diff --git a/atlassian-connect-core.cabal b/atlassian-connect-core.cabal
--- a/atlassian-connect-core.cabal
+++ b/atlassian-connect-core.cabal
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             0.5.1.0
+version:             0.6.0.0
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 synopsis:            Atlassian Connect snaplet for the Snap Framework and helper code.
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
                        , time-units         == 1.*
                        , transformers       >= 0.3     && < 0.5
                        , http-client        == 0.4.*
+                       , http-client-tls    == 0.2.*
                        , http-types         == 0.8.*
                        , network-api-support == 0.2.*
                        , cryptohash         == 0.11.*
diff --git a/src/Snap/AtlassianConnect/HostRequest.hs b/src/Snap/AtlassianConnect/HostRequest.hs
--- a/src/Snap/AtlassianConnect/HostRequest.hs
+++ b/src/Snap/AtlassianConnect/HostRequest.hs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8                 as BC
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy                  as BL
 import           Data.Connect.Descriptor               as CD
+import           Data.List                             (isPrefixOf)
 import qualified Data.Map                              as M
 import           Data.Monoid
 import qualified Data.Text                             as T
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
 import           GHC.Generics
 import           Network.Api.Support
 import           Network.HTTP.Client
+import           Network.HTTP.Client.TLS               (tlsManagerSettings)
 import           Network.HTTP.Types
 import           Network.URI
 import qualified Snap.AtlassianConnect.Data            as AC
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@
     pluginKey' <- fmap (CD.pluginKey . AC.connectPlugin) get
     case generateJWTToken pluginKey' currentTime (AC.sharedSecret tenant) standardHttpMethod productBaseUrl url of
         Nothