diff --git a/lib/libfetch/common.c b/lib/libfetch/common.c
index a6fc47c60e4..498ef4878d6 100644
--- a/lib/libfetch/common.c
+++ b/lib/libfetch/common.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ fetch_ssl(conn_t *conn, const struct url *URL, int verbose)
 
 	SSL_load_error_strings();
 
-	conn->ssl_meth = SSLv23_client_method();
+	conn->ssl_meth = TLSv1_client_method();
 	conn->ssl_ctx = SSL_CTX_new(conn->ssl_meth);
 	SSL_CTX_set_mode(conn->ssl_ctx, SSL_MODE_AUTO_RETRY);