diff --git a/connectors/apache-connector/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/HelloWorldTest.java b/connectors/apache-connector/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/HelloWorldTest.java
index 2c4a5b621ec..d4a7d70b462 100644
--- a/connectors/apache-connector/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/HelloWorldTest.java
+++ b/connectors/apache-connector/src/test/java/org/glassfish/jersey/apache/connector/HelloWorldTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 import jakarta.ws.rs.Produces;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.Client;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.ClientBuilder;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.client.ClientRequestContext;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.client.ClientRequestFilter;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.InvocationCallback;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
 import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Application;
@@ -182,11 +184,20 @@ public void testAsyncClientRequests() throws InterruptedException {
         cc.property(ApacheClientProperties.CONNECTION_MANAGER, connectionManager);
         cc.connectorProvider(new ApacheConnectorProvider());
         Client client = ClientBuilder.newClient(cc);
+        client.register(new ClientRequestFilter() {
+            @Override
+            public void filter(ClientRequestContext requestContext) throws IOException {
+                Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info("Sending testAsyncClientRequest");
+                Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info(Thread.currentThread().getClass().getName());
+                Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info(Thread.currentThread().getName());
+            }
+        });
         WebTarget target = client.target(getBaseUri());
         final int REQUESTS = 20;
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(REQUESTS);
         final long tic = System.currentTimeMillis();
         final Map<Integer, String> results = new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, String>();
+        Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info("Starting testAsyncClientRequests in:" + tic);
         for (int i = 0; i < REQUESTS; i++) {
             final int id = i;
             target.path(ROOT_PATH).request().async().get(new InvocationCallback<Response>() {
@@ -197,6 +208,7 @@ public void completed(Response response) {
                         results.put(id, result);
                     } finally {
                         latch.countDown();
+                        Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info("CountDown");
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -205,12 +217,15 @@ public void failed(Throwable error) {
                     Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Failed on throwable", error);
                     results.put(id, "error: " + error.getMessage());
                     latch.countDown();
+                    Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info("CountDown");
                 }
             });
         }
-        assertTrue(latch.await(10 * getAsyncTimeoutMultiplier(), TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        boolean await = latch.await(10 * getAsyncTimeoutMultiplier(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         final long toc = System.currentTimeMillis();
         Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info("Executed in: " + (toc - tic));
+        Logger.getLogger(HelloWorldTest.class.getName()).info("Count is:" + latch.getCount());
+        assertTrue(await);
 
         StringBuilder resultInfo = new StringBuilder("Results:\n");
         for (int i = 0; i < REQUESTS; i++) {
diff --git a/etc/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_ci_build b/etc/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_ci_build
index cc3401fac91..5d84d41e757 100644
--- a/etc/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_ci_build
+++ b/etc/jenkins/Jenkinsfile_ci_build
@@ -8,21 +8,6 @@ pipeline {
     stages {
         stage('Jersey build') {
             parallel {
-                stage('JDK 11') {
-                    agent {
-                        label 'centos-7'
-                    }
-                    tools {
-                        jdk 'openjdk-jdk11-latest'
-                        maven 'apache-maven-latest'
-                    }
-                    steps {
-                        sh '''
-                                bash ${WORKSPACE}/etc/jenkins/jenkins_build.sh
-                                bash ${WORKSPACE}/etc/scripts/validation/dependency-convergence.sh
-                            '''
-                    }
-                }
                 stage('JDK 21') {
                     agent {
                         label 'centos-7'