diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 93a4352f..0098ea7c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -12,17 +12,20 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         ruby-version: ['3.2']
+        gemfile: ['faraday_1', 'faraday_2']
         ES_VERSION: ['8.18.0']
         include:
           - ES_VERSION: '8.18.0'
             ES_DOWNLOAD_URL: >-
               https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-8.18.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+    env:
+      BUNDLE_GEMFILE: ${{ github.workspace }}/gemfiles/${{ matrix.gemfile }}.gemfile
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
           ruby-version: ${{ matrix.ruby-version }}
           bundler-cache: true # runs 'bundle install' and caches installed gems automatically
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Cache Elasticsearch
         id: cache-elasticsearch
         uses: actions/cache@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d64dd0aa..54bf8a78 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /vendor/cache/*.gem
 /coverage
 Gemfile.lock
+gemfiles/*.lock
 *.gem
 tags
 .byebug_history
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 636799bf..233cc857 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 6.3.0 (2026-06-22)
+- Add support for Faraday 2 (now compatible with both Faraday 1.x and 2.x)
+- Drop the deprecated `faraday_middleware` dependency in favor of `faraday-gzip`
+
 ## 6.2.4 (2025-10-10)
 - Added support for ES 8.19.3
 
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index d38f1a47..43fff963 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ group :development do
   gem "activesupport", ">= 7.0"
   gem "bundler", "~> 2.0"
   gem "debug", "~> 1.7"
+  # The default bundle resolves Faraday 2.x, where the :retry middleware lives in the
+  # faraday-retry gem (it is in core on 1.x). Needed for the retry test; consumers opt in.
+  gem "faraday-retry", require: "faraday/retry"
   gem "minitest", "~> 5.17"
   gem "minitest-focus", "~> 1.3"
   gem "rake"
@@ -17,6 +20,5 @@ group :development do
   gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.21.0"
   gem "rubocop-rake", "~> 0.6.0"
   gem "simplecov", require: false
-  gem "spy", "~> 1.0"
   gem "webmock", "~> 3.5"
 end
diff --git a/elastomer-client.gemspec b/elastomer-client.gemspec
index 3c049fec..d2ce72a5 100644
--- a/elastomer-client.gemspec
+++ b/elastomer-client.gemspec
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
   spec.add_dependency "addressable", "~> 2.5"
-  spec.add_dependency "faraday",     ">= 0.17"
-  spec.add_dependency "faraday_middleware", ">= 0.14"
+  spec.add_dependency "faraday",     ">= 1.0", "< 3"
+  spec.add_dependency "faraday-gzip", ">= 1.0"
   spec.add_dependency "multi_json",  "~> 1.12"
   spec.add_dependency "semantic",    "~> 1.6"
 end
diff --git a/gemfiles/faraday_1.gemfile b/gemfiles/faraday_1.gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86edf958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/faraday_1.gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Tests elastomer-client against Faraday 1.x.
+#
+# faraday-gzip works on both Faraday 1.x and 2.x and provides the :gzip request middleware
+# used for response decompression (replacing the deprecated faraday_middleware).
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "faraday", "~> 1.10"
+
+gemspec path: ".."
+
+group :development do
+  gem "activesupport", ">= 7.0"
+  gem "bundler", "~> 2.0"
+  gem "debug", "~> 1.7"
+  gem "minitest", "~> 5.17"
+  gem "minitest-focus", "~> 1.3"
+  gem "rake"
+  gem "rubocop", "~> 1.63.0"
+  gem "rubocop-github", "~> 0.20.0"
+  gem "rubocop-minitest", "~> 0.35.0"
+  gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.21.0"
+  gem "rubocop-rake", "~> 0.6.0"
+  gem "simplecov", require: false
+  gem "webmock", "~> 3.5"
+end
diff --git a/gemfiles/faraday_2.gemfile b/gemfiles/faraday_2.gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d9f1307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gemfiles/faraday_2.gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Tests elastomer-client against Faraday 2.x.
+#
+# This is the configuration the monolith targets after the Faraday 2 upgrade. faraday-gzip
+# provides the :gzip request middleware (response decompression) on Faraday 2.x.
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "faraday", "~> 2.0"
+
+gemspec path: ".."
+
+group :development do
+  gem "activesupport", ">= 7.0"
+  gem "bundler", "~> 2.0"
+  gem "debug", "~> 1.7"
+  # On Faraday 2.x the :retry middleware lives in the faraday-retry gem (it is in core on
+  # 1.x). Consumers opt into retries via a connection block; the suite covers that path.
+  gem "faraday-retry", require: "faraday/retry"
+  gem "minitest", "~> 5.17"
+  gem "minitest-focus", "~> 1.3"
+  gem "rake"
+  gem "rubocop", "~> 1.63.0"
+  gem "rubocop-github", "~> 0.20.0"
+  gem "rubocop-minitest", "~> 0.35.0"
+  gem "rubocop-performance", "~> 1.21.0"
+  gem "rubocop-rake", "~> 0.6.0"
+  gem "simplecov", require: false
+  gem "webmock", "~> 3.5"
+end
diff --git a/lib/elastomer_client/client.rb b/lib/elastomer_client/client.rb
index 416fc00d..3e5004e7 100644
--- a/lib/elastomer_client/client.rb
+++ b/lib/elastomer_client/client.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 require "addressable/template"
 require "faraday"
-require "faraday_middleware"
+require "faraday/gzip"
 require "multi_json"
 require "semantic"
 require "zlib"
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def connection
       @connection ||= Faraday.new(url) do |conn|
         conn.response(:parse_json)
         # Request compressed responses from ES and decompress them
-        conn.use(:gzip)
+        conn.request(:gzip)
         conn.request(:encode_json)
         conn.request(:limit_size, max_request_size:) if max_request_size
         conn.request(:elastomer_compress, compression:) if compress_body
@@ -140,10 +140,14 @@ def connection
         conn.options[:timeout]      = read_timeout
         conn.options[:open_timeout] = open_timeout
 
+        # Faraday 2 removed the Connection#token_auth and #basic_auth helpers, and the
+        # :authorization middleware emits different header formats across Faraday majors.
+        # Set the Authorization header directly so the output is identical on 1.x and 2.x.
         if token_auth?
-          conn.token_auth(@token_auth)
+          conn.headers["Authorization"] = %(Token token="#{@token_auth}")
         elsif basic_auth?
-          conn.basic_auth(@basic_auth[:username], @basic_auth[:password])
+          credentials = ["#{@basic_auth[:username]}:#{@basic_auth[:password]}"].pack("m0")
+          conn.headers["Authorization"] = "Basic #{credentials}"
         end
 
         @connection_block&.call(conn)
diff --git a/lib/elastomer_client/version.rb b/lib/elastomer_client/version.rb
index 68acdd42..4a8487df 100644
--- a/lib/elastomer_client/version.rb
+++ b/lib/elastomer_client/version.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module ElastomerClient
-  VERSION = "6.2.4"
+  VERSION = "6.3.0"
 
   def self.version
     VERSION
diff --git a/test/client_test.rb b/test/client_test.rb
index 30c87fcb..66a81ca5 100644
--- a/test/client_test.rb
+++ b/test/client_test.rb
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@
   end
 
   it "allows configuring the Faraday when a block is given" do
-    assert ElastomerClient::Client.new.connection.builder.handlers.none? { |handler| handler.klass == FaradayMiddleware::Instrumentation }
+    assert ElastomerClient::Client.new.connection.builder.handlers.none? { |handler| handler.klass == ElastomerClient::Middleware::OpaqueId }
 
     c = ElastomerClient::Client.new do |connection|
       assert_kind_of(Faraday::Connection, connection)
 
-      connection.use :instrumentation
+      connection.request :opaque_id
     end
 
