diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2e33739ec64..e3abb530fc8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ src/main/gen/
 src/main/generated/
 src-gen/
 
+
 .lycheecache
 
+jcef-bundle/
+
 javafx/javafx-sdk-*
 javafx/javafx-jmods-*
 javafx/javafx.html
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 87bed09a28c..912ec1edcb3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.controlsfx:controlsfx:11.2.1'
 
     // region HTTP clients
-    implementation 'org.htmlunit:htmlunit:4.4.0' // used for web scraping
+    implementation 'me.friwi:jcefmaven:126.2.0' // used for web scraping
     implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.18.1'
     implementation 'com.konghq:unirest-java-core:4.4.4'
     implementation 'com.konghq:unirest-modules-gson:4.4.4'
diff --git a/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
index dc18d9dd3f2..34224f33dc2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     requires org.glassfish.hk2.api;
 
     // region: http clients
-    requires htmlunit;
+    requires jcefmaven;
     requires org.apache.httpcomponents.core5.httpcore5;
     requires org.jsoup;
     requires unirest.java.core;
@@ -184,5 +184,6 @@
     requires mslinks;
     requires org.antlr.antlr4.runtime;
     requires org.libreoffice.uno;
+    requires jcef;
     // endregion
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/ACS.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/ACS.java
index 581810d0479..1f6d8d5be33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/ACS.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/ACS.java
@@ -10,17 +10,21 @@
 import org.jabref.model.entry.field.StandardField;
 import org.jabref.model.entry.identifier.DOI;
 
-import org.htmlunit.BrowserVersion;
-import org.htmlunit.WebClient;
-import org.htmlunit.html.HtmlPage;
-import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
-import org.jsoup.nodes.Document;
-import org.jsoup.nodes.Element;
+import me.friwi.jcefmaven.CefAppBuilder;
+import me.friwi.jcefmaven.MavenCefAppHandlerAdapter;
+import org.cef.CefApp;
+import org.cef.CefClient;
+import org.cef.CefSettings;
+import org.cef.browser.CefBrowser;
+import org.cef.browser.CefFrame;
+import org.cef.callback.CefStringVisitor;
+import org.cef.handler.CefDisplayHandlerAdapter;
+import org.cef.handler.CefLoadHandlerAdapter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * FulltextFetcher implementation that attempts to find a PDF URL at ACS.
+ * FulltextFetcher implementation that attempts to find a PDF URL at <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/">ACS</a>.
  */
 public class ACS implements FulltextFetcher {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ACS.class);
@@ -42,24 +46,51 @@ public Optional<URL> findFullText(BibEntry entry) throws IOException {
 
         String source = SOURCE.formatted(doi.get().getDOI());
 
-        try (final WebClient webClient = new WebClient(BrowserVersion.CHROME)) {
-            webClient.getOptions().setSSLClientProtocols("TLSv1.3", "TLSv1.2");
-            // inspired by https://www.innoq.com/en/blog/2016/01/webscraping/
-            webClient.getCookieManager().setCookiesEnabled(true);
-            webClient.getOptions().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
-            webClient.getOptions().setTimeout(10_000);
-            webClient.waitForBackgroundJavaScript(5000);
-            webClient.getOptions().setThrowExceptionOnScriptError(false);
-            webClient.getOptions().setPrintContentOnFailingStatusCode(true);
+        CefAppBuilder builder = new CefAppBuilder();
+        builder.setAppHandler(new MavenCefAppHandlerAdapter(){});
+        CefApp cefApp;
+        try {
+            cefApp = builder.build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.error("Could not initialize CEF", e);
+            throw new IOException(e);
+        }
+
+        CefClient client = cefApp.createClient();
+        CefBrowser browser = client.createBrowser(source, false, false);
+
+        client.addLoadHandler(new CefLoadHandlerAdapter() {
+            @Override
+            public void onLoadEnd(CefBrowser browser, CefFrame frame, int httpStatusCode) {
+                System.out.println("lalala");
+                if (frame.isMain()) {
+                    frame.executeJavaScript(
+                            "document.documentElement.outerHTML;",
+                            frame.getURL(),
+                            0
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+        });
 
-            HtmlPage page = webClient.getPage(source);
-            boolean pdfButtonExists = page.querySelectorAll("a[title=\"PDF\"].article__btn__secondary").isEmpty();
-            if (pdfButtonExists) {
-                LOGGER.info("Fulltext PDF found at ACS.");
-                // We "guess" the URL instead of parsing the HTML for the actual link
-                return Optional.of(new URL(source.replaceFirst("/abs/", "/pdf/")));
+        client.addDisplayHandler(new CefDisplayHandlerAdapter() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean onConsoleMessage(CefBrowser browser, CefSettings.LogSeverity level, String message, String source, int line) {
+                // Capture the result of the JavaScript execution in the console message
+                System.out.println("Page HTML content:\n" + message);
+                return true;
             }
+        });
+
+        browser.loadURL(source);
+
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(5000);
+        } catch (
+                InterruptedException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
+
         return Optional.empty();
     }