diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 73e18b7..36c8fda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gitlab</groupId>
 			<artifactId>java-gitlab-api</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.7</version>
+			<version>1.2.8</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/argelbargel/jenkins/plugins/gitlab_branch_source/api/GitLabAPI.java b/src/main/java/argelbargel/jenkins/plugins/gitlab_branch_source/api/GitLabAPI.java
index 69611b7..48455d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/argelbargel/jenkins/plugins/gitlab_branch_source/api/GitLabAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/argelbargel/jenkins/plugins/gitlab_branch_source/api/GitLabAPI.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package argelbargel.jenkins.plugins.gitlab_branch_source.api;
 
+import hudson.ProxyConfiguration;
+import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.gitlab.api.GitlabAPI;
 import org.gitlab.api.http.Query;
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.Proxy;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -34,6 +37,10 @@ public static GitLabAPI connect(String url, String token, boolean ignoreCertific
         try {
             GitlabAPI delegate = GitlabAPI.connect(url, token);
             delegate.ignoreCertificateErrors(ignoreCertificateErrors);
+            ProxyConfiguration proxy = Jenkins.getInstance().proxy;
+            if (proxy != null) {
+                delegate.proxy(proxy.createProxy(url));
+            }
             return new GitLabAPI(delegate);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new GitLabAPIException(e);