diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 287f7c6706..f170550ef0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -543,11 +543,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b829e4e32b91e643de6eafe82b1d90675f5874230191a4ffbc1b336dec4d6bf"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum-core",
+ "axum-core 0.3.4",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
- "headers",
  "http 0.2.9",
  "http-body 0.4.5",
  "hyper 0.14.27",
@@ -559,14 +558,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum"
+version = "0.7.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a6c9af12842a67734c9a2e355436e5d03b22383ed60cf13cd0c18fbfe3dcbcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "axum-core 0.4.3",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "itoa",
+ "matchit",
+ "memchr",
+ "mime",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
+ "rustversion",
+ "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "serde_urlencoded",
- "sync_wrapper",
+ "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -586,6 +615,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-core"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a15c63fd72d41492dc4f497196f5da1fb04fb7529e631d73630d1b491e47a2e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
+ "rustversion",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-extra"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0be6ea09c9b96cb5076af0de2e383bd2bc0c18f827cf1967bdd353e0b910d733"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum 0.7.5",
+ "axum-core 0.4.3",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "headers",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "mime",
+ "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
+ "serde",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.69"
@@ -631,6 +704,12 @@ version = "0.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9ba43ea6f343b788c8764558649e08df62f86c6ef251fdaeb1ffd010a9ae50a2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64ct"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -2569,7 +2648,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_pcg 0.3.1",
  "rand_seeder",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_cors",
  "rocket_okapi",
@@ -3203,14 +3282,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "headers"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06683b93020a07e3dbcf5f8c0f6d40080d725bea7936fc01ad345c01b97dc270"
+checksum = "322106e6bd0cba2d5ead589ddb8150a13d7c4217cf80d7c4f682ca994ccc6aa9"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.4",
  "bytes",
  "headers-core",
- "http 0.2.9",
+ "http 1.1.0",
  "httpdate",
  "mime",
  "sha1",
@@ -3218,11 +3297,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "headers-core"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e7f66481bfee273957b1f20485a4ff3362987f85b2c236580d81b4eb7a326429"
+checksum = "54b4a22553d4242c49fddb9ba998a99962b5cc6f22cb5a3482bec22522403ce4"
 dependencies = [
- "http 0.2.9",
+ "http 1.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3404,9 +3483,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http-range-header"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "add0ab9360ddbd88cfeb3bd9574a1d85cfdfa14db10b3e21d3700dbc4328758f"
+checksum = "08a397c49fec283e3d6211adbe480be95aae5f304cfb923e9970e08956d5168a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
@@ -3481,9 +3560,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "186548d73ac615b32a73aafe38fb4f56c0d340e110e5a200bcadbaf2e199263a"
+checksum = "fe575dd17d0862a9a33781c8c4696a55c320909004a67a00fb286ba8b1bc496d"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -3496,6 +3575,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
  "smallvec",
  "tokio",
+ "want",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3531,13 +3611,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ca38ef113da30126bbff9cd1705f9273e15d45498615d138b0c20279ac7a76aa"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
+ "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body 1.0.0",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
  "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
  "socket2 0.5.4",
  "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3805,7 +3889,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "socket2 0.5.4",
  "widestring",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
- "winreg",
+ "winreg 0.50.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5077,7 +5161,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "rocket",
  "rocket_cors",
  "rocket_okapi",
@@ -5315,7 +5399,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gloo-timers",
  "http-body-util",
  "humantime-serde",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "log",
  "nym-bandwidth-controller",
@@ -5649,7 +5733,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-exit-policy"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -5675,7 +5759,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "nym-explorer-api-requests",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -5810,7 +5894,7 @@ name = "nym-http-api-client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
@@ -5823,7 +5907,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-http-api-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "bytes",
  "mime",
  "serde",
@@ -5912,7 +5996,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-wireguard",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tap",
@@ -5982,7 +6066,7 @@ name = "nym-mixnode"
 version = "1.1.37"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "bs58 0.5.0",
  "clap 4.4.7",
  "colored",
@@ -6134,7 +6218,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "publicsuffix",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "regex",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
@@ -6211,12 +6295,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nym-node-http-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
+ "axum-extra",
  "colored",
  "dashmap",
  "fastrand 2.0.1",
+ "headers",
  "hmac 0.12.1",
- "hyper 0.14.27",
  "ipnetwork 0.16.0",
  "nym-crypto",
  "nym-http-api-common",
@@ -6396,7 +6481,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "rand 0.7.3",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "tap",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -6491,7 +6576,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-validator-client",
  "pin-project",
  "rand 0.7.3",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "tap",
@@ -6708,7 +6793,7 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "log",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
@@ -6797,7 +6882,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-mixnet-contract-common",
  "nym-validator-client",
  "nym-vesting-contract-common",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "schemars",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -6847,7 +6932,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-service-provider-directory-common",
  "nym-vesting-contract-common",
  "prost 0.12.1",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.9.9",
@@ -6978,7 +7063,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-config",
  "nym-task",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.8",
@@ -8328,6 +8413,41 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
+ "tower-service",
+ "url",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "wasm-bindgen-futures",
+ "web-sys",
+ "winreg 0.50.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "reqwest"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "566cafdd92868e0939d3fb961bd0dc25fcfaaed179291093b3d43e6b3150ea10"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "hyper 1.3.1",
+ "hyper-util",
+ "ipnet",
+ "js-sys",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "once_cell",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite 0.2.13",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_urlencoded",
+ "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
+ "tokio",
  "tokio-socks",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower-service",
@@ -8336,7 +8456,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasm-streams",
  "web-sys",
- "winreg",
+ "winreg 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8577,9 +8697,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed"
-version = "6.8.1"
+version = "8.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a36224c3276f8c4ebc8c20f158eca7ca4359c8db89991c4925132aaaf6702661"
+checksum = "fb78f46d0066053d16d4ca7b898e9343bc3530f71c61d5ad84cd404ada068745"
 dependencies = [
  "rust-embed-impl",
  "rust-embed-utils",
@@ -8588,23 +8708,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed-impl"
-version = "6.8.1"
+version = "8.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49b94b81e5b2c284684141a2fb9e2a31be90638caf040bf9afbc5a0416afe1ac"
+checksum = "b91ac2a3c6c0520a3fb3dd89321177c3c692937c4eb21893378219da10c44fc8"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rust-embed-utils",
- "shellexpand",
  "syn 2.0.58",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed-utils"
-version = "7.8.1"
+version = "8.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d38ff6bf570dc3bb7100fce9f7b60c33fa71d80e88da3f2580df4ff2bdded74"
+checksum = "86f69089032567ffff4eada41c573fc43ff466c7db7c5688b2e7969584345581"
 dependencies = [
  "sha2 0.10.8",
  "walkdir",
@@ -9210,15 +9329,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shellexpand"
-version = "2.1.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ccc8076840c4da029af4f87e4e8daeb0fca6b87bbb02e10cb60b791450e11e4"
-dependencies = [
- "dirs 4.0.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "si-scale"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -9731,6 +9841,12 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sync_wrapper"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a7065abeca94b6a8a577f9bd45aa0867a2238b74e8eb67cf10d492bc39351394"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "synstructure"
 version = "0.12.6"
@@ -9901,7 +10017,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.10",
  "peg",
  "pin-project",
- "reqwest",
+ "reqwest 0.11.22",
  "semver 1.0.22",
  "serde",
  "serde_bytes",
@@ -10263,7 +10379,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3082666a3a6433f7f511c7192923fa1fe07c69332d3c6a2e6bb040b569199d5a"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.6.20",
  "base64 0.21.4",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
@@ -10306,16 +10422,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.4.4"
+version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "61c5bb1d698276a2443e5ecfabc1008bf15a36c12e6a7176e7bf089ea9131140"
+checksum = "1e9cd434a998747dd2c4276bc96ee2e0c7a2eadf3cae88e52be55a05fa9053f5"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "bytes",
- "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "http 0.2.9",
- "http-body 0.4.5",
+ "http 1.1.0",
+ "http-body 1.0.0",
+ "http-body-util",
  "http-range-header",
  "httpdate",
  "mime",
@@ -10813,9 +10929,9 @@ checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "utoipa"
-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "4.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d82b1bc5417102a73e8464c686eef947bdfb99fcdfc0a4f228e81afa9526470a"
+checksum = "272ebdfbc99111033031d2f10e018836056e4d2c8e2acda76450ec7974269fa7"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.0.2",
  "serde",
@@ -10825,9 +10941,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "utoipa-gen"
-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "4.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05d96dcd6fc96f3df9b3280ef480770af1b7c5d14bc55192baa9b067976d920c"
+checksum = "d3c9f4d08338c1bfa70dde39412a040a884c6f318b3d09aaaf3437a1e52027fc"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-error",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -10838,11 +10954,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "utoipa-swagger-ui"
-version = "3.1.5"
+version = "6.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "84614caa239fb25b2bb373a52859ffd94605ceb256eeb1d63436325cf81e3653"
+checksum = "0b39868d43c011961e04b41623e050aedf2cc93652562ff7935ce0f819aaf2da"
 dependencies = [
- "axum",
+ "axum 0.7.5",
  "mime_guess",
  "regex",
  "rust-embed",
@@ -11090,9 +11206,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasm-streams"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b4609d447824375f43e1ffbc051b50ad8f4b3ae8219680c94452ea05eb240ac7"
+checksum = "b65dc4c90b63b118468cf747d8bf3566c1913ef60be765b5730ead9e0a3ba129"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "js-sys",
@@ -11705,6 +11821,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a277a57398d4bfa075df44f501a17cfdf8542d224f0d36095a2adc7aee4ef0a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "with_builtin_macros"
 version = "0.0.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1682869b0e..3d37445c3e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.71"
 async-trait = "0.1.68"
-axum = "0.6.20"
+axum = "0.7.5"
+axum-extra = "0.9.3"
 base64 = "0.21.4"
 bs58 = "0.5.0"
 bip39 = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["zeroize"] }
@@ -171,15 +172,16 @@ dotenvy = "0.15.6"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 generic-array = "0.14.7"
 getrandom = "0.2.10"
+headers = "0.4.0"
 humantime-serde = "1.1.1"
-hyper = "0.14.27"
+hyper = "1.3.1"
 k256 = "0.13"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 log = "0.4"
 once_cell = "1.7.2"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.22", default-features = false }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.4", default-features = false }
 schemars = "0.8.1"
 serde = "1.0.152"
 serde_json = "1.0.91"
@@ -193,8 +195,8 @@ tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.20.1" }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tungstenite = { version = "0.20.1", default-features = false }
 ts-rs = "7.0.0"
-utoipa = "3.5.0"
-utoipa-swagger-ui = "3.1.5"
+utoipa = "4.2.0"
+utoipa-swagger-ui = "6.0.0"
 url = "2.4"
 zeroize = "1.6.0"
 
