diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fc5f4d6..b5e027c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ thiserror = "1"
 rgb = "0.8"
 
 futures = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", optional = true, features = ["blocking"]}
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls"]}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0"