diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ea5b02aaab..ec2cd8e0f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "hex",
  "nostr",
+ "rustls",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/Cargo.toml
index 58fefe32d9..e7c3927207 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ buzz-core = { workspace = true }
 nostr = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }
+rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring", "std"] }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/src/main.rs
index 1eb9d215f9..4605e57bf7 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-pairing-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ enum CliError {
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider()
+        .install_default()
+        .expect("failed to install rustls crypto provider");
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     if let Err(e) = run(cli.command).await {
         eprintln!("error: {e}");