diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 9011699546..5b558deba7 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
   },
   "globals": {
     "File": true,
-    "Blob": true
+    "Blob": true,
+    "globalThis": true
   },
   "parserOptions": {
     "sourceType": "module",
diff --git a/src/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/index.js b/src/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e822ac428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import 'cross-fetch/polyfill';
+import { ResolverError, HttpResolver } from '@swagger-api/apidom-reference/configuration/empty';
+
+import Http from '../../../../../../http/index.js';
+
+const HttpResolverSwaggerClient = HttpResolver.compose({
+  props: {
+    name: 'http-swagger-client',
+    swaggerHTTPClient: Http,
+    swaggerHTTPClientConfig: {},
+  },
+  init({ swaggerHTTPClient = this.swaggerHTTPClient } = {}) {
+    this.swaggerHTTPClient = swaggerHTTPClient;
+  },
+  methods: {
+    getHttpClient() {
+      return this.swaggerHTTPClient;
+    },
+
+    async read(file) {
+      const client = this.getHttpClient();
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const { signal } = controller;
+      const timeoutID = setTimeout(() => {
+        controller.abort();
+      }, this.timeout);
+      const credentials =
+        this.getHttpClient().withCredentials || this.withCredentials ? 'include' : 'same-origin';
+      const redirects = this.redirects === 0 ? 'error' : 'follow';
+      const follow = this.redirects > 0 ? this.redirects : undefined;
+
+      try {
+        const response = await client({
+          url: file.uri,
+          signal,
+          userFetch: async (resource, options) => {
+            const res = await fetch(resource, options);
+            res.headers.delete('Content-Type');
+            return res;
+          },
+          credentials,
+          redirects,
+          follow,
+          ...this.swaggerHTTPClientConfig,
+        });
+
+        return response.text.arrayBuffer();
+      } catch (error) {
+        throw new ResolverError(`Error downloading "${file.uri}"`, error);
+      } finally {
+        clearTimeout(timeoutID);
+      }
+    },
+  },
+});
+
+export default HttpResolverSwaggerClient;
diff --git a/test/.eslintrc b/test/.eslintrc
index 16006fff5f..d8f5c61f7f 100644
--- a/test/.eslintrc
+++ b/test/.eslintrc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "global-require": 0, // needs to be eliminated in future
     "import/no-dynamic-require": 0,
     "max-classes-per-file": 0,
-    "no-underscore-dangle": 0
+    "no-underscore-dangle": 0,
+    "import/no-extraneous-dependencies": ["error", {"devDependencies": true}]
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/fixtures/empty-openapi-3-1-api.json b/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/fixtures/empty-openapi-3-1-api.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/fixtures/sample-openapi-3-1-api.json b/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/fixtures/sample-openapi-3-1-api.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13e368d4ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/fixtures/sample-openapi-3-1-api.json
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+{
+  "openapi": "3.1.0",
+  "x-top-level": "value",
+  "info": {
+    "title": "Sample API",
+    "unknownFixedField": "value",
+    "description": "Optional multiline or single-line description in [CommonMark](http://commonmark.org/help/) or HTML.",
+    "summary": "example summary",
+    "termsOfService": "Terms of service",
+    "version": "0.1.9",
+    "x-version": "0.1.9-beta",
+    "license": {
+      "name": "Apache License 2.0",
+      "x-fullName": "Apache License 2.0",
+      "identifier": "Apache License 2.0",
+      "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"
+    },
+    "contact": {
+      "name": "Vladimir Gorej",
+      "x-username": "char0n",
+      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirgorej/",
+      "email": "vladimir.gorej@gmail.com"
+    }
+  },
+  "components": {
+    "x-extension": "value",
+    "schemas": {
+      "x-model": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type:": "integer"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "User": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "id": {
+            "type": "integer"
+          },
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "profile": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UserProfile",
+            "summary": "user profile reference summary",
+            "description": "user profile reference description"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "UserProfile": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "properties": {
+          "email": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "x-nullable": true
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "parameters": {
+      "userId": {
+        "$ref": "#/components/parameters/userIdRef"
+      },
+      "userIdRef": {
+        "name": "userId",
+        "in": "query",
+        "description": "ID of the user",
+        "required": true
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "security": [
+    {},
+    {
+      "petstore_auth": [
+        "write:pets",
+        "read:pets"
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "servers": [
+    {
+      "url": "http://api.example.com/v1",
+      "description": "Optional server description, e.g. Main (production) server"
+    },
+    {
+      "url": "http:{port}//staging-api.example.com",
