diff --git a/providers/airbyte/docs/connections.rst b/providers/airbyte/docs/connections.rst
index f0c14000aa61e..50a85188cff9d 100644
--- a/providers/airbyte/docs/connections.rst
+++ b/providers/airbyte/docs/connections.rst
@@ -40,3 +40,11 @@ Client ID (required)
 Client Secret (required)
     The Client Secret to connect to the Airbyte server.
     You can find this information in the Settings / Applications page in Airbyte UI.
+
+Extras (optional)
+    Specify custom proxies in json format.
+    Following default requests parameters are taken into account:
+
+    * ``proxies``
+
+    Example: ``{"http": "http://proxy.example.com:8080", "https": "http://proxy.example.com:8080"}``
diff --git a/providers/airbyte/pyproject.toml b/providers/airbyte/pyproject.toml
index f573261181de3..743f2ccc8162a 100644
--- a/providers/airbyte/pyproject.toml
+++ b/providers/airbyte/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ requires-python = "~=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "apache-airflow>=2.9.0",
     "airbyte-api>=0.52.0",
+    "requests>=2.31.0",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
diff --git a/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/hooks/airbyte.py b/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/hooks/airbyte.py
index fd2498532010f..8a9c14f9ba8b2 100644
--- a/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/hooks/airbyte.py
+++ b/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/hooks/airbyte.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from airbyte_api import AirbyteAPI
 from airbyte_api.api import CancelJobRequest, GetJobRequest
 from airbyte_api.models import JobCreateRequest, JobStatusEnum, JobTypeEnum, SchemeClientCredentials, Security
+from requests import Session
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ def get_conn_params(self, conn_id: str) -> Any:
         conn_params["client_id"] = conn.login
         conn_params["client_secret"] = conn.password
         conn_params["token_url"] = conn.schema or "v1/applications/token"
+        conn_params["proxies"] = conn.extra_dejson.get("proxies", None)
 
         return conn_params
 
@@ -74,9 +76,15 @@ def create_api_session(self) -> AirbyteAPI:
             token_url=self.conn["token_url"],
         )
 
+        client = None
+        if self.conn["proxies"]:
+            client = Session()
+            client.proxies = self.conn["proxies"]
+
         return AirbyteAPI(
             server_url=self.conn["host"],
             security=Security(client_credentials=credentials),
+            client=client,
         )
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/hooks/test_airbyte.py b/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/hooks/test_airbyte.py
index f447600c78073..afbbee65f10c4 100644
--- a/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/hooks/test_airbyte.py
+++ b/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/hooks/test_airbyte.py
@@ -38,14 +38,19 @@ class TestAirbyteHook:
     Test all functions from Airbyte Hook
     """
 
+    conn_type = "airbyte"
     airbyte_conn_id = "airbyte_conn_id_test"
+    airbyte_conn_id_with_proxy = "airbyte_conn_id_test_with_proxy"
     connection_id = "conn_test_sync"
     job_id = 1
+    host = "http://test-airbyte:8000/public/v1/api/"
+    port = 8001
     sync_connection_endpoint = "http://test-airbyte:8001/api/v1/connections/sync"
     get_job_endpoint = "http://test-airbyte:8001/api/v1/jobs/get"
     cancel_job_endpoint = "http://test-airbyte:8001/api/v1/jobs/cancel"
 
     health_endpoint = "http://test-airbyte:8001/api/v1/health"
+    _mock_proxy = {"proxies": {"http": "http://proxy:8080", "https": "https://proxy:8080"}}
     _mock_sync_conn_success_response_body = {"job": {"id": 1}}
     _mock_job_status_success_response_body = {"job": {"status": "succeeded"}}
     _mock_job_cancel_status = "cancelled"
@@ -53,13 +58,23 @@ class TestAirbyteHook:
     def setup_method(self):
         db.merge_conn(
             Connection(
-                conn_id="airbyte_conn_id_test",
-                conn_type="airbyte",
-                host="http://test-airbyte:8000/public/v1/api/",
-                port=8001,
+                conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id,
+                conn_type=self.conn_type,
+                host=self.host,
+                port=self.port,
+            )
+        )
+        db.merge_conn(
+            Connection(
+                conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id_with_proxy,
+                conn_type=self.conn_type,
+                host=self.host,
+                port=self.port,
+                extra=self._mock_proxy,
             )
         )
         self.hook = AirbyteHook(airbyte_conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id)
+        self.hook_with_proxy = AirbyteHook(airbyte_conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id_with_proxy)
 
     def return_value_get_job(self, status):
         response = mock.Mock()
@@ -202,3 +217,14 @@ def test_connection_failure(self, mock_get_health_check):
         status, msg = self.hook.test_connection()
         assert status is False
         assert msg == '{"message": "internal server error"}'
+
+    def test_create_api_session_with_proxy(self):
+        """
+        Test the creation of the API session with proxy settings.
+        """
+        # Create a new AirbyteHook instance
+        hook = AirbyteHook(airbyte_conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id_with_proxy)
+
+        # Check if the session is created correctly
+        assert hook.airbyte_api is not None
+        assert hook.airbyte_api.sdk_configuration.client.proxies == self._mock_proxy["proxies"]