-    assert c.connection.builder.handlers.any? { |handler| handler.klass == FaradayMiddleware::Instrumentation }
+    assert c.connection.builder.handlers.any? { |handler| handler.klass == ElastomerClient::Middleware::OpaqueId }
   end
 
   it "use Faraday's default adapter if none is specified" do
@@ -145,14 +145,9 @@
       })
       client = ElastomerClient::Client.new(**client_params)
 
-      connection = Faraday::Connection.new
-      basic_auth_spy = Spy.on(connection, :basic_auth).and_return(nil)
+      expected = "Basic #{["my_user:my_secret_password"].pack("m0")}"
 
-      Faraday.stub(:new, $client_params[:url], connection) do
-        client.ping
-      end
-
-      assert basic_auth_spy.has_been_called_with?("my_user", "my_secret_password")
+      assert_equal expected, client.connection.headers["Authorization"]
     end
 
     it "ignores basic authentication if password is missing" do
@@ -161,14 +156,7 @@
       })
       client = ElastomerClient::Client.new(**client_params)
 
-      connection = Faraday::Connection.new
-      basic_auth_spy = Spy.on(connection, :basic_auth).and_return(nil)
-
-      Faraday.stub(:new, $client_params[:url], connection) do
-        client.ping
-      end
-
-      refute_predicate basic_auth_spy, :has_been_called?
+      refute client.connection.headers.key?("Authorization")
     end
 
     it "ignores basic authentication if username is missing" do
@@ -177,28 +165,14 @@
       })
       client = ElastomerClient::Client.new(**client_params)
 
-      connection = Faraday::Connection.new
-      basic_auth_spy = Spy.on(connection, :basic_auth).and_return(nil)
-
-      Faraday.stub(:new, $client_params[:url], connection) do
-        client.ping
-      end
-
-      refute_predicate basic_auth_spy, :has_been_called?
+      refute client.connection.headers.key?("Authorization")
     end
 
     it "can use token authentication" do
       client_params = $client_params.merge(token_auth: "my_secret_token")
       client = ElastomerClient::Client.new(**client_params)
 
-      connection = Faraday::Connection.new
-      token_auth_spy = Spy.on(connection, :token_auth).and_return(nil)
-
-      Faraday.stub(:new, $client_params[:url], connection) do
-        client.ping
-      end
-
-      assert token_auth_spy.has_been_called_with?("my_secret_token")
+      assert_equal %(Token token="my_secret_token"), client.connection.headers["Authorization"]
     end
 
     it "prefers token authentication over basic" do
@@ -208,16 +182,7 @@
       }, token_auth: "my_secret_token")
       client = ElastomerClient::Client.new(**client_params)
 
-      connection = Faraday::Connection.new
-      basic_auth_spy = Spy.on(connection, :basic_auth).and_return(nil)
-      token_auth_spy = Spy.on(connection, :token_auth).and_return(nil)
-
-      Faraday.stub(:new, $client_params[:url], connection) do
-        client.ping
-      end
-
-      refute_predicate basic_auth_spy, :has_been_called?
-      assert token_auth_spy.has_been_called_with?("my_secret_token")
+      assert_equal %(Token token="my_secret_token"), client.connection.headers["Authorization"]
     end
   end
 
@@ -372,11 +337,15 @@
     it "adding retry logic retries up to 2 times" do
       retry_count = 0
 
+      # :retry maps to Faraday::Request::Retry on Faraday 1.x and Faraday::Retry::Middleware
+      # on Faraday 2.x (via faraday-retry). Look up whichever the running Faraday registers.
+      retry_klass = Faraday::Request.lookup_middleware(:retry)
+
       retry_options = {
         max: 2,
         interval: 0.05,
         methods: [:get],
-        exceptions: Faraday::Request::Retry::DEFAULT_EXCEPTIONS + [Faraday::ConnectionFailed],
+        exceptions: retry_klass::DEFAULT_EXCEPTIONS + [Faraday::ConnectionFailed],
         retry_block: proc { |env, options, retries, exc| retry_count += 1 }
       }
       retry_client = ElastomerClient::Client.new(port: 9205) do |connection|