diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6094065..855708c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
 
+# Cancel in-progress runs for the same branch/PR
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # Lint (Python + Rust)
+  # Lint (Python + Rust) — fast, no compilation
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -25,6 +30,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           components: clippy, rustfmt
 
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          shared-key: lint
+
       - name: Rust fmt check
         run: cargo fmt --check
 
@@ -38,15 +48,24 @@ jobs:
           ruff format --check python/
 
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # Test across Python versions
+  # Test — reduced matrix (ubuntu + latest Python is the core gate)
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
+      fail-fast: true
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14, windows-latest]
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
+        include:
+          # Core: Linux with min and max Python
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: "3.10"
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            python-version: "3.13"
+          # Spot-check other OS with one Python version
+          - os: macos-14
+            python-version: "3.12"
+          - os: windows-latest
+            python-version: "3.12"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -58,6 +77,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          shared-key: test-${{ matrix.os }}
+
       - name: Install package and test deps
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 29d45de..c851b7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "pyproject.toml"
 
+# Cancel in-progress runs for the same branch
+concurrency:
+  group: publish-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # 1. Check if the version actually changed
@@ -51,28 +56,29 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # 2. Run tests before building wheels
+  # 2. Quick smoke test (single Python, Linux only — full matrix done in CI)
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   test:
     needs: check-version
     if: needs.check-version.outputs.version_changed == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: "3.12"
 
       - name: Install Rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
 
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          shared-key: publish-test
+
       - name: Install package and test deps
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -82,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pytest -v --tb=short
 
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # 3. Build native wheels for all platforms
+  # 3. Build native wheels for all platforms (parallel with sdist)
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   build-wheels:
     needs: [check-version, test]
@@ -122,12 +128,16 @@ jobs:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
           args: --release --out dist --interpreter 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
           manylinux: ${{ matrix.manylinux }}
+          rust-toolchain: stable
+          sccache: "true"
           before-script-linux: |
-            # Ensure Perl is available for vendored OpenSSL build (openssl-src)
+            # Install OpenSSL dev headers (for native-tls) and Perl (for openssl-src fallback)
             if command -v yum &> /dev/null; then
-              yum install -y perl-IPC-Cmd perl-core
+              yum install -y openssl-devel perl-IPC-Cmd perl-core
             elif command -v apk &> /dev/null; then
-              apk add --no-cache perl make
+              apk add --no-cache openssl-dev perl make
+            elif command -v apt-get &> /dev/null; then
+              apt-get update && apt-get install -y libssl-dev pkg-config perl
             fi
 
       - name: Upload wheels
@@ -137,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/*.whl
 
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  # 4. Build sdist (source distribution)
+  # 4. Build sdist (source distribution) — runs parallel with wheels
   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   build-sdist:
     needs: [check-version, test]
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e68ca30..5be8d92 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2a6cd9ae233e7f62ba4e9353e81a88df7fc8a5987b8d445b4d90c879bd156f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation-sys"
+version = "0.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -207,6 +223,22 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "877a4ace8713b0bcf2a4e7eec82529c029f1d0619886d18145fea96c3ffe5c0f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "find-msvc-tools"
 version = "0.1.9"
@@ -223,6 +255,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "1.2.2"
@@ -285,7 +332,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "googer"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.7"
 dependencies = [
  "html-escape",
  "log",
@@ -468,6 +515,12 @@ version = "0.2.183"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5b646652bf6661599e1da8901b3b9522896f01e736bad5f723fe7a3a27f899d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32a66949e030da00e8c7d4434b251670a91556f4144941d37452769c25d58a53"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "litemap"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -551,6 +604,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "465500e14ea162429d264d44189adc38b199b62b1c21eea9f69e4b73cb03bbf2"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "new_debug_unreachable"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -569,6 +639,50 @@ version = "1.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9f7c3e4beb33f85d45ae3e3a1792185706c8e16d043238c593331cc7cd313b50"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.76"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "951c002c75e16ea2c65b8c7e4d3d51d5530d8dfa7d060b4776828c88cfb18ecf"
+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 = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c87def4c32ab89d880effc9e097653c8da5d6ef28e6b539d313baaacfbafcbe"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.112"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57d55af3b3e226502be1526dfdba67ab0e9c96fc293004e79576b2b9edb0dbdb"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.5"
@@ -650,6 +764,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "siphasher",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7edddbd0b52d732b21ad9a5fab5c704c14cd949e5e9a1ec5929a24fded1b904c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.13.1"
@@ -853,60 +973,33 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc897dd8d9e8bd1ed8cdad82b5966c3e0ecae09fb1907d58efaa013543185d0a"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "ring"
-version = "0.17.14"
+name = "rustix"
+version = "1.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4689e6c2294d81e88dc6261c768b63bc4fcdb852be6d1352498b114f61383b7"
+checksum = "b6fe4565b9518b83ef4f91bb47ce29620ca828bd32cb7e408f0062e9930ba190"
 dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "cfg-if",
- "getrandom 0.2.17",
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
  "libc",
- "untrusted",
- "windows-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.37"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "758025cb5fccfd3bc2fd74708fd4682be41d99e5dff73c377c0646c6012c73a4"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "ring",
- "rustls-pki-types",
- "rustls-webpki",
- "subtle",
- "zeroize",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "rustls-pki-types"
-version = "1.14.0"
+name = "rustversion"
+version = "1.0.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be040f8b0a225e40375822a563fa9524378b9d63112f53e19ffff34df5d33fdd"
-dependencies = [
- "zeroize",
-]
+checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
 
