diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d1ebf9cfac..1deb983e79 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "quote",
  "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
+ "rustc-hash 1.1.0",
  "shlex",
  "which",
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  "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
+ "rustc-hash 1.1.0",
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 ]
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@@ -2106,6 +2091,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "tower-service",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.5",
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- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
- "tower-service",
-]
-
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 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -2785,6 +2755,7 @@ dependencies = [
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  "rand 0.8.5",
  "regex",
+ "rustls 0.23.12",
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  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
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  "prost",
  "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rustls 0.23.12",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
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+ "rustls 0.23.12",
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- "openssl",
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+ "rustls 0.23.12",
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  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
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  "kaspa-wasm-core",
  "kaspa-wrpc-client",
+ "ring",
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  "serde-wasm-bindgen",
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- "schannel",
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 [[package]]
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+ "quinn-proto",
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+ "rustc-hash 2.0.0",
+ "rustls 0.23.12",
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+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
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+ "rand 0.8.5",
+ "ring",
+ "rustc-hash 2.0.0",
+ "rustls 0.23.12",
+ "slab",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "tracing",
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+
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+ "socket2 0.5.7",
+ "tracing",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
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- "hyper-tls",
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  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
- "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
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+ "rustls-pki-types",
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  "serde_json",
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  "sync_wrapper 1.0.1",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.26.0",
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  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.5",
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+checksum = "583034fd73374156e66797ed8e5b0d5690409c9226b22d87cb7f19821c05d152"
+
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 dependencies = [
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+ "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
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-
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- "libc",
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-checksum = "658bc6ee10a9b4fcf576e9b0819d95ec16f4d2c02d39fd83ac1c8789785c4a42"
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- "native-tls",
+ "rustls 0.23.12",
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- "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-rustls 0.26.0",
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+ "webpki-roots 0.26.5",
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  "tower-service",
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+ "webpki-roots 0.25.4",
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@@ -6332,8 +6253,9 @@ dependencies = [
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  "httparse",
  "log",
- "native-tls",
  "rand 0.8.5",
+ "rustls 0.23.12",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
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@@ -6649,6 +6571,21 @@ dependencies = [
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  "thiserror",
@@ -7244,9 +7181,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "workflow-task-macros"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3ee242b444bc37cf4d338c3c2994a3302b82ca2fa6a33537037bfed09e1583a0"
+checksum = "7ecf6be36b52dc1e16d11b55f717d9ec2fec5804aff7f392af591933ba4af45e"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
  "parse-variants",
@@ -7260,9 +7197,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "workflow-terminal"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5f7b181672f3debb02b0c1db672164a8ae827d0ae064a77c008c7beb126341b6"
+checksum = "75b64a2ecf68442edf844c3138f0b78e1398cfe4279540f94cc51b4afb885e5b"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-trait",
@@ -7289,9 +7226,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "workflow-terminal-macros"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5ac116e1d603e4462496ba2ec4133c43af29e7729493ff0ed8ea91319221cf06"
+checksum = "7bf96dca7d1847a74d7566c5620610d1accc854032308489105b80c08ebf525f"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
  "parse-variants",
@@ -7305,9 +7242,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "workflow-wasm"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a878ee79b2a117277ae24d87525686f50006b87f43cf2052401e12c330fddbbc"
+checksum = "799e5fbf266e0fffb5c24d6103735eb2b94bb31f93b664b91eaaf63b4f959804"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
  "faster-hex",
@@ -7326,9 +7263,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "workflow-wasm-macros"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9268b990788e1bf1a307e1bc9d9f498e9ee2cb6d4ba3292d1c7b0b5d3d0d9e46"
+checksum = "40237c65ecff78dbfedb13985e33f802a31f6f7de72dff12a6674fcdcf601822"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "proc-macro-error",
@@ -7340,9 +7277,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "workflow-websocket"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "15d03ec3c5ad42ba1a2bfba7e752be890ecacabf73c6da300ad78a2ffa1e3c5a"
+checksum = "515483a047477c91b5142e1090cce0afc21a0139d9c0c06ea42f0d3dbf3a6fcd"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "async-channel 2.3.1",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 123041aa0b..13ce765e21 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.50"
 tokio = { version = "1.33.0", features = ["sync", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.14"
 toml = "0.8.8"
-tonic = { version = "0.10.2", features = ["tls", "gzip", "transport"] }
+tonic = { version = "0.10.2", features = ["tls-webpki-roots", "gzip", "transport"] }
 tonic-build = { version = "0.10.2", features = ["prost"] }
 triggered = "0.1.2"
 uuid = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["v4", "fast-rng", "serde"] }
@@ -274,20 +274,21 @@ indexed_db_futures = "0.5.0"
 # workflow-perf-monitor = { path = "../../../workflow-perf-monitor-rs" }
 workflow-perf-monitor = "0.0.2"
 nw-sys = "0.1.6"
+rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["ring"] }
 
 # workflow dependencies
-workflow-core = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-d3 = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-dom = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-http = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-log = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-node = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-nw = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-rpc = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-serializer = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-store = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-terminal = { version = "0.17.0" }
-workflow-wasm = { version = "0.17.0" }
+workflow-core = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-d3 = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-dom = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-http = { version = "0.18.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots", "http2", "charset", "macos-system-configuration"] }
+workflow-log = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-node = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-nw = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-rpc = { version = "0.18.0", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots"] }
+workflow-serializer = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-store = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-terminal = { version = "0.18.0" }
+workflow-wasm = { version = "0.18.0" }
 