+      "description": "Optional server description, e.g. Internal staging server for testing",
+      "variables": {
+        "port": {
+          "enum": [
+            "8443",
+            "443"
+          ],
+          "default": "8443",
+          "description": "Port description"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "paths": {
+    "/users": {
+      "summary": "path item summary",
+      "description": "path item description",
+      "get": {
+        "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
+        "summary": "Returns a list of users.",
+        "description": "Optional extended description in CommonMark or HTML.",
+        "externalDocs": {
+          "description": "Find more info here",
+          "url": "https://example.com"
+        },
+        "operationId": "getUserList",
+        "parameters": [
+          {
+            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/userId"
+          }
+        ],
+        "requestBody": {
+          "content": {}
+        },
+        "responses": {
+          "xxx": {"key":  "val"},
+          "200": {
+            "description": "A JSON array of user names",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "type": "array",
+                  "items": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          },
+          "201": {
+            "description": "A response",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "schema": {
+                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/User"
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "callbacks": {
+          "myCallback": {
+            "{$request.query.queryUrl}": {
+              "post": {
+                "requestBody": {
+                  "description": "Callback payload",
+                  "content": {
+                    "application/json": {
+                      "schema": {
+                        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/User"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "responses": {
+                  "200": {
+                    "description": "callback successfully processed"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "deprecated": true,
+        "security": [
+          {},
+          {
+            "petstore_auth": [
+              "write:pets",
+              "read:pets"
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "servers": [
+          {
+            "url": "http://api.example.com/v3",
+            "description": "Redundant server description, e.g. redundant server"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "servers": [
+        {
+          "url": "http://api.example.com/v2",
+          "description": "Redundant server description, e.g. redundant server"
+        }
+      ],
+      "parameters": [
+        {
+          "name": "userId",
+          "in": "query",
+          "description": "ID of the user",
+          "required": true
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/fixtures/unknown-extension.ext b/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/fixtures/unknown-extension.ext
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/index.js b/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3aca7d547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+import path from 'node:path';
+import http from 'node:http';
+import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer';
+import fetchMock from 'fetch-mock';
+import { File, ResolverError } from '@swagger-api/apidom-reference/configuration/empty';
+
+import Http from '../../../../../../../src/http/index.js';
+import HttpResolverSwaggerClient from '../../../../../../../src/helpers/apidom/reference/resolve/resolvers/http-swagger-client/index.js';
+
+describe('HttpResolverSwaggerClient', () => {
+  let resolver;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resolver = HttpResolverSwaggerClient();
+  });
+
+  describe('canRead', () => {
+    describe('given valid http URL', () => {
+      test('should consider it a HTTP URL', () => {
+        expect(resolver.canRead(File({ uri: 'http://swagger.io/file.txt' }))).toBe(true);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('given valid https URL', () => {
+      test('should consider it a https URL', () => {
+        expect(resolver.canRead(File({ uri: 'https://swagger.io/file.txt' }))).toBe(true);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('given URIs with no protocol', () => {
+      test('should not consider it a http/https URL', () => {
+        expect(resolver.canRead(File({ uri: '/home/user/file.txt' }))).toBe(false);
+        expect(resolver.canRead(File({ uri: 'C:\\home\\user\\file.txt' }))).toBe(false);
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('given URLs with other known protocols', () => {
+      test('should not consider it a http/https URL', () => {
+        expect(resolver.canRead(File({ uri: 'ftp://swagger.io/' }))).toBe(false);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('read', () => {
+    describe('given HTTP URL', () => {
+      test('should fetch the URL', async () => {
+        const url = 'https://httpbin.org/anything';
+        const response = new Response(Buffer.from('data'));
+        fetchMock.get(url, response, { repeat: 1 });
+        const content = await resolver.read(File({ uri: url }));
+
+        expect(content).toBeInstanceOf(ArrayBuffer);
+        expect(Buffer.from(content).toString()).toStrictEqual('data');
+
+        fetchMock.restore();
+      });
+
+      test('should throw on unexpected status codes', async () => {
+        const url = 'https://httpbin.org/anything';
