diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index f7e8e1c2..cad03774 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
     "graphql-type-json": "^0.3.2",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.7",
     "http-errors": "~1.6.3",
+    "http-proxy-agent": "^7.0.0",
+    "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.1",
     "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.0",
     "knex": "^2.4.0",
     "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/axios-with-proxy.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/axios-with-proxy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c280b534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/axios-with-proxy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
+import { HttpsProxyAgent } from 'https-proxy-agent';
+import { HttpProxyAgent } from 'http-proxy-agent';
+
+const config: AxiosRequestConfig = {};
+const httpProxyUrl = process.env.http_proxy;
+const httpsProxyUrl = process.env.https_proxy;
+const supportsProxy = httpProxyUrl || httpsProxyUrl;
+
+if (supportsProxy) {
+  if (httpProxyUrl) {
+    config.httpAgent = new HttpProxyAgent(process.env.http_proxy);
+  }
+
+  if (httpsProxyUrl) {
+    config.httpsAgent = new HttpsProxyAgent(process.env.https_proxy);
+  }
+
+  config.proxy = false;
+}
+
+const axiosWithProxyInstance = axios.create(config);
+
+export default axiosWithProxyInstance;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/billing/paddle.ee.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/billing/paddle.ee.ts
index f558713d..aef02129 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/billing/paddle.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/billing/paddle.ee.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// TODO: replace with axios-with-proxy when needed
 import axios from 'axios';
 import appConfig from '../../config/app';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/check-license.ee.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/check-license.ee.ts
index 1ea04e59..4e2143f6 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/check-license.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/check-license.ee.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// TODO: replace with axios-with-proxy
 import axios from 'axios';
 import appConfig from '../config/app';
 import memoryCache from 'memory-cache';
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts
index a91cb418..c8db2a72 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/http-client/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-import axios, { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
-export { AxiosInstance as IHttpClient } from 'axios';
 import { IHttpClientParams } from '@automatisch/types';
-import { URL } from 'url';
+import { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
+import { URL } from 'node:url';
+export { AxiosInstance as IHttpClient } from 'axios';
+
 import HttpError from '../../errors/http';
+import axios from '../axios-with-proxy';
 
 const removeBaseUrlForAbsoluteUrls = (
   requestConfig: AxiosRequestConfig
diff --git a/packages/types/index.d.ts b/packages/types/index.d.ts
index b1ae48ee..8532fea0 100644
--- a/packages/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types/index.d.ts
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ declare module 'axios' {
   interface AxiosRequestConfig {
     additionalProperties?: Record<string, unknown>;
   }
+
+  // ref: https://github.com/axios/axios/issues/5095
+  interface AxiosInstance {
+    create(config?: CreateAxiosDefaults): AxiosInstance;
+  }
 }
 
 export interface IRequest extends Request {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2c6d6be5..7acfbec0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4995,6 +4995,13 @@ agent-base@6, agent-base@^6.0.2:
   dependencies:
     debug "4"
 
+agent-base@^7.0.2, agent-base@^7.1.0:
+  version "7.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/agent-base/-/agent-base-7.1.0.tgz#536802b76bc0b34aa50195eb2442276d613e3434"
+  integrity sha512-o/zjMZRhJxny7OyEF+Op8X+efiELC7k7yOjMzgfzVqOzXqkBkWI79YoTdOtsuWd5BWhAGAuOY/Xa6xpiaWXiNg==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^4.3.4"
+
 agentkeepalive@^4.1.3:
   version "4.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/agentkeepalive/-/agentkeepalive-4.2.0.tgz#616ce94ccb41d1a39a45d203d8076fe98713062d"
@@ -9877,6 +9884,14 @@ http-proxy-agent@^5.0.0:
     agent-base "6"
     debug "4"
 
+http-proxy-agent@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy-agent/-/http-proxy-agent-7.0.0.tgz#e9096c5afd071a3fce56e6252bb321583c124673"
+  integrity sha512-+ZT+iBxVUQ1asugqnD6oWoRiS25AkjNfG085dKJGtGxkdwLQrMKU5wJr2bOOFAXzKcTuqq+7fZlTMgG3SRfIYQ==
+  dependencies:
+    agent-base "^7.1.0"
+    debug "^4.3.4"
+
 http-proxy-middleware@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy-middleware/-/http-proxy-middleware-2.0.1.tgz#7ef3417a479fb7666a571e09966c66a39bd2c15f"
@@ -9923,6 +9938,14 @@ https-proxy-agent@^5.0.0:
     agent-base "6"
     debug "4"
 
+https-proxy-agent@^7.0.1:
+  version "7.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-7.0.1.tgz#0277e28f13a07d45c663633841e20a40aaafe0ab"
+  integrity sha512-Eun8zV0kcYS1g19r78osiQLEFIRspRUDd9tIfBCTBPBeMieF/EsJNL8VI3xOIdYRDEkjQnqOYPsZ2DsWsVsFwQ==
+  dependencies:
+    agent-base "^7.0.2"
+    debug "4"
+
 human-signals@^1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-signals/-/human-signals-1.1.1.tgz#c5b1cd14f50aeae09ab6c59fe63ba3395fe4dfa3"