diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fcf86a2cc0..b8ed6ccecc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def ensureBuildPrerequisites(buildPrerequisitesMessage) {
 
 ensureBuildPrerequisites(buildPrerequisitesMessage)
 
-final htsjdkVersion = System.getProperty('htsjdk.version', '4.0.2')
+final htsjdkVersion = System.getProperty('htsjdk.version', '4.1.0')
 dependencies {
     implementation('com.intel.gkl:gkl:0.8.11') {
         exclude module: 'htsjdk'
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.openjdk.nashorn:nashorn-core:15.4'
     implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0'
     implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-nio:0.127.0'
+    implementation 'org.broadinstitute:http-nio:1.1.0'
     implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0'
 
+
     testImplementation 'org.testng:testng:7.7.0'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/picard/nio/HttpNioIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/picard/nio/HttpNioIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6887de834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/picard/nio/HttpNioIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package picard.nio;
+
+import htsjdk.samtools.util.IOUtil;
+import org.testng.Assert;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
+public class HttpNioIntegrationTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testCanReadFromHttpsPath() throws IOException {
+        final String theWholeReadme = Files.readString(IOUtil.getPath("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/broadinstitute/picard/master/README.md"));
+        Assert.assertTrue(theWholeReadme.contains("Picard"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/testdata/picard/util/BedToIntervalListTest/simple.bed b/testdata/picard/util/BedToIntervalListTest/simple.bed
index 74cf130f94..21389c645d 100644
--- a/testdata/picard/util/BedToIntervalListTest/simple.bed
+++ b/testdata/picard/util/BedToIntervalListTest/simple.bed
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+
 chr1	100	2000
 chr1	3000	4000