diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index c35b4975..09e151a5 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.43.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.51.0
 	golang.org/x/image v0.40.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.54.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.37.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/arch v0.26.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260410095643-746e56fc9e2f // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.54.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.36.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.44.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260406210006-6f92a3bedf2d // indirect
diff --git a/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go b/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go
index 30b3521e..f8e40b0d 100644
--- a/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go
+++ b/backend/internal/bootstrap/router_bootstrap.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 	sloggin "github.com/gin-contrib/slog"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/github.com/gin-gonic/gin/otelgin"
-	"golang.org/x/net/http2"
-	"golang.org/x/net/http2/h2c"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@ func newHTTPServer(r *gin.Engine, protocols *http.Protocols) *http.Server {
 		MaxHeaderBytes:    1 << 20,
 		ReadHeaderTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
 		Protocols:         protocols,
-		Handler: h2c.NewHandler(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		Handler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 			// HEAD requests don't get matched by Gin routes, so we convert them to GET
 			// middleware.HeadMiddleware will convert them back to HEAD later
 			if req.Method == http.MethodHead {
@@ -225,7 +223,7 @@ func newHTTPServer(r *gin.Engine, protocols *http.Protocols) *http.Server {
 			}
 
 			r.ServeHTTP(w, req)
-		}), &http2.Server{}),
+		}),
 	}
 }