diff --git a/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/client/JsonPlaceholderService.java b/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/client/JsonPlaceholderService.java
index 55c8e48c6..dfa4972ca 100644
--- a/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/client/JsonPlaceholderService.java
+++ b/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/client/JsonPlaceholderService.java
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ public interface JsonPlaceholderService {
     Post updatePostById(@PathVariable Long id, @RequestBody Post post);
 
     @DeleteExchange("/posts/{id}")
-    Post deletePostById(@PathVariable Long id);
+    void deletePostById(@PathVariable Long id);
 }
diff --git a/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/config/RestClientConfiguration.java b/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/config/RestClientConfiguration.java
index cf239180a..ffe392a99 100644
--- a/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/config/RestClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/httpClients/boot-http-proxy/src/main/java/com/example/rest/proxy/config/RestClientConfiguration.java
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 
 import com.example.rest.proxy.client.JsonPlaceholderService;
 import io.micrometer.observation.ObservationRegistry;
+import java.util.List;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestClient;
 import org.springframework.web.client.support.RestClientAdapter;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Slf4j
 public class RestClientConfiguration {
 
     private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
@@ -21,10 +23,22 @@ public class RestClientConfiguration {
     HttpServiceProxyFactory httpServiceProxyFactory(
             RestClient.Builder builder, ObservationRegistry observationRegistry) {
         RestClient restClient =
-                builder.defaultHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
-                        .defaultHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+                builder.defaultHeaders(
+                                httpHeaders -> {
+                                    httpHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+                                    httpHeaders.setAccept(List.of(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+                                })
                         .baseUrl(applicationProperties.getPostServiceUrl())
                         .observationRegistry(observationRegistry)
+                        .requestInterceptor(
+                                (request, body, execution) -> {
+                                    // log the http request
+                                    log.info("URI: {}", request.getURI());
+                                    log.info("HTTP Method: {}", request.getMethod().name());
+                                    log.info("HTTP Headers: {}", request.getHeaders());
+
+                                    return execution.execute(request, body);
+                                })
                         .build();
         RestClientAdapter webClientAdapter = RestClientAdapter.create(restClient);
         return HttpServiceProxyFactory.builderFor(webClientAdapter).build();
diff --git a/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/main/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/config/RestClientConfiguration.java b/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/main/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/config/RestClientConfiguration.java
index 80a9e145a..be2dbf42d 100644
--- a/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/main/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/config/RestClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/main/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/config/RestClientConfiguration.java
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 import java.net.http.HttpClient;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.List;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.client.JdkClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestClient;
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ RestClient restClient(RestClient.Builder builder, HttpClient jdkClient) {
         String baseUrl = "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com";
         DefaultUriBuilderFactory factory = new DefaultUriBuilderFactory(baseUrl);
         return builder.uriBuilderFactory(factory)
-                .defaultHeader(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE)
+                .defaultHeaders(
+                        httpHeaders -> {
+                            httpHeaders.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+                            httpHeaders.setAccept(List.of(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON));
+                        })
                 .requestFactory(new JdkClientHttpRequestFactory(jdkClient))
                 .requestInterceptor(
                         (request, body, execution) -> {
diff --git a/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/test/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/web/controllers/PostControllerIntTest.java b/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/test/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/web/controllers/PostControllerIntTest.java
index 2983e874a..b6a97ad0f 100644
--- a/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/test/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/web/controllers/PostControllerIntTest.java
+++ b/httpClients/boot-restclient/src/test/java/com/example/restclient/bootrestclient/web/controllers/PostControllerIntTest.java
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
-import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.*;
-import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.*;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.delete;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.post;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.put;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.header;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
 
 import com.example.restclient.bootrestclient.model.response.PostDto;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;