diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStep.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStep.java
index 147073e6a..84480b8a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStep.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStep.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 package org.opensearch.flowframework.workflow;
 
-import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public PlainActionFuture<WorkflowData> execute(
             String hostname = validHostName(inputs.get(HOSTNAME_FIELD));
             int port = validPort(inputs.get(PORT_FIELD));
 
-            HttpHost httpHost = new HttpHost(scheme, hostname, port);
+            HttpHost httpHost = new HttpHost(hostname, port, scheme);
 
             hostFuture.onResponse(
                 new WorkflowData(
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStepTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStepTests.java
index bf4c25f11..6c80563d6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStepTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/flowframework/workflow/HttpHostStepTests.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 package org.opensearch.flowframework.workflow;
 
-import org.apache.hc.core5.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture;
 import org.opensearch.flowframework.exception.FlowFrameworkException;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;