diff --git a/samples/BasicPubSub/src/main/java/pubsub/PubSub.java b/samples/BasicPubSub/src/main/java/pubsub/PubSub.java
index cfb065276..803f0a332 100644
--- a/samples/BasicPubSub/src/main/java/pubsub/PubSub.java
+++ b/samples/BasicPubSub/src/main/java/pubsub/PubSub.java
@@ -251,19 +251,19 @@ public void onConnectionResumed(boolean sessionPresent) {
                 .withCleanSession(true)
                 .withProtocolOperationTimeoutMs(60000);
 
+            HttpProxyOptions proxyOptions = null;
+            if (proxyHost != null && proxyPort > 0) {
+                proxyOptions = new HttpProxyOptions();
+                proxyOptions.setHost(proxyHost);
+                proxyOptions.setPort(proxyPort);
+
+                builder.withHttpProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
+            }
+
             if (useWebsockets) {
                 builder.withWebsockets(true);
                 builder.withWebsocketSigningRegion(region);
 
-                HttpProxyOptions proxyOptions = null;
-                if (proxyHost != null && proxyPort > 0) {
-                    proxyOptions = new HttpProxyOptions();
-                    proxyOptions.setHost(proxyHost);
-                    proxyOptions.setPort(proxyPort);
-
-                    builder.withWebsocketProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
-                }
-
                 if (useX509Credentials) {
                     try (TlsContextOptions x509TlsOptions = TlsContextOptions.createWithMtlsFromPath(x509CertPath, x509KeyPath)) {
                         if (x509RootCaPath != null) {
diff --git a/samples/PubSubStress/src/main/java/pubsubstress/PubSubStress.java b/samples/PubSubStress/src/main/java/pubsubstress/PubSubStress.java
index e079fffcc..1b2f8f9c5 100644
--- a/samples/PubSubStress/src/main/java/pubsubstress/PubSubStress.java
+++ b/samples/PubSubStress/src/main/java/pubsubstress/PubSubStress.java
@@ -337,19 +337,20 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
                 builder.withCertificateAuthorityFromPath(null, rootCaPath)
                     .withEndpoint(endpoint)
                     .withCleanSession(true)
-                    .withBootstrap(clientBootstrap);
+                    .withBootstrap(clientBootstrap)
+                    .withProtocolOperationTimeoutMs(10000);
+
+                if (proxyHost != null && proxyPort > 0) {
+                    HttpProxyOptions proxyOptions = new HttpProxyOptions();
+                    proxyOptions.setHost(proxyHost);
+                    proxyOptions.setPort(proxyPort);
+
+                    builder.withHttpProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
+                }
 
                 if (useWebsockets) {
                     builder.withWebsockets(true);
                     builder.withWebsocketSigningRegion(region);
-
-                    if (proxyHost != null && proxyPort > 0) {
-                        HttpProxyOptions proxyOptions = new HttpProxyOptions();
-                        proxyOptions.setHost(proxyHost);
-                        proxyOptions.setPort(proxyPort);
-
-                        builder.withWebsocketProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
-                    }
                 }
 
                 try {
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index d583c8a0e..e819a7e1b 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk.crt</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-crt</artifactId>
-      <version>0.12.4</version>
+      <version>0.12.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/iot/AwsIotMqttConnectionBuilder.java b/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/iot/AwsIotMqttConnectionBuilder.java
index 5d445f131..b6d8045e7 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/iot/AwsIotMqttConnectionBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/iot/AwsIotMqttConnectionBuilder.java
@@ -363,12 +363,24 @@ public AwsIotMqttConnectionBuilder withWebsocketHandshakeTransform(Consumer<Webs
     }
 
     /**
+     * @deprecated use withHttpProxyOptions instead
      * Configures any http proxy options to use if the connection uses websockets
      *
      * @param proxyOptions http proxy options to use when establishing a websockets-based connection
      */
     public AwsIotMqttConnectionBuilder withWebsocketProxyOptions(HttpProxyOptions proxyOptions) {
-        this.config.setWebsocketProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
+        this.config.setHttpProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configures any http proxy options to use
+     *
+     * @param proxyOptions http proxy options to use when establishing a connection
+     */
+    public AwsIotMqttConnectionBuilder withHttpProxyOptions(HttpProxyOptions proxyOptions) {
+        this.config.setHttpProxyOptions(proxyOptions);
 
         return this;
     }