diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Utils.hs b/src/Chainweb/Utils.hs
index ab5effa190..16385b7d0b 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Utils.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DefaultSignatures #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveAnyClass #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
@@ -245,6 +246,10 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString.Builder as BB
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
 import qualified Data.Csv as CSV
 import Data.Decimal
+#if MIN_VERSION_crypton_connection(0,4,0)
+import Data.Default (def)
+import Network.TLS.Extra.Cipher (ciphersuite_default)
+#endif
 import Data.Functor.Of
 import Data.Hashable
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HM
@@ -1334,18 +1339,28 @@ manager micros = HTTP.newManager
 unsafeManager :: Int -> IO HTTP.Manager
 unsafeManager micros = HTTP.newTlsManagerWith
     $ setManagerRequestTimeout micros
-    $ HTTP.mkManagerSettings (HTTP.TLSSettingsSimple True True True) Nothing
+    $ HTTP.mkManagerSettings unsafeSimpleTLSSettings Nothing
 
 unsafeManagerWithSettings :: (HTTP.ManagerSettings -> HTTP.ManagerSettings) -> IO HTTP.Manager
 unsafeManagerWithSettings settings = HTTP.newTlsManagerWith
     $ settings
-    $ HTTP.mkManagerSettings (HTTP.TLSSettingsSimple True True True) Nothing
+    $ HTTP.mkManagerSettings unsafeSimpleTLSSettings Nothing
 
 setManagerRequestTimeout :: Int -> HTTP.ManagerSettings -> HTTP.ManagerSettings
 setManagerRequestTimeout micros settings = settings
     { HTTP.managerResponseTimeout = HTTP.responseTimeoutMicro micros
     }
 
+unsafeSimpleTLSSettings :: HTTP.TLSSettings
+unsafeSimpleTLSSettings = HTTP.TLSSettingsSimple
+  { HTTP.settingDisableCertificateValidation = True
+  , HTTP.settingDisableSession = True
+  , HTTP.settingUseServerName = True
+#if MIN_VERSION_crypton_connection(0,4,0)
+  , HTTP.settingClientSupported = def { HTTP.supportedCiphers = HTTP.ciphersuite_default }
+#endif
+  }
+
 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --
 -- SockAddr from network package