diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf7b0d9dca48..231460b04e76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Therefore, we have a total of 17 profiles:
 | integration-jdk24 | JDK24 projects              | *IntegrationTest     |
 | default-jdk25     | JDK25 projects              | *UnitTest            |
 | integration-jdk25 | JDK25 projects              | *IntegrationTest     |
+| default-jdk26     | JDK26 projects              | *UnitTest            |
+| integration-jdk26 | JDK26 projects              | *IntegrationTest     |
 | default-heavy     | Heavy/long running projects | *UnitTest            |
 | integration-heavy | Heavy/long running projects | *IntegrationTest     |
 | default-jdk8      | JDK8  projects              | *UnitTest            |
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpClientUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpClientUnitTest.java
index 67dd4e612793..23b5aa1e4728 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpClientUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpClientUnitTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public void shouldNotFollowRedirectWhenSetToDefaultNever() throws IOException, I
         HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
             .uri(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"))
             .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
+            .header("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0")
             .GET()
             .build();
         HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newBuilder()
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public void shouldNotFollowRedirectWhenSetToDefaultNever() throws IOException, I
     @Test
     public void shouldFollowRedirectWhenSetToAlways() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
         HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
-            .uri(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"))
+            .uri(new URI("https://postman-echo.com/redirect-to?url=https://postman-echo.com/get"))
             .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
             .GET()
             .build();
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ public void shouldFollowRedirectWhenSetToAlways() throws IOException, Interrupte
         assertThat(response.statusCode(), equalTo(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK));
         assertThat(response.request()
             .uri()
-            .toString(), equalTo("https://stackoverflow.com/questions"));
+            .toString(), equalTo("https://postman-echo.com/get"));
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpRequestUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpRequestUnitTest.java
index 21bd04236871..1648969c5a72 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpRequestUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpRequestUnitTest.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public void shouldReturnStatusOKWhenSendGetRequest() throws IOException, Interru
     @Test
     public void shouldUseHttp2WhenWebsiteUsesHttp2() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
         HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
-            .uri(new URI("https://stackoverflow.com/questions"))
+            .uri(new URI("https://www.baeldung.com"))
             .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
             .GET()
             .build();
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpResponseUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpResponseUnitTest.java
index 093b5389b6e4..08b7f88fc8f2 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpResponseUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-11/src/test/java/com/baeldung/java11/httpclient/test/HttpResponseUnitTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public void shouldReturnStatusOKWhenSendGetRequest() throws IOException, Interru
     @Test
     public void shouldResponseURIDifferentThanRequestURIWhenRedirect() throws IOException, InterruptedException, URISyntaxException {
         HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
-            .uri(new URI("http://stackoverflow.com"))
+            .uri(new URI("http://postman-echo.com/redirect-to?url=https://postman-echo.com/get"))
             .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_2)
             .GET()
             .build();
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ public void shouldResponseURIDifferentThanRequestURIWhenRedirect() throws IOExce
             .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
 
         assertThat(request.uri()
-            .toString(), equalTo("http://stackoverflow.com"));
+            .toString(), equalTo("http://postman-echo.com/redirect-to?url=https://postman-echo.com/get"));
         assertThat(response.uri()
-            .toString(), equalTo("https://stackoverflow.com/questions"));
+            .toString(), equalTo("https://postman-echo.com/get"));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9c156bc682d8..295a443236f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1018,6 +1018,48 @@
 
         </profile>
 
+        <profile>
+            <id>default-jdk26</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                            <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+                            <includes>
+                                <include>SpringContextTest</include>
+                                <include>**/*UnitTest</include>
+                            </includes>
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/*IntTest.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/JdbcTest.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+
+            <modules>
+                
+            </modules>
+
+            <properties>
+                <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+                <java.version>26</java.version>
+                <maven.compiler.source>26</maven.compiler.source>
+                <maven.compiler.target>26</maven.compiler.target>
+                <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.26.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
+            </properties>
+
+        </profile>
+
+
         <profile>
             <id>integration-jdk17</id>
             <build>
@@ -1478,6 +1520,43 @@
 
         </profile>
 
+        <profile>
+            <id>integration-jdk26</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <excludes>
+                                <exclude>**/*ManualTest.java</exclude>
+                                <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
+                            </excludes>
+                            <includes>
+                                <include>**/*IntegrationTest.java</include>
+                                <include>**/*IntTest.java</include>
+                            </includes>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+
+            <modules>
+                
+            </modules>
+
+            <properties>
+                <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+                <java.version>26</java.version>
+                <maven.compiler.source>26</maven.compiler.source>
+                <maven.compiler.target>26</maven.compiler.target>
+                <maven-pmd-plugin.version>3.26.0</maven-pmd-plugin.version>
+            </properties>
+
+        </profile>
+
+
         <profile>
             <id>live-all</id>
             <build>