diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bb20c41766f826f517ecc5c2f1da7ab964cc1b7..a6e1dd93f727705ea1f6eab6ffe21a18288a9a3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,34 +53,42 @@
 			<version>7.1.0.202411261347-r</version>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.atlassian.jira/jira-rest-java-client-core -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-			<version>3.1</version>
+			<groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jira-rest-java-client-core</artifactId>
+			<version>6.0.2</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jersey-common</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.atlassian.jira/jira-api -->
+		<!-- Manually set Jersey version to fix error with Jakarta WS RS compatibility -->
+		<!-- See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76119446/strange-issues-with-javax-ws-rs-core-uribuilder/76661651#76661651 -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.atlassian.jira</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jira-api</artifactId>
-			<version>10.3.1</version>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
+			<groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jersey-common</artifactId>
+			<version>2.27</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<!-- Needed for Jira Rest Client dependency -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.atlassian.fugue</groupId>
+			<artifactId>fugue</artifactId>
+			<version>6.1.0</version>
+			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
+	<!-- Needed for Jira dependencies to download -->
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
 			<id>maven-atlassian-all</id>
 			<url>https://packages.atlassian.com/maven-public/</url>
 		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>atlassian-sdk</id>
-			<url>https://packages.atlassian.com/maven-external/</url>
-		</repository>
-		<repository>
-			<id>jenkins-releases</id>
-			<url>https://repo.jenkins-ci.org/releases/</url>
-		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 
 	<build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pump/PumpApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/pump/PumpApplication.java
index dc8b89eafa04f59782027fb21b1234d2a20fdfd7..033a8c13479a7fb2565c6073cdb277a84729f1fd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pump/PumpApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pump/PumpApplication.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.pump;
 
-import com.pump.git.GitPump;
+import com.pump.jira.JiraPump;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ public class PumpApplication {
         return _ -> {
             log.info("Starting application");
 
-            GitPump gitPump = new GitPump();
-            gitPump.run();
+            JiraPump jiraPump = new JiraPump();
+            jiraPump.run();
 
             log.info("Application ended");
         };
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pump/jira/JiraPump.java b/src/main/java/com/pump/jira/JiraPump.java
index 07287415bb0cdaee50ce6f9bb22e2a812a7f1233..044814a867ca94ddc964e31e6055f82866905895 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pump/jira/JiraPump.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pump/jira/JiraPump.java
@@ -1,14 +1,35 @@
 package com.pump.jira;
 
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.JiraRestClient;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.ProjectRestClient;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.Project;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.auth.AnonymousAuthenticationHandler;
+import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.async.AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
+import java.net.URI;
+
 @Slf4j
 @Service
 public class JiraPump {
 
     public void run() {
         log.info("Starting JiraPump...");
+
+        try {
+            JiraRestClient restClient = new AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory().createWithAuthenticationHandler(
+                URI.create("https://issues.apache.org/jira"),
+                new AnonymousAuthenticationHandler()
+            );
+
+            ProjectRestClient projectClient = restClient.getProjectClient();
+            Project project = projectClient.getProject("MADLIB").claim();
+
+            log.info("Project: {}", project.getName());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Error connecting to Jira or retrieving project", e);
+        }
     }
 
 }