diff --git a/src/protocol/http/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/HC4CookieHandler.java b/src/protocol/http/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/HC4CookieHandler.java
index 990b33ecca0..559d4c1022b 100644
--- a/src/protocol/http/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/HC4CookieHandler.java
+++ b/src/protocol/http/src/main/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/HC4CookieHandler.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.control;
 
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -173,20 +174,38 @@ public void addCookieFromHeader(CookieManager cookieManager,
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getCookieHeaderForURL(CollectionProperty cookiesCP, URL url,
-            boolean allowVariableCookie) {
-        List<org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie> c =
-                getCookiesForUrl(cookiesCP, url, allowVariableCookie);
+    public String getCookieHeaderForURL(CollectionProperty cookiesCP, URL url, boolean allowVariableCookie) {
+        List<org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie> c = getCookiesForUrl(cookiesCP, url, allowVariableCookie);
 
         boolean debugEnabled = log.isDebugEnabled();
-        if (debugEnabled){
+        if (debugEnabled) {
             log.debug("Found {} cookies for {}", c.size(), url);
         }
+
         if (c.isEmpty()) {
             return null;
         }
-        List<Header> lstHdr = cookieSpec.formatCookies(c);
 
+        // Get current time as an Instant
+        Instant currentTime = Instant.now();
+        List<org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie> validCookies = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie cookie : c) {
+            Date expiryDate = cookie.getExpiryDate();
+
+            // Convert Date to Instant for proper comparison
+            if (expiryDate == null || expiryDate.toInstant().isAfter(currentTime)) {
+                validCookies.add(cookie);
+            } else if (debugEnabled) {
+                log.info("Skipping expired cookie: {} for URL {}", cookie.getName(), url);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (validCookies.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        List<Header> lstHdr = cookieSpec.formatCookies(validCookies);
         StringBuilder sbHdr = new StringBuilder();
         for (Header header : lstHdr) {
             sbHdr.append(header.getValue());
@@ -195,6 +214,7 @@ public String getCookieHeaderForURL(CollectionProperty cookiesCP, URL url,
         return sbHdr.toString();
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Get array of valid HttpClient cookies for the URL
      *
diff --git a/src/protocol/http/src/test/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/TestHC4CookieManager.java b/src/protocol/http/src/test/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/TestHC4CookieManager.java
index 8b242540a47..aac190b06d2 100644
--- a/src/protocol/http/src/test/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/TestHC4CookieManager.java
+++ b/src/protocol/http/src/test/java/org/apache/jmeter/protocol/http/control/TestHC4CookieManager.java
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.http.client.config.CookieSpecs;
+import org.apache.http.client.protocol.HttpClientContext;
 import org.apache.http.cookie.ClientCookie;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.BasicCookieStore;
 import org.apache.http.impl.cookie.BasicClientCookie;
 import org.apache.jmeter.junit.JMeterTestCase;
 import org.apache.jmeter.protocol.http.sampler.HTTPNullSampler;
@@ -620,4 +623,45 @@ public void testLoad() throws Exception {
         assertTrue(man.get(num).getSecure());
         assertEquals(0, man.get(num).getExpires()); // Show that maxlong now saved as 0
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testMultipleCookiesWithDifferentExpiry() throws Exception {
+        HttpClientContext context = HttpClientContext.create();
+        BasicCookieStore cookieStore = new BasicCookieStore();
+        context.setCookieStore(cookieStore);
+
+        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+        // Create Cookie A (expires in 5 seconds)
+        org.apache.http.impl.cookie.BasicClientCookie cookieA =
+                new org.apache.http.impl.cookie.BasicClientCookie("cookieA", "valueA");
+        cookieA.setDomain("localhost");
+        cookieA.setPath("/");
+        cookieA.setExpiryDate(new Date(now + 5000));
+        cookieStore.addCookie(cookieA);
+
+        // Create Cookie B (expires in 10 seconds)
+        org.apache.http.impl.cookie.BasicClientCookie cookieB =
+                new org.apache.http.impl.cookie.BasicClientCookie("cookieB", "valueB");
+        cookieB.setDomain("localhost");
+        cookieB.setPath("/");
+        cookieB.setExpiryDate(new Date(now + 10000));
+        cookieStore.addCookie(cookieB);
+
+        // First run: both cookies should be present
+        List<org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie> cookies = cookieStore.getCookies();
+        assertEquals(2, cookies.size(), "Both cookies should be present initially");
+
+        // Simulate time passage (6 seconds)
+        Thread.sleep(6000);
+
+        // Clear expired manually like HC4CookieHandler does
+        Date now1 = new Date();
+        cookieStore.clearExpired(now1);
+
+        List<org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie> validCookies = cookieStore.getCookies();
+        assertEquals(1, validCookies.size(), "Only cookieB should remain after cookieA expiry");
+        assertEquals("cookieB", validCookies.get(0).getName());
+    }
+
 }