diff --git a/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/http/StdHttpClient.java b/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/http/StdHttpClient.java
index 125a3513..786fb111 100644
--- a/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/http/StdHttpClient.java
+++ b/org.ektorp/src/main/java/org/ektorp/http/StdHttpClient.java
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ protected Scheme configureScheme() {
 			if (enableSSL) {
 				try {
 					if (sslSocketFactory == null) {
-						SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
+						SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
 
 						if (relaxedSSLSettings) {
 							context.init(