diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
index ba73db270a..bf42c93584 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.31"
 clap = { version = "3.2.20", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json", "blocking"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "rustls-tls"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.85"
 thiserror = "1.0.35"