diff --git a/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml b/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml
index 40ab605..0c2d493 100644
--- a/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/flux-releaser/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.7.3", features = [
 ] }
 chrono = "0.4.34"
 git2 = "0.18.3"
-rustls = { version = "0.23.12", features = ["ring"] }
+rustls = { version = "0.23.12" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/crates/flux-releaser/src/app/infra/grpc.rs b/crates/flux-releaser/src/app/infra/grpc.rs
index 606d5d8..7b9a17d 100644
--- a/crates/flux-releaser/src/app/infra/grpc.rs
+++ b/crates/flux-releaser/src/app/infra/grpc.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ pub type FluxReleaserGrpcClient = Arc<Mutex<FluxReleaserClient<Channel>>>;
 pub async fn new_client(registry: impl Into<String>) -> anyhow::Result<FluxReleaserGrpcClient> {
     let registry: String = registry.into();
 
+    static INIT: std::sync::Once = std::sync::Once::new();
+
+    INIT.call_once(|| {
+        rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider()
+            .install_default()
+            .unwrap();
+    });
+
     let channel = if registry.starts_with("https") {
         let tls = ClientTlsConfig::new();
 
diff --git a/crates/flux-releaser/src/lib.rs b/crates/flux-releaser/src/lib.rs
index 1c4d5d0..c70334f 100644
--- a/crates/flux-releaser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/flux-releaser/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ pub mod services;
 pub async fn run() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     dotenv::dotenv().ok();
 
-    rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider()
-        .install_default()
-        .expect("Failed to install rustls crypto provider");
-
     Command::run().await?;
 
     Ok(())