System.setProperty("webdriver.http.factory", "jdk-http-client");

		ChromeOptions browserOptions = new ChromeOptions();
		browserOptions.setPlatformName("Linux");

		java.net.Authenticator auth = new java.net.Authenticator() {
			public PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
				return new PasswordAuthentication("username", "pwd".toCharArray());
			}
		};
		java.net.Authenticator.setDefault(auth);

		Proxy proxy = new Proxy(Proxy.Type.HTTP, new InetSocketAddress("proxy", port));

		ClientConfig config = ClientConfig.defaultConfig()
				.connectionTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(45))
				.readTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(45))
				.proxy(proxy)
				.baseUrl(new URL("gridUrl"));

		HttpCommandExecutor executor = new HttpCommandExecutor(config);
		
		WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(executor, browserOptions);

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
	at java.base/java.io.ByteArrayInputStream.<init>(ByteArrayInputStream.java:108)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.jdk.JdkHttpMessages.lambda$createResponse$4(JdkHttpMessages.java:149)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.bytes(Contents.java:80)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.string(Contents.java:97)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.string(Contents.java:101)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:131)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:106)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:67)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:156)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:535)
	... 3 more