diff --git a/src/it/gradle-7/invoker.properties b/src/it/gradle-7/invoker.properties
index a2231b0..793a71b 100644
--- a/src/it/gradle-7/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/gradle-7/invoker.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+# Execute first to prevent cached versions of the plugin downloaded by other tests
+invoker.ordinal=999
 invoker.goals.1=verify
 #invoker.updateSnapshots=true
diff --git a/src/it/gradle-8/invoker.properties b/src/it/gradle-8/invoker.properties
index a2231b0..793a71b 100644
--- a/src/it/gradle-8/invoker.properties
+++ b/src/it/gradle-8/invoker.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+# Execute first to prevent cached versions of the plugin downloaded by other tests
+invoker.ordinal=999
 invoker.goals.1=verify
 #invoker.updateSnapshots=true
diff --git a/src/it/https-auth-proxy/invoker.properties b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/invoker.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c4dea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/invoker.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+invoker.goals.1=verify -U -Dhttps.proxyHost=localhost -Dhttps.proxyPort=3128 -Dhttps.proxyUser=foo -Dhttps.proxyPassword=bar
diff --git a/src/it/https-auth-proxy/pom.xml b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bd4ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>com.marcnuri.plugins.it</groupId>
+  <artifactId>no-action</artifactId>
+  <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>Maven Integration Test :: Gradle API :: HTTPS Auth Proxy</name>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+      <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.groovy}</version>
+      <type>pom</type>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.gradle</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gradle-all</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.gradle.8}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.marcnuri.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>gradle-api-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>@project.version@</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/it/https-auth-proxy/setup.groovy b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/setup.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57f1c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/setup.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def dockerRun = 'docker run --rm -d --name test-auth-proxy -e SQUID_USERNAME=foo -e SQUID_PASSWORD=bar -p 0.0.0.0:3128:3128 robhaswell/squid-authenticated@sha256:6a99946c96d063981b329c22efc2b9ad1ac4e90d16ddcbb9d0b2d6773a7bea2b'.execute()
+dockerRun.waitForOrKill(30_000)
diff --git a/src/it/https-auth-proxy/verify.groovy b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/verify.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..651057e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/it/https-auth-proxy/verify.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+def logOut = new StringBuilder(), logErr = new StringBuilder()
+def dockerLogs = 'docker exec test-auth-proxy cat /var/log/squid3/access.log'.execute()
+dockerLogs.consumeProcessOutput(logOut, logErr)
+dockerLogs.waitForOrKill(10_000)
+def dockerStop = 'docker stop test-auth-proxy'.execute()
+dockerStop.waitForOrKill(30_000)
+assert logOut.toString().contains('CONNECT services.gradle.org:443')
+def buildLog = new File(basedir, 'build.log').text
+assert buildLog.contains('Gradle 8.2.1 download complete')
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/marcnuri/plugins/gradle/api/GradleApi.java b/src/main/java/com/marcnuri/plugins/gradle/api/GradleApi.java
index f7ee420..d6a6e6d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/marcnuri/plugins/gradle/api/GradleApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/marcnuri/plugins/gradle/api/GradleApi.java
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package com.marcnuri.plugins.gradle.api;
 
-import org.apache.maven.plugin.logging.Log;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.Authenticator;
+import java.net.PasswordAuthentication;
+import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.net.ProxySelector;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
@@ -53,11 +56,42 @@ private void download() {
     log.info("Downloading Gradle " + gradleVersion + "...");
     try {
       final URL remoteBin = new URL(GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION_BASE_URL + gradleBinZip.toFile().getName());
+      // Proxy
+      final Proxy proxy = ProxySelector.getDefault().select(remoteBin.toURI())
+          .stream().findAny()
+          .map(p -> {
+              if (System.getProperties().get(remoteBin.getProtocol() + ".proxyUser") != null &&
+                  System.getProperty(remoteBin.getProtocol() + ".proxyPassword") != null
+              ) {
+                System.setProperty("jdk.http.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes", "");
+                Authenticator.setDefault(new Authenticator() {
+                  @Override
+                  protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
+                    return new PasswordAuthentication(
+                        System.getProperty(remoteBin.getProtocol() + ".proxyUser"),
+                        System.getProperty(remoteBin.getProtocol() + ".proxyPassword").toCharArray()
+                      );
+                  }
+                });
+                log.info("Using proxy with BASIC authentication");
+              } else{
+                log.info("Using proxy");
+              }
+              return p;
+          })
+        .orElse(null);
+      // Connection
+      final InputStream stream;
+      if (proxy == null) {
+        stream = remoteBin.openStream();
+      } else {
+        stream = remoteBin.openConnection(proxy).getInputStream();
+      }
       Files.createDirectories(resolveGroupDir());
-      writeToFile(remoteBin.openStream(), gradleBinZip);
+      writeToFile(stream, gradleBinZip);
       writePom(GRADLE_ALL_ARTIFACT_ID, "pom");
       log.info("Gradle " + gradleVersion + " download complete");
-    } catch (IOException e) {
+    } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException e) {
       throw new IllegalStateException("Couldn't download Gradle " + gradleVersion, e);
     }
   }