZDwmgPhXsKZC6WhL20P4b/wmnpsEAGHaNy0n/rJM=
 golang.org/x/tools/go/expect v0.1.1-deprecated/go.mod h1:eihoPOH+FgIqa3FpoTwguz/bVUSGBlGQU67vpBeOrBY=
 golang.org/x/tools/go/packages/packagestest v0.1.1-deprecated h1:1h2MnaIAIXISqTFKdENegdpAgUXz6NrPEsbIeWaBRvM=
diff --git a/pkg/http/h2c_test.go b/pkg/http/h2c_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48dd0272e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/http/h2c_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package http
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
+)
+
+func TestHTTP2H2CSupport(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a simple handler that reports the protocol version
+	handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Protocol: %s", r.Proto)
+	})
+
+	// Start server in background
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	serverAddr := "127.0.0.1:18888"
+	serverErrors := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		if err := ServeContext(ctx, serverAddr, handler, nil); err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+			serverErrors <- err
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for server to start
+	time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	// Check for server startup errors
+	select {
+	case err := <-serverErrors:
+		t.Fatalf("Server failed to start: %v", err)
+	default:
+	}
+
+	t.Run("HTTP/1.1 should work", func(t *testing.T) {
+		client := &http.Client{
+			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		}
+
+		resp, err := client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/test", serverAddr))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("HTTP/1.1 request failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		t.Logf("HTTP/1.1 Response: %s", string(body))
+
+		if resp.Proto != "HTTP/1.1" {
+			t.Errorf("Expected HTTP/1.1, got %s", resp.Proto)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("HTTP/2 h2c should work", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Create HTTP/2 client with prior knowledge (h2c)
+		client := &http.Client{
+			Transport: &http2.Transport{
+				AllowHTTP: true,
+				DialTLS: func(network, addr string, cfg *tls.Config) (net.Conn, error) {
+					// Use standard dialer for h2c (cleartext HTTP/2)
+					return net.Dial(network, addr)
+				},
+			},
+			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		}
+
+		resp, err := client.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/test-h2", serverAddr))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("HTTP/2 h2c request failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		t.Logf("HTTP/2 Response: %s", string(body))
+
+		if resp.Proto != "HTTP/2.0" {
+			t.Errorf("Expected HTTP/2.0, got %s", resp.Proto)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/http/server.go b/pkg/http/server.go
index f037a5d12..c860d32ec 100644
--- a/pkg/http/server.go
+++ b/pkg/http/server.go
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
+	"golang.org/x/net/http2/h2c"
+
 	"github.com/kedacore/http-add-on/pkg/util"
 )
 
 func ServeContext(ctx context.Context, addr string, hdl http.Handler, tlsConfig *tls.Config) error {
+	// For non-TLS connections, wrap handler with h2c to support HTTP/2 cleartext
+	if tlsConfig == nil {
+		h2s := &http2.Server{}
+		hdl = h2c.NewHandler(hdl, h2s)
+	}
+
 	srv := &http.Server{
 		Handler:   hdl,
 		Addr:      addr,