diff --git a/gateway/src/http/mod.rs b/gateway/src/http/mod.rs
index db15fc2a85..5b691ccf0b 100644
--- a/gateway/src/http/mod.rs
+++ b/gateway/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::error::GatewayError;
 use crate::helpers::load_public_key;
 use ipnetwork::IpNetwork;
-use log::{debug, warn};
+use log::{debug, error, warn};
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info_owned;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_network_requester::RequestFilter;
@@ -295,12 +295,21 @@ impl<'a> HttpApiBuilder<'a> {
             .ok()
         });
 
+        let bind_address = self.gateway_config.http.bind_address;
         let router = nym_node_http_api::NymNodeRouter::new(config, None, wg_state);
 
-        let server = router
-            .build_server(&self.gateway_config.http.bind_address)?
-            .with_task_client(task_client);
-        tokio::spawn(async move { server.run().await });
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let server = match router.build_server(&bind_address).await {
+                Ok(server) => server.with_task_client(task_client),
+                Err(err) => {
+                    error!("failed to create http server: {err}");
+                    // this will cause global shutdown
+                    drop(task_client);
+                    return;
+                }
+            };
+            server.run().await
+        });
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/mixnode/src/node/http/mod.rs b/mixnode/src/node/http/mod.rs
index 26024574b5..4707a44f71 100644
--- a/mixnode/src/node/http/mod.rs
+++ b/mixnode/src/node/http/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::error::MixnodeError;
 use crate::node::node_description::NodeDescription;
-use log::info;
+use log::{error, info};
 use nym_bin_common::bin_info_owned;
 use nym_crypto::asymmetric::{encryption, identity};
 use nym_node_http_api::api::api_requests;
@@ -104,11 +104,19 @@ impl<'a> HttpApiBuilder<'a> {
         .with_landing_page_assets(self.mixnode_config.http.landing_page_assets_path.as_ref());
 
