diff --git a/uc-client/Cargo.toml b/uc-client/Cargo.toml
index 05e641935d..22692867f0 100644
--- a/uc-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/uc-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ version.workspace = true
 release = false
 
 [dependencies]
-reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 url = "2.5"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 
+[features]
+native-tls = ["reqwest/default"]
+rustls-tls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls-native-roots", "reqwest/http2"]
+default = ["rustls-tls"]
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 clap = { version = "4.5", features = ["derive", "env"] }