diff --git a/crates/flagd/Cargo.toml b/crates/flagd/Cargo.toml
index 10b57ca..ba5172e 100644
--- a/crates/flagd/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/flagd/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "open-feature-flagd"
 version = "0.0.4"
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.80.1" # MSRV
+rust-version = "1.83" # MSRV
 description = "The official flagd provider for OpenFeature."
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/open-feature-flagd"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 lru = "0.13"
 futures = "0.3"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "stream"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "stream", "rustls-tls"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3"
 anyhow = "1.0.95"