         let router = nym_node_http_api::NymNodeRouter::new(config, None, None);
-        let server = router
-            // .with_merged(legacy::routes(self.legacy_mixnode, self.legacy_descriptor))
-            .build_server(&bind_address)?
-            .with_task_client(task_client);
-        tokio::spawn(async move { server.run().await });
+
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            let server = match router.build_server(&bind_address).await {
+                Ok(server) => server.with_task_client(task_client),
+                Err(err) => {
+                    error!("failed to create http server: {err}");
+                    // this will cause global shutdown
+                    drop(task_client);
+                    return;
+                }
+            };
+            server.run().await
+        });
         Ok(())
     }
 }
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
index a1150a0a52..1b9fb3043e 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,18 +7,16 @@ license.workspace = true
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = { workspace = true, features = ["headers"] }
-# \/ will be needed once we update axum to 0.7
-#axum-extra = { version = "0.9.3", features = ["typed-header"] }
-#headers = "0.4"
+axum.workspace = true
+axum-extra = { axum.workspace = true, features = ["typed-header"] }
+headers.workspace = true
 
 # useful for `#[axum_macros::debug_handler]`
 #axum-macros = "0.3.8"
-hyper.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 time = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["fs"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["fs"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
 utoipa = { workspace = true, features = ["axum_extras", "time"] }
 utoipa-swagger-ui = { workspace = true, features = ["axum"] }
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/error.rs b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/error.rs
index b19b8e429b..8019c5fd58 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/error.rs
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/error.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2024 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+use std::io;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ pub enum NymNodeHttpError {
     #[error("failed to bind the HTTP API to {bind_address}: {source}")]
     HttpBindFailure {
         bind_address: SocketAddr,
-        source: hyper::Error,
+        source: io::Error,
     },
 
     #[error("failed to use nym-node requests: {source}")]
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/lib.rs b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/lib.rs
index 7c690b3ea0..2621a30eda 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
 use axum::extract::connect_info::IntoMakeServiceWithConnectInfo;
+use axum::extract::ConnectInfo;
+use axum::middleware::AddExtension;
+use axum::serve::Serve;
 use axum::Router;
-use hyper::server::conn::AddrIncoming;
-use hyper::Server;
 use nym_task::TaskClient;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
-use tracing::{debug, error, info};
+use tracing::{debug, error};
 
 pub mod error;
 pub mod middleware;
@@ -17,15 +18,18 @@ pub mod state;
 pub use error::NymNodeHttpError;
 pub use router::{api, landing_page, Config, NymNodeRouter};
 
+// I guess this wasn't really meant to be extracted into separate type haha
+type InnerService = IntoMakeServiceWithConnectInfo<Router, SocketAddr>;
+type ConnectInfoExt = AddExtension<Router, ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>>;
+pub type ServeService = Serve<InnerService, ConnectInfoExt>;
+
 pub struct NymNodeHTTPServer {
     task_client: Option<TaskClient>,
-    inner: Server<AddrIncoming, IntoMakeServiceWithConnectInfo<Router, SocketAddr>>,
+    inner: ServeService,
 }
 
 impl NymNodeHTTPServer {
-    pub(crate) fn new(
-        inner: Server<AddrIncoming, IntoMakeServiceWithConnectInfo<Router, SocketAddr>>,
-    ) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(inner: ServeService) -> Self {
         NymNodeHTTPServer {
             task_client: None,
             inner,
@@ -38,9 +42,7 @@ impl NymNodeHTTPServer {
         self
     }
 