 [[package]]
-name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.103.9"
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7df23109aa6c1567d1c575b9952556388da57401e4ace1d15f79eedad0d8f53"
+checksum = "91c1b7e4904c873ef0710c1f407dde2e6287de2bebc1bbbf7d430bb7cbffd939"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "rustls-pki-types",
- "untrusted",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.22"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b39cdef0fa800fc44525c84ccb54a029961a8215f9619753635a9c0d2538d46d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -929,6 +1022,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "tendril",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "3.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7f4bc775c73d9a02cde8bf7b2ec4c9d12743edf609006c7facc23998404cd1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ce2691df843ecc5d231c0b14ece2acc3efb62c0a398c7e1d875f3983ce020e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "selectors"
 version = "0.26.0"
@@ -1066,12 +1182,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "subtle"
-version = "2.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.117"
@@ -1100,6 +1210,19 @@ version = "0.12.16"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "61c41af27dd6d1e27b1b16b489db798443478cef1f06a660c96db617ba5de3b1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.27.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "32497e9a4c7b38532efcdebeef879707aa9f794296a4f0244f6f69e9bc8574bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "fastrand",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tendril"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -1214,12 +1337,6 @@ version = "0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7264e107f553ccae879d21fbea1d6724ac785e8c3bfc762137959b5802826ef3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "untrusted"
-version = "0.9.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ureq"
 version = "2.12.1"
@@ -1231,12 +1348,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "cookie_store",
  "flate2",
  "log",
+ "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-pki-types",
  "socks",
  "url",
- "webpki-roots 0.26.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1275,6 +1390,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
+[[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"
@@ -1296,24 +1417,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "0.26.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "521bc38abb08001b01866da9f51eb7c5d647a19260e00054a8c7fd5f9e57f7a9"
-dependencies = [
- "webpki-roots 1.0.6",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "webpki-roots"
-version = "1.0.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22cfaf3c063993ff62e73cb4311efde4db1efb31ab78a3e5c457939ad5cc0bed"
-dependencies = [
- "rustls-pki-types",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1351,6 +1454,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.61.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.52.6"
@@ -1491,12 +1603,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.8.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b97154e67e32c85465826e8bcc1c59429aaaf107c1e4a9e53c8d8ccd5eff88d0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zerotrie"
 version = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95fe40d..113667b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "googer"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "A powerful, type-safe Google Search library for Python — powered by Rust."
 license = "Apache-2.0"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 pyo3 = { version = "0.23", features = ["extension-module"] }
-ureq = { version = "2", features = ["cookies", "socks-proxy"] }
+ureq = { version = "2", default-features = false, features = ["cookies", "socks-proxy", "native-tls", "gzip"] }
 scraper = "0.21"
 rand = "0.8"
 regex = "1"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fdc2ed8..6d68abc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "googer"
-version = "0.2.6"
+version = "0.2.7"
 description = "A powerful, type-safe Google Search library for Python — powered by Rust."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"