diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 75cc3b09..7140dfc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -176,12 +176,6 @@ version = "2.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "71f4fe417e8cc3bb9b437dfa9290ce92bd2730ba5374719bdfd9147fbc8f17cd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.22.1"
@@ -604,6 +598,21 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -863,19 +872,16 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "hyper-rustls"
-version = "0.24.2"
+name = "hyper-tls"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec3efd23720e2049821a693cbc7e65ea87c72f1c58ff2f9522ff332b1491e590"
+checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
 dependencies = [
- "futures-util",
- "http",
+ "bytes",
  "hyper",
- "log",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-native-certs",
+ "native-tls",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-rustls",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1169,6 +1175,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87de3442987e9dbec73158d5c715e7ad9072fda936bb03d19d7fa10e00520f0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "never"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1224,12 +1247,60 @@ version = "1.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "945462a4b81e43c4e3ba96bd7b49d834c6f61198356aa858733bc4acf3cbe62e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.75"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08838db121398ad17ab8531ce9de97b244589089e290a384c900cb9ff7434328"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-src"
+version = "300.5.4+3.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a507b3792995dae9b0df8a1c1e3771e8418b7c2d9f0baeba32e6fe8b06c7cb72"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.111"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82cab2d520aa75e3c58898289429321eb788c3106963d0dc886ec7a5f4adc321"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "openssl-src",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -1277,6 +1348,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "powerfmt"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -1392,7 +1469,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "askama",
  "async-recursion",
  "base2048",
- "base64 0.22.1",
+ "base64",
  "bincode",
  "brotli",
  "build_html",
@@ -1406,10 +1483,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-lite",
  "htmlescape",
  "hyper",
- "hyper-rustls",
+ "hyper-tls",
  "libflate",
  "lipsum",
  "log",
+ "openssl",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pretty_env_logger",
  "pulldown-cmark",
@@ -1490,20 +1568,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ring"
-version = "0.17.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "70ac5d832aa16abd7d1def883a8545280c20a60f523a370aa3a9617c2b8550ee"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "cfg-if",
- "getrandom 0.2.15",
- "libc",
- "untrusted",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rle-decode-fast"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -1588,49 +1652,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls"
-version = "0.21.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f56a14d1f48b391359b22f731fd4bd7e43c97f3c50eee276f3aa09c94784d3e"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "ring",
- "rustls-webpki",
- "sct",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-native-certs"
-version = "0.6.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9aace74cb666635c918e9c12bc0d348266037aa8eb599b5cba565709a8dff00"
-dependencies = [
- "openssl-probe",
- "rustls-pemfile",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-pemfile"
-version = "1.0.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1c74cae0a4cf6ccbbf5f359f08efdf8ee7e1dc532573bf0db71968cb56b1448c"
-dependencies = [
- "base64 0.21.7",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.101.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b6275d1ee7a1cd780b64aca7726599a1dbc893b1e64144529e55c3c2f745765"
-dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.20"
@@ -1679,16 +1700,6 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sct"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da046153aa2352493d6cb7da4b6e5c0c057d8a1d0a9aa8560baffdd945acd414"
-dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sealed_test"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -2080,12 +2091,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "tokio-rustls"
-version = "0.24.1"
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c28327cf380ac148141087fbfb9de9d7bd4e84ab5d2c28fbc911d753de8a7081"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls",
+ "native-tls",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -2191,12 +2202,6 @@ version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "673aac59facbab8a9007c7f6108d11f63b603f7cabff99fabf650fea5c32b861"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "untrusted"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.5.4"
@@ -2229,6 +2234,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e0cb0cc..c8bbdc5a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ arc-swap = "1.7.1"
 serde_json_path = "0.7.1"
 async-recursion = "1.1.1"
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["simd", "html"], default-features = false }
-hyper-rustls = { version = "0.24.2", features = [ "http2" ] }
+hyper-tls = { version = "0.5.0" }
+openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
 tegen = "0.1.4"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.39", default-features = false, features = [ "std" ] }
diff --git a/Dockerfile.alpine b/Dockerfile.alpine
index 468cbc36..94a99ffc 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # supported versions here: https://hub.docker.com/_/rust
-ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.20
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.22
 
 ########################
 ## builder image
 ########################
 FROM rust:alpine${ALPINE_VERSION} AS builder
 
-RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev
+RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev perl make git
 
 WORKDIR /redlib
 
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ RUN echo "finished building redlib!"
 ########################
 FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION} AS release
 
+# Install runtime dependencies for OpenSSL
+RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates
+
 # Import redlib binary from builder
 COPY --from=builder /redlib/target/release/redlib /usr/local/bin/redlib
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index b6edfd52..244cec4a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ARG UBUNTU_RELEASE_VERSION=noble
 ########################
 FROM rust:${RUST_BUILDER_VERSION} AS builder
 
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
 WORKDIR /redlib
 
 # download (most) dependencies in their own layer
diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 7499c8dc..950987dd 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use futures_lite::{future::Boxed, FutureExt};
 use hyper::client::HttpConnector;
 use hyper::header::HeaderValue;
 use hyper::{body, body::Buf, header, Body, Client, Method, Request, Response, Uri};
-use hyper_rustls::HttpsConnector;
+use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
 use libflate::gzip;
 use log::{error, trace, warn};
 use percent_encoding::{percent_encode, CONTROLS};
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ const REDDIT_SHORT_URL_BASE_HOST: &str = "redd.it";
 const ALTERNATIVE_REDDIT_URL_BASE: &str = "https://www.reddit.com";
 const ALTERNATIVE_REDDIT_URL_BASE_HOST: &str = "www.reddit.com";
 
-pub static HTTPS_CONNECTOR: LazyLock<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>> =
-	LazyLock::new(|| hyper_rustls::HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_native_roots().https_only().enable_http2().build());
+pub static HTTPS_CONNECTOR: LazyLock<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>> = LazyLock::new(HttpsConnector::new);
 
 pub static CLIENT: LazyLock<Client<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>>> = LazyLock::new(|| Client::builder().build::<_, Body>(HTTPS_CONNECTOR.clone()));