-    async fn run_server_forever(
-        server: Server<AddrIncoming, IntoMakeServiceWithConnectInfo<Router, SocketAddr>>,
-    ) {
+    async fn run_server_forever(server: ServeService) {
         if let Err(err) = server.await {
             error!("the HTTP server has terminated with the error: {err}");
         } else {
@@ -49,7 +51,6 @@ impl NymNodeHTTPServer {
     }
 
     pub async fn run(self) {
-        info!("Started NymNodeHTTPServer on {}", self.inner.local_addr());
         if let Some(mut task_client) = self.task_client {
             tokio::select! {
                 _ = task_client.recv_with_delay() => {
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/middleware/logging.rs b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/middleware/logging.rs
index d191c6f161..ae3c5f1d4e 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/middleware/logging.rs
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/middleware/logging.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-// Copyright 2023 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
+// Copyright 2023-2024 - Nym Technologies SA <contact@nymtech.net>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
 
 use axum::{
-    extract::ConnectInfo,
-    http::{HeaderValue, Request},
+    extract::{ConnectInfo, Request},
+    http::{
+        header::{HOST, USER_AGENT},
+        HeaderValue,
+    },
     middleware::Next,
     response::IntoResponse,
 };
 use colored::*;
-use hyper::header::{HOST, USER_AGENT};
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use tracing::info;
 
 /// Simple logger for requests
-pub async fn logger<B>(
+pub async fn logger(
     ConnectInfo(addr): ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>,
-    req: Request<B>,
-    next: Next<B>,
+    req: Request,
+    next: Next,
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let method = req.method().to_string().green();
     let uri = req.uri().to_string().blue();
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/api/v1/metrics/prometheus.rs b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/api/v1/metrics/prometheus.rs
index eae64267bd..a404cb9871 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/api/v1/metrics/prometheus.rs
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/api/v1/metrics/prometheus.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 
 use crate::state::metrics::MetricsAppState;
 use axum::extract::State;
-use axum::headers::authorization::Bearer;
-use axum::headers::Authorization;
 use axum::http::StatusCode;
-use axum::TypedHeader;
+use axum_extra::TypedHeader;
+use headers::authorization::Bearer;
+use headers::Authorization;
 use nym_metrics::metrics;
 
 /// Returns `prometheus` compatible metrics
diff --git a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/mod.rs b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/mod.rs
index 5f6819b938..67e51d73f0 100644
--- a/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/nym-node-http-api/src/router/mod.rs
@@ -204,19 +204,22 @@ impl NymNodeRouter {
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn build_server(
+    pub async fn build_server(
         self,
         bind_address: &SocketAddr,
     ) -> Result<NymNodeHTTPServer, NymNodeHttpError> {
-        let axum_server = axum::Server::try_bind(bind_address)
+        let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(bind_address)
+            .await
             .map_err(|source| NymNodeHttpError::HttpBindFailure {
                 bind_address: *bind_address,
                 source,
-            })?
-            .serve(
-                self.inner
-                    .into_make_service_with_connect_info::<SocketAddr>(),
-            );
+            })?;
+
+        let axum_server = axum::serve(
+            listener,
+            self.inner
+                .into_make_service_with_connect_info::<SocketAddr>(),
+        );
 
         Ok(NymNodeHTTPServer::new(axum_server))
     }
diff --git a/nym-node/src/node/mod.rs b/nym-node/src/node/mod.rs
index 22ea17fccd..0d7f05f1c5 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ impl NymNode {
         Ok(())
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn build_http_server(&self) -> Result<NymNodeHTTPServer, NymNodeError> {
+    pub(crate) async fn build_http_server(&self) -> Result<NymNodeHTTPServer, NymNodeError> {
         let host_details = sign_host_details(
             &self.config,
             self.x25519_sphinx_keys.public_key(),
@@ -559,15 +559,23 @@ impl NymNode {
             .with_metrics_key(self.config.http.access_token.clone());
 
         Ok(NymNodeRouter::new(config, Some(app_state), Some(wg_state))
-            .build_server(&self.config.http.bind_address)?)
+            .build_server(&self.config.http.bind_address)
+            .await?)
     }
 
     pub(crate) async fn run(self) -> Result<(), NymNodeError> {
         let mut task_manager = TaskManager::default().named("NymNode");
         let http_server = self
-            .build_http_server()?
+            .build_http_server()
+            .await?
             .with_task_client(task_manager.subscribe_named("http-server"));
-        tokio::spawn(async move { http_server.run().await });
+        let bind_address = self.config.http.bind_address;
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            {
+                info!("Started NymNodeHTTPServer on {bind_address}");
+                http_server.run().await
+            }
+        });
 
         match self.config.mode {
             NodeMode::Mixnode => {