 # if below is enabled, this means that there is an ongoing work
 # on the workflow-rs crate. This requires that you clone workflow-rs
@@ -295,25 +296,27 @@ workflow-wasm = { version = "0.17.0" }
 # workflow-core = { path = "../workflow-rs/core" }
 # workflow-d3 = { path = "../workflow-rs/d3" }
 # workflow-dom = { path = "../workflow-rs/dom" }
-# workflow-http = { path = "../workflow-rs/http" }
+# # Same features as default but with rustls-tls-webpki-roots instead of native-tls
+# workflow-http = { path = "../workflow-rs/http", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots", "http2", "charset", "macos-system-configuration"] }
 # workflow-log = { path = "../workflow-rs/log" }
 # workflow-node = { path = "../workflow-rs/node" }
 # workflow-nw = { path = "../workflow-rs/nw" }
-# workflow-rpc = { path = "../workflow-rs/rpc" }
+# workflow-rpc = { path = "../workflow-rs/rpc", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots"] }
 # workflow-serializer = { path = "../workflow-rs/serializer" }
 # workflow-store = { path = "../workflow-rs/store" }
 # workflow-terminal = { path = "../workflow-rs/terminal" }
 # workflow-wasm = { path = "../workflow-rs/wasm" }
 
+
 # ---
 # workflow-core = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
 # workflow-d3 = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
 # workflow-dom = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
-# workflow-http = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
+# workflow-http = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots", "http2", "charset", "macos-system-configuration"] }
 # workflow-log = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
 # workflow-node = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
 # workflow-nw = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
-# workflow-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
+# workflow-rpc = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]  }
 # workflow-serializer = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
 # workflow-store = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
 # workflow-terminal = { git = "https://github.com/workflow-rs/workflow-rs.git", branch = "master" }
diff --git a/rpc/grpc/client/Cargo.toml b/rpc/grpc/client/Cargo.toml
index f4be5818cc..eeda4b2f8d 100644
--- a/rpc/grpc/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/grpc/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ tokio-stream.workspace = true
 tonic = { workspace = true, features = ["gzip"] }
 triggered.workspace = true
 futures-util.workspace = true
+rustls.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 heap = []
diff --git a/rpc/grpc/server/Cargo.toml b/rpc/grpc/server/Cargo.toml
index 9f6ae74b47..452dc7d9ee 100644
--- a/rpc/grpc/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/grpc/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ tokio-stream.workspace = true
 tonic = { workspace = true, features = ["gzip"] }
 triggered.workspace = true
 uuid.workspace = true
+rustls.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 kaspa-grpc-client.workspace = true
diff --git a/rpc/wrpc/client/Cargo.toml b/rpc/wrpc/client/Cargo.toml
index c9dccc65b6..1cc0a21917 100644
--- a/rpc/wrpc/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/wrpc/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ workflow-log.workspace = true
 workflow-rpc.workspace = true
 workflow-serializer.workspace = true
 workflow-wasm.workspace = true
+rustls.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rpc/wrpc/server/Cargo.toml b/rpc/wrpc/server/Cargo.toml
index 3bf285c3fc..54137e95be 100644
--- a/rpc/wrpc/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/wrpc/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,13 +34,4 @@ workflow-core.workspace = true
 workflow-log.workspace = true
 workflow-rpc.workspace = true
 workflow-serializer.workspace = true
-
-# Adding explicitely the openssl dependency here is needed for a successful build with zigbuild and musl
-# as used in the release deployment in GitHub CI
-# see: https://github.com/rust-cross/cargo-zigbuild/issues/127
-
-[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.dependencies]
-openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
-
-[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.dependencies]
-openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
+rustls.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rpc/wrpc/wasm/Cargo.toml b/rpc/wrpc/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 9bd639fdb1..54019fdcaa 100644
--- a/rpc/wrpc/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/wrpc/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ js-sys.workspace = true
 wasm-bindgen-futures.workspace = true
 workflow-core.workspace = true
 futures.workspace = true
+ring = { version = "0.17", features = ["wasm32_unknown_unknown_js"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/simpa/Cargo.toml b/simpa/Cargo.toml
index 30162ba4f1..815edf6a64 100644
--- a/simpa/Cargo.toml
+++ b/simpa/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-kaspa-alloc.workspace = true            # This changes the global allocator for all of the next dependencies so should be kept first 
+kaspa-alloc.workspace = true            # This changes the global allocator for all of the next dependencies so should be kept first
 kaspa-consensus-core.workspace = true
 kaspa-consensus-notify.workspace = true
 kaspa-consensus.workspace = true
diff --git a/wallet/wasm/Cargo.toml b/wallet/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 976665c52a..b4b3d0f2ca 100644
--- a/wallet/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wallet/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ wasm-bindgen-futures.workspace = true
 wasm-bindgen.workspace = true
 workflow-log.workspace = true
 workflow-terminal.workspace = true
-workflow-wasm.workspace = true
+workflow-wasm.workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file