diff --git a/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/pom.xml b/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/pom.xml
index 31041e446..ec1d84bdf 100644
--- a/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/pom.xml
+++ b/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
 				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<!-- scope "provided" -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/AbstractHttpClientCache.java b/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/AbstractHttpClientCache.java
index 29c336cf0..5be165967 100644
--- a/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/AbstractHttpClientCache.java
+++ b/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/AbstractHttpClientCache.java
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.FieldUtils;
 import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
+import org.apache.http.pool.AbstractConnPool;
 
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Cache;
 import com.sap.cloud.sdk.cloudplatform.cache.CacheKey;
@@ -14,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import io.vavr.control.Try;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import lombok.val;
 
 /**
  * Provides caching functionality to the {@code HttpClientAccessor}.
@@ -89,9 +94,16 @@ private Try<HttpClient> tryGetOrCreateHttpClient(
         final Cache<CacheKey, HttpClient> cache = maybeCache.get();
         final CacheKey cacheKey = maybeKey.get();
 
-        final HttpClient httpClient;
+        HttpClient httpClient;
         try {
             httpClient = cache.get(cacheKey, anyKey -> createHttpClient.get());
+
+            if( !isHealthy(httpClient) ) {
+                log.warn("The HttpClient retrieved from the cache has a shutdown connection pool.");
+                cache.invalidate(cacheKey);
+                httpClient = cache.get(cacheKey, anyKey -> createHttpClient.get());
+            }
+
             Objects
                 .requireNonNull(
                     httpClient,
@@ -109,6 +121,27 @@ private Try<HttpClient> tryGetOrCreateHttpClient(
         return Try.success(httpClient);
     }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings( "PMD.CloseResource" ) // no new resource is opened
+    private static boolean isHealthy( final HttpClient httpClient )
+        throws IllegalArgumentException,
+            NullPointerException
+    {
+        if( !(httpClient instanceof HttpClientWrapper) ) {
+            log.trace("Cannot verify health of HttpClient: {}", httpClient);
+            return true;
+        }
+        try {
+            val hc = (CloseableHttpClient) FieldUtils.readField(httpClient, "httpClient", true);
+            val cm = (PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager) FieldUtils.readField(hc, "connManager", true);
+            val cp = (AbstractConnPool<?, ?, ?>) FieldUtils.readField(cm, "pool", true);
+            return !cp.isShutdown();
+        }
+        catch( final Exception e ) {
+            log.warn("Failed to access connection manager.", e);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Getter for the cache to be used.
      * <p>
diff --git a/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/AbstractHttpClientCacheTest.java b/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/AbstractHttpClientCacheTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc290ff32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudplatform/connectivity-apache-httpclient4/src/test/java/com/sap/cloud/sdk/cloudplatform/connectivity/AbstractHttpClientCacheTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.sap.cloud.sdk.cloudplatform.connectivity;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpHead;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import lombok.val;
+
+public class AbstractHttpClientCacheTest
+{
+    @SneakyThrows
+    @Test
+    void testClosedPool()
+    {
+        val d = DefaultHttpDestination.builder("https://sap.com").build();
+
+        val httpClient1 = HttpClientAccessor.getHttpClient(d);
+        httpClient1.execute(new HttpHead());
+        httpClient1.execute(new HttpHead());
+
+        ((CloseableHttpClient) httpClient1).close();
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> httpClient1.execute(new HttpHead()))
+            .isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class)
+            .hasMessage("Connection pool shut down");
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> httpClient1.execute(new HttpHead()))
+            .isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class)
+            .hasMessage("Connection pool shut down");
+
+        val httpClient2 = HttpClientAccessor.getHttpClient(d);
+        assertThat(httpClient1).isNotSameAs(httpClient2);
+        httpClient2.execute(new HttpHead());
+        httpClient2.execute(new HttpHead());
+    }
+}