diff --git a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/builder/kord/KordBuilder.kt b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/builder/kord/KordBuilder.kt
index e04f44102c3..c9c1cafc536 100644
--- a/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/builder/kord/KordBuilder.kt
+++ b/core/src/commonMain/kotlin/builder/kord/KordBuilder.kt
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ public abstract class BaseKordBuilder internal constructor(public val token: Str
             val rateLimiter = IdentifyRateLimiter(resources.maxConcurrency, defaultDispatcher)
             shards.map {
                 DefaultGateway {
-                    // Workaround for: https://github.com/ktorio/ktor/pull/3950#issuecomment-1909088751
-//                    client = resources.httpClient
+                    client = resources.httpClient
                     identifyRateLimiter = rateLimiter
                 }
             }
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index f6293267b13..9801b851804 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ dokka-plugin = { module = "org.jetbrains.dokka:dokka-gradle-plugin", version.ref
 atomicfu-plugin = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:atomicfu-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "kotlinx-atomicfu" }
 binary-compatibility-validator-plugin = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:binary-compatibility-validator", version.ref = "binary-compatibility-validator" }
 ksp-plugin = { module = "com.google.devtools.ksp:symbol-processing-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "ksp" }
-kord-gradle-plugin = { module = "dev.kord:gradle-tools", version = "1.2.8" }
+kord-gradle-plugin = { module = "dev.kord:gradle-tools", version = "1.2.9" }
 maven-publish-plugin = { module = "com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin", version = "0.27.0" }
 
 [bundles]