diff --git a/plugins/clnrest/clnrest.py b/plugins/clnrest/clnrest.py
index f11ee9a88727..3540e295f64d 100755
--- a/plugins/clnrest/clnrest.py
+++ b/plugins/clnrest/clnrest.py
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def set_application_options(plugin):
             "loglevel": "warning",
             "certfile": f"{CERTS_PATH}/client.pem",
             "keyfile": f"{CERTS_PATH}/client-key.pem",
-            "ssl_version": ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2
+            "cafile": f"{CERTS_PATH}/ca.pem",
+            "ssl": ssl.SSLContext(protocol=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_SERVER),
         }
     return options