diff --git a/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux.go b/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux.go
index 926c29e10..0d64382fc 100644
--- a/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux.go
+++ b/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux.go
@@ -81,10 +81,7 @@ func New(opt Opt) (network.ProxyProvider, error) {
 		lru:                  list.New(),
 		egressProviders:      maps.Clone(opt.EgressProviders),
 		ownedEgressProviders: slices.Clone(opt.OwnedEgressProviders),
-		transport: &http.Transport{
-			Proxy:              nil,
-			DisableCompression: true,
-		},
+		transport:            newProxyTransport(),
 	}
 	p.pool = netpool.New(netpool.Opt[*proxyNS]{
 		Name:       "proxy network namespace",
@@ -98,6 +95,14 @@ func New(opt Opt) (network.ProxyProvider, error) {
 	return p, nil
 }
 
+func newProxyTransport() *http.Transport {
+	return &http.Transport{
+		Proxy:              nil,
+		DisableCompression: true,
+		ForceAttemptHTTP2:  true,
+	}
+}
+
 type provider struct {
 	root string
 	next atomic.Uint32
@@ -586,13 +591,7 @@ func (h *proxyHandler) handleConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 		h.recordRequest(req, resp.StatusCode, finalURL(req, resp))
-		// Response.Write uses resp.Proto for the status line. In the MITM
-		// path, resp describes the upstream fetch, so align it to the
-		// client-facing request we intercepted.
-		resp.Proto = req.Proto
-		resp.ProtoMajor = req.ProtoMajor
-		resp.ProtoMinor = req.ProtoMinor
-		resp.Close = resp.Close || req.Close || !req.ProtoAtLeast(1, 1)
+		prepareMITMResponse(req, resp)
 		tracker := newProxyBodyTracker(resp.Body)
 		resp.Body = tracker
 		if err := resp.Write(tlsConn); err != nil {
@@ -608,6 +607,23 @@ func (h *proxyHandler) handleConnect(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+func prepareMITMResponse(req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) {
+	// Response.Write uses resp.Proto for the status line. In the MITM
+	// path, resp describes the upstream fetch, so align it to the
+	// client-facing request we intercepted.
+	resp.Proto = req.Proto
+	resp.ProtoMajor = req.ProtoMajor
+	resp.ProtoMinor = req.ProtoMinor
+	resp.Close = resp.Close || req.Close || !req.ProtoAtLeast(1, 1)
+	if resp.ContentLength < 0 && len(resp.TransferEncoding) == 0 {
+		// Response.Write marks its internal response clone as close-delimited
+		// for this case, but it does not update resp.Close. Mirror that here
+		// so handleConnect closes the client-facing TLS connection after the
+		// upstream body is copied.
+		resp.Close = true
+	}
+}
+
 type proxyBodyTracker struct {
 	body    io.ReadCloser
 	hash    hash.Hash
diff --git a/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux_test.go b/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux_test.go
index 4faef9e47..d0eb8dc9b 100644
--- a/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux_test.go
+++ b/util/network/proxyprovider/provider_linux_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,36 @@ func TestProxyHandlerRoundTripIgnoresClientContextCancel(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
 }
 
+func TestNewProxyTransportAttemptsHTTP2(t *testing.T) {
+	tr := newProxyTransport()
+	t.Cleanup(tr.CloseIdleConnections)
+
+	// The provider transport is cloned per namespace and given a custom
+	// DialContext. Without ForceAttemptHTTP2, the clone can advertise h2 via
+	// ALPN without a registered HTTP/2 RoundTripper, causing apk update to fail
+	// against Alpine HTTPS repositories with proxy 502 responses.
+	require.True(t, tr.ForceAttemptHTTP2)
+}
+
+func TestPrepareMITMResponseClosesUnknownLength(t *testing.T) {
+	req := httptest.NewRequestWithContext(t.Context(), http.MethodGet, "https://www.example.com/", nil)
+	resp := &http.Response{
+		Proto:         "HTTP/2.0",
+		ProtoMajor:    2,
+		ProtoMinor:    0,
+		StatusCode:    http.StatusOK,
+		Status:        "200 OK",
+		ContentLength: -1,
+	}
+
+	prepareMITMResponse(req, resp)
+
+	require.Equal(t, req.Proto, resp.Proto)
+	require.Equal(t, req.ProtoMajor, resp.ProtoMajor)
+	require.Equal(t, req.ProtoMinor, resp.ProtoMinor)
+	require.True(t, resp.Close)
+}
+
 func TestProxyHandlerMarksPostIncomplete(t *testing.T) {
 	methodCh := make(chan string, 1)
 	upstream := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {