diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1dd4c0d..ddf928b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4149,6 +4149,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "cpal",
+ "rustls",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/crates/wzp-client/Cargo.toml b/crates/wzp-client/Cargo.toml
index 6726cb2..d31b6d4 100644
--- a/crates/wzp-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wzp-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ anyhow = "1"
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = "1"
 chrono = "0.4"
+rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring", "std"] }
 cpal = { version = "0.15", optional = true }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/crates/wzp-client/src/cli.rs b/crates/wzp-client/src/cli.rs
index 727d0e7..d26c30a 100644
--- a/crates/wzp-client/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/wzp-client/src/cli.rs
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ fn parse_args() -> CliArgs {
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt().init();
+    rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider()
+        .install_default()
+        .expect("failed to install rustls crypto provider");
 
     let cli = parse_args();