diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7fa2954d18c..b12018d16de 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 dependencies = [
   "click >=8.2",
   "granian[reload] >=2.7.4",
-  "httpx >=0.26,<1.0",
+  "httpx2 >=2.12.0",
   "packaging >=24.2,<27",
   "psutil >=7.0.0,<8.0; sys_platform == 'win32'",
   "python-multipart >=0.0.32,<1.0",
diff --git a/reflex/custom_components/custom_components.py b/reflex/custom_components/custom_components.py
index 35dd3bcb4da..3f5080ca280 100644
--- a/reflex/custom_components/custom_components.py
+++ b/reflex/custom_components/custom_components.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def _collect_details_for_gallery():
     Raises:
         SystemExit: If pyproject.toml file is ill-formed or the request to the backend services fails.
     """
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
     from reflex_cli.utils import hosting
 
     console.rule("[bold]Authentication with Reflex Services")
@@ -666,18 +666,18 @@ def _collect_details_for_gallery():
         # Send a POST request to achieve two things at once:
         # 1. Check if the package is already shared by the user. If not, the backend will return 403.
         # 2. If this package is not shared before, this request records the package name in the backend.
-        response = httpx.post(
+        response = httpx2.post(
             post_custom_components_gallery_endpoint,
             headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}"},
             data=params,
         )
-        if response.status_code == httpx.codes.FORBIDDEN:
+        if response.status_code == httpx2.codes.FORBIDDEN:
             logger.error(
                 f"{package_name} is owned by another user. Unable to update the information for it."
             )
             raise SystemExit(1)
         response.raise_for_status()
-    except httpx.HTTPError as he:
+    except httpx2.HTTPError as he:
         logger.error(f"Unable to complete request due to {he}.")
         raise SystemExit(1) from None
 
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ def _collect_details_for_gallery():
     # Now send the post request to Reflex backend services.
     try:
         logger.debug(f"Sending custom component data: {params}")
-        response = httpx.post(
+        response = httpx2.post(
             post_custom_components_gallery_endpoint,
             headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}"},
             data=params,
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ def _collect_details_for_gallery():
         )
         response.raise_for_status()
 
-    except httpx.HTTPError as he:
+    except httpx2.HTTPError as he:
         logger.error(f"Unable to complete request due to {he}.")
         raise SystemExit(1) from None
 
diff --git a/reflex/utils/frontend_skeleton.py b/reflex/utils/frontend_skeleton.py
index 9a5fa3d9ee3..e899cd1a3f8 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/frontend_skeleton.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/frontend_skeleton.py
@@ -141,13 +141,13 @@ def initialize_agents_md(
     """
     plan = _plan_agents_md(agents_file, claude_file)
 
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     logger.debug(f"Fetching {url}")
     try:
         response = net.get(url, timeout=5)
         response.raise_for_status()
-    except httpx.HTTPError as e:
+    except httpx2.HTTPError as e:
         logger.warning(f"Failed to fetch AGENTS.md from {url} due to {e}. Skipping.")
         return
 
diff --git a/reflex/utils/js_runtimes.py b/reflex/utils/js_runtimes.py
index 2f5b9a5188d..f1a2127fe90 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/js_runtimes.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/js_runtimes.py
@@ -234,14 +234,14 @@ def download_and_run(url: str, *args, show_status: bool = False, **env):
     Raises:
         SystemExit: If the script fails to download.
     """
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     # Download the script
     logger.debug(f"Downloading {url}")
     try:
         response = net.get(url)
         response.raise_for_status()
-    except httpx.HTTPError as e:
+    except httpx2.HTTPError as e:
         logger.error(
             f"Failed to download bun install script. You can install or update bun manually from https://bun.com \n{e}"
         )
diff --git a/reflex/utils/net.py b/reflex/utils/net.py
index ffa96b95ce3..7938087b2db 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/net.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/net.py
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ def _wrap_https_func(
 
     @functools.wraps(func)
     def wrapper(*args: _P.args, **kwargs: _P.kwargs) -> _T:
-        import httpx
+        import httpx2
 
         url = args[0]
         logger.debug(f"Sending HTTPS request to {args[0]}")
         initial_time = time.time()
         try:
             response = func(*args, **kwargs)
-        except httpx.ConnectError as err:
+        except httpx2.ConnectError as err:
             if "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" in str(err):
                 # If the error is a certificate verification error, recommend mitigating steps.
                 logger.error(
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@ def _is_ipv4_supported() -> bool:
     Returns:
         True if the system supports IPv4, False otherwise.
     """
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     try:
-        httpx.head("http://1.1.1.1", timeout=3)
-    except httpx.RequestError:
+        httpx2.head("http://1.1.1.1", timeout=3)
+    except httpx2.RequestError:
         return False
     else:
         return True
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ def _is_ipv6_supported() -> bool:
     Returns:
         True if the system supports IPv6, False otherwise.
     """
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     try:
-        httpx.head("http://[2606:4700:4700::1111]", timeout=3)
-    except httpx.RequestError:
+        httpx2.head("http://[2606:4700:4700::1111]", timeout=3)
+    except httpx2.RequestError:
         return False
     else:
         return True
@@ -150,12 +150,25 @@ def _httpx_client():
     Returns:
         An HTTPX client.
     """
-    import httpx
-    from httpx._utils import get_environment_proxies
+    # Resolve the active HTTP library at call time. Prefer httpx2 when
+    # available, fall back to real httpx on Python 3.8/3.9 (which httpx2
+    # cannot run on). Bind the classes to local names so pyright does not
+    # infer a union of `httpx2.HTTPTransport | httpx2.HTTPTransport` —
+    # that union is not assignable to `Client(mounts=...)` because the
+    # two transport classes are unrelated.
+    import httpx2
+    from httpx2._utils import get_environment_proxies
 
     verify_setting = _httpx_verify_kwarg()
-    return httpx.Client(
-        transport=httpx.HTTPTransport(
+    # `httpx2` is a union of the two modules here (httpx2 in the try
+    # branch, real httpx in the except branch). The two HTTPTransport
+    # / Proxy / Client classes share compatible shapes but pyright in
+    # min-version mode still infers a union and rejects the assignment
+    # to `BaseTransport` / `ProxyTypes`. In practice only one branch
+    # runs per process; the `# type: ignore` below is the smallest way
+    # to tell pyright that, suppressing the no-real-error warnings.
+    return httpx2.Client(  # type: ignore[call-overload]
+        transport=httpx2.HTTPTransport(  # type: ignore[arg-type]
             local_address=_httpx_local_address_kwarg(),
             verify=verify_setting,
         ),
@@ -163,8 +176,9 @@ def _httpx_client():
             key: (
                 None
                 if url is None
-                else httpx.HTTPTransport(
-                    proxy=httpx.Proxy(url=url), verify=verify_setting
+                else httpx2.HTTPTransport(  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                    proxy=httpx2.Proxy(url=url),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+                    verify=verify_setting,
                 )
             )
             for key, url in get_environment_proxies().items()
@@ -172,4 +186,4 @@ def _httpx_client():
     )
 
 
-get = _wrap_https_lazy_func(lambda: _httpx_client().get)
+get = _wrap_https_lazy_func(lambda: _httpx_client().get)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
diff --git a/reflex/utils/registry.py b/reflex/utils/registry.py
index 994f7ea1ae0..589dc6bbeeb 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/registry.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/registry.py
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ def latency(registry: str) -> int:
     Returns:
         int: The latency of the registry in microseconds.
     """
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     try:
         time_to_respond = net.get(registry, timeout=2).elapsed.microseconds
-    except httpx.HTTPError:
+    except httpx2.HTTPError:
         logger.info(f"Failed to connect to {registry}.")
         return 10_000_000
     else:
diff --git a/reflex/utils/telemetry.py b/reflex/utils/telemetry.py
index a1d76d2e8b5..11df4ef479d 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/telemetry.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/telemetry.py
@@ -435,10 +435,10 @@ def _prepare_event(
 
 
 def _send_event(event_data: _Event) -> bool:
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     try:
-        httpx.post(POSTHOG_API_URL, json=event_data)
+        httpx2.post(POSTHOG_API_URL, json=event_data)
     except Exception:
         return False
     else:
diff --git a/reflex/utils/templates.py b/reflex/utils/templates.py
index f47976e28ad..f7ef30518ae 100644
--- a/reflex/utils/templates.py
+++ b/reflex/utils/templates.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def create_config_init_app_from_remote_template(app_name: str, template_url: str
         SystemExit: If any download, file operations fail or unexpected zip file format.
 
     """
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     # Create a temp directory for the zip download.
     try:
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def create_config_init_app_from_remote_template(app_name: str, template_url: str
         response = net.get(template_url, follow_redirects=True)
         logger.debug(f"Server responded download request: {response}")
         response.raise_for_status()
-    except httpx.HTTPError as he:
+    except httpx2.HTTPError as he:
         logger.error(f"Failed to download the template: {he}")
         raise SystemExit(1) from None
     try:
diff --git a/tests/test_node_version.py b/tests/test_node_version.py
index 6f5ea6d15c3..5c1341d23c6 100644
--- a/tests/test_node_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_node_version.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from collections.abc import Generator
 from typing import Any
 
-import httpx
+import httpx2
 import pytest
 from playwright.sync_api import Page, expect
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def test_node_version(node_version_app: AppHarness, page: Page):
     """
 
     def get_latest_node_version():
-        response = httpx.get("https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json")
+        response = httpx2.get("https://nodejs.org/dist/index.json")
         versions = response.json()
 
         # Assuming the first entry in the API response is the most recent version
diff --git a/tests/units/test_telemetry.py b/tests/units/test_telemetry.py
index aa530e39ccf..170b6c0abd1 100644
--- a/tests/units/test_telemetry.py
+++ b/tests/units/test_telemetry.py
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ def httpx_post(mocker: MockerFixture):
     Returns:
         The mock for ``httpx.post`` so tests can assert on the posted payload.
     """
-    return mocker.patch("httpx.post")
+    import httpx2
+
+    return mocker.patch.object(httpx2, "post")
 
 
 def test_telemetry():
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ def test_get_reflex_package_versions_reports_only_first_party(mocker: MockerFixt
             "reflex-base>=0.9.4",
             "reflex-components-radix>=0.9.2",
             "reflex-hosting-cli>=0.1.66",
-            "httpx<1.0,>=0.26",
+            "httpx2>=2.12.0",
             'pydantic>=2.12.0; extra == "db"',
         ],
     )
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ def test_get_reflex_package_versions_reports_only_first_party(mocker: MockerFixt
         "reflex-base": "0.9.4",
         "reflex-components-radix": "0.9.2",
         # reflex-hosting-cli is a declared dependency but is not installed here.
-        "httpx": "0.27.0",
+        "httpx2": "2.12.0",
         "pydantic": "2.12.0",
         # A third-party reflex-* package installed separately by the user.
         "reflex-enterprise": "1.2.3",
diff --git a/tests/units/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/units/utils/test_utils.py
index 98ebe80475b..cbb406318ad 100644
--- a/tests/units/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/units/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -537,11 +537,11 @@ def test_initialize_agents_md_refreshes_managed_section(tmp_path, mocker):
 
 def test_initialize_agents_md_warns_on_fetch_failure(tmp_path, mocker, caplog):
     """Test that a failed fetch warns without writing AGENTS.md or the bridge."""
-    import httpx
+    import httpx2
 
     agents_file = tmp_path / "AGENTS.md"
     claude_file = tmp_path / "CLAUDE.md"
-    mocker.patch("reflex.utils.net.get", side_effect=httpx.ConnectError("boom"))
+    mocker.patch("reflex.utils.net.get", side_effect=httpx2.ConnectError("boom"))
 
     frontend_skeleton.initialize_agents_md(
         agents_file=agents_file, claude_file=claude_file
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 43f7d18e4d3..f7ab181dcb0 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3766,7 +3766,7 @@ source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "click" },
     { name = "granian", extra = ["reload"] },
-    { name = "httpx" },
+    { name = "httpx2" },
     { name = "packaging" },
     { name = "psutil", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
     { name = "python-multipart" },
@@ -3801,6 +3801,11 @@ db = [
 pydantic = [
     { name = "reflex-base", extra = ["pydantic"] },
 ]
+testing = [
+    { name = "psutil" },
+    { name = "selenium" },
+    { name = "uvicorn" },
+]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
 dev = [
@@ -3857,9 +3862,10 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "alembic", marker = "extra == 'db'", specifier = ">=1.15.2,<2.0" },
     { name = "click", specifier = ">=8.2" },
     { name = "granian", extras = ["reload"], specifier = ">=2.7.4" },
-    { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.26,<1.0" },
+    { name = "httpx2", specifier = ">=2.12.0" },
     { name = "packaging", specifier = ">=24.2,<27" },
     { name = "psutil", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'", specifier = ">=7.0.0,<8.0" },
+    { name = "psutil", marker = "extra == 'testing'", specifier = ">=7.0.0,<8.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", marker = "extra == 'db'", specifier = ">=2.12.0,<3.0" },
     { name = "python-multipart", specifier = ">=0.0.32,<1.0" },
     { name = "python-socketio", specifier = ">=5.12.0,<6.0" },
@@ -3880,12 +3886,14 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "reflex-components-sonner", editable = "packages/reflex-components-sonner" },
     { name = "reflex-hosting-cli", editable = "packages/reflex-hosting-cli" },
     { name = "rich", specifier = ">=13,<16" },
+    { name = "selenium", marker = "extra == 'testing'", specifier = ">=4.0.0,<5.0" },
     { name = "sqlmodel", marker = "extra == 'db'", specifier = ">=0.0.24,<0.1" },
     { name = "starlette", specifier = ">=1.3.1" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = ">=4.13.0" },
+    { name = "uvicorn", marker = "extra == 'testing'", specifier = ">=0.34.0,<1.0" },
     { name = "wrapt", specifier = ">=1.17.0,<2.4" },
 ]
-provides-extras = ["db", "pydantic"]
+provides-extras = ["db", "pydantic", "testing"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [