diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fff63767cd2..3a7ca25e626 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ Main (unreleased)
   * The carriage return symbol in Windows log files with CLRF endings will no longer be part of the log line.
   * These bugs used to cause some logs to show up with Chinese characters. Notably, this would happen on MSSQL UTF-16 LE logs.
 
+- Fix the `loki.write` endpoint block's `enable_http2` attribute to actually affect the client. HTTP2 was previously disabled regardless of configuration. (@dehaansa)
+ 
 v1.11.3
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/internal/component/common/loki/client/client_test.go b/internal/component/common/loki/client/client_test.go
index 32548d5cf41..fe0cf999643 100644
--- a/internal/component/common/loki/client/client_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/common/loki/client/client_test.go
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func TestClient_Handle(t *testing.T) {
 				BatchWait:              testData.clientBatchWait,
 				BatchSize:              testData.clientBatchSize,
 				DropRateLimitedBatches: testData.clientDropRateLimited,
-				Client:                 config.HTTPClientConfig{},
+				Client:                 config.DefaultHTTPClientConfig,
 				BackoffConfig:          backoff.Config{MinBackoff: 1 * time.Millisecond, MaxBackoff: 2 * time.Millisecond, MaxRetries: testData.clientMaxRetries},
 				Timeout:                1 * time.Second,
 				TenantID:               testData.clientTenantID,
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func TestClient_StopNow(t *testing.T) {
 				URL:           serverURL,
 				BatchWait:     c.clientBatchWait,
 				BatchSize:     c.clientBatchSize,
-				Client:        config.HTTPClientConfig{},
+				Client:        config.DefaultHTTPClientConfig,
 				BackoffConfig: backoff.Config{MinBackoff: 5 * time.Second, MaxBackoff: 10 * time.Second, MaxRetries: c.clientMaxRetries},
 				Timeout:       1 * time.Second,
 				TenantID:      c.clientTenantID,
diff --git a/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client.go b/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client.go
index 1fd28d0af57..63b2aca09e4 100644
--- a/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client.go
+++ b/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func newQueueClient(metrics *Metrics, qcMetrics *QueueClientMetrics, cfg Config,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	c.client, err = config.NewClientFromConfig(cfg.Client, useragent.ProductName, config.WithHTTP2Disabled())
+	c.client, err = config.NewClientFromConfig(cfg.Client, useragent.ProductName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client_test.go b/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client_test.go
index ae71fb63a43..f8d1d58238f 100644
--- a/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client_test.go
+++ b/internal/component/common/loki/client/queue_client_test.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestQueueClient(t *testing.T) {
 				URL:           serverURL,
 				BatchWait:     tc.batchWait,
 				BatchSize:     tc.batchSize,
-				Client:        config.HTTPClientConfig{},
+				Client:        config.DefaultHTTPClientConfig,
 				BackoffConfig: backoff.Config{MinBackoff: 5 * time.Second, MaxBackoff: 10 * time.Second, MaxRetries: 1},
 				Timeout:       1 * time.Second,
 				TenantID:      "",
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func runQueueClientBenchCase(b *testing.B, bc testCase, mhFactory func(t *testin
 		URL:           serverURL,
 		BatchWait:     time.Millisecond * 50,
 		BatchSize:     10,
-		Client:        config.HTTPClientConfig{},
+		Client:        config.DefaultHTTPClientConfig,
 		BackoffConfig: backoff.Config{MinBackoff: 5 * time.Second, MaxBackoff: 10 * time.Second, MaxRetries: 1},
 		Timeout:       1 * time.Second,
 		TenantID:      "",
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ func runRegularClientBenchCase(b *testing.B, bc testCase) {
 		URL:           serverURL,
 		BatchWait:     time.Millisecond * 50,
 		BatchSize:     10,
-		Client:        config.HTTPClientConfig{},
+		Client:        config.DefaultHTTPClientConfig,
 		BackoffConfig: backoff.Config{MinBackoff: 5 * time.Second, MaxBackoff: 10 * time.Second, MaxRetries: 1},
 		Timeout:       1 * time.Second,
 		TenantID:      "",
diff --git a/internal/loki/client/client.go b/internal/loki/client/client.go
index ccf62709fa6..7c9fb1fb4ec 100644
--- a/internal/loki/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/loki/client/client.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, cfg Config, timingHistogram *prometheus.HistogramVec
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	client, err := config.NewClientFromConfig(cfg.HTTPClientConfig, useragent.ProductName, config.WithHTTP2Disabled())
+	client, err := config.NewClientFromConfig(cfg.HTTPClientConfig, useragent.ProductName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}