+        const response = new Response(Buffer.from('data'), {
+          status: 400,
+        });
+        fetchMock.get(url, response, { repeat: 1 });
+
+        expect.assertions(2);
+        try {
+          await resolver.read(File({ uri: url }));
+        } catch (error) {
+          expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(ResolverError);
+          expect(error).toHaveProperty(
+            'message',
+            'Error downloading "https://httpbin.org/anything"'
+          );
+        } finally {
+          fetchMock.restore();
+        }
+      });
+
+      test('should throw on timeout', async () => {
+        resolver = HttpResolverSwaggerClient({ timeout: 1 });
+        const url = 'http://localhost:8123/local-file.txt';
+        const cwd = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
+        const server = globalThis.createHTTPServer({ port: 8123, cwd });
+
+        expect.assertions(3);
+        try {
+          await resolver.read(File({ uri: url }));
+        } catch (error) {
+          expect(error.cause.message).toStrictEqual('The user aborted a request.');
+          expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(ResolverError);
+          expect(error).toHaveProperty(
+            'message',
+            'Error downloading "http://localhost:8123/local-file.txt"'
+          );
+        } finally {
+          await server.terminate();
+        }
+      });
+
+      describe('given withCredentials option', () => {
+        test('should allow cross-site Access-Control requests', async () => {
+          resolver = HttpResolverSwaggerClient({
+            withCredentials: true,
+          });
+          const url = 'https://httpbin.org/anything';
+          const response = new Response(Buffer.from('data'));
+          fetchMock.get(url, response, { repeat: 1 });
+
+          expect.assertions(1);
+          try {
+            await resolver.read(File({ uri: url }));
+            const [, requestInit] = fetchMock.lastCall(url);
+
+            expect(requestInit).toHaveProperty('credentials', 'include');
+          } finally {
+            fetchMock.restore();
+          }
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('given global withCredentials override', () => {
+        test('should allow cross-site Access-Control requests', async () => {
+          const url = 'https://httpbin.org/anything';
+          const response = new Response(Buffer.from('data'));
+          fetchMock.get(url, response, { repeat: 1 });
+          const { withCredentials: originalWithCredentials } = Http;
+
+          Http.withCredentials = true;
+
+          expect.assertions(1);
+          try {
+            await resolver.read(File({ uri: url }));
+            const [, requestInit] = fetchMock.lastCall(url);
+
+            expect(requestInit).toHaveProperty('credentials', 'include');
+          } finally {
+            fetchMock.restore();
+            Http.withCredentials = originalWithCredentials;
+          }
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('given redirects options', () => {
+        test('should throw on exceeding redirects', (done) => {
+          resolver = HttpResolverSwaggerClient({
+            redirects: 0,
+          });
+          const url = 'http://localhost:4444/';
+          const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+            res.setHeader('Location', '/foo');
+            res.statusCode = 302;
+            res.end();
+          });
+
+          expect.assertions(2);
+          server.listen(4444, () => {
+            resolver
+              .read(File({ uri: url }))
+              .catch((error) => {
+                expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(ResolverError);
+                expect(error.cause).toHaveProperty(
+                  'message',
+                  'maximum redirect reached at: http://localhost:4444/foo'
+                );
+              })
+              .catch((error) => error)
+              .then((error) => {
+                server.close();
+                done(error);
+              });
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/jest.setup.js b/test/jest.setup.js
index d400113150..82fb598257 100644
--- a/test/jest.setup.js
+++ b/test/jest.setup.js
@@ -1,7 +1,42 @@
+import process from 'node:process';
+import http from 'node:http';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
 import fetchMock from 'fetch-mock';
 import fetch, { Headers, Request, Response } from 'cross-fetch';
+import AbortController from 'abort-controller';
 
+// configures fetchMock with node-fetch
 fetchMock.config.fetch = fetch;
 fetchMock.config.Request = Request;
 fetchMock.config.Response = Response;
 fetchMock.config.Headers = Headers;
+
+// provide AbortController for older Node.js versions
+globalThis.AbortController = globalThis.AbortController ?? AbortController;
+
+// helper for providing HTTP server instance for testing
+globalThis.createHTTPServer = ({ port = 8123, cwd = process.cwd() } = {}) => {
+  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    const filePath = path.join(cwd, req.url || '/favicon.ico');
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+      res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+      res.end('Not found');
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const data = fs.readFileSync(filePath).toString();
+    res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
+    res.end(data);
+  });
+
+  server.listen(port);
+
+  server.terminate = () =>
+    new Promise((resolve) => {
+      server.close(() => resolve(server));
+    });
+
+  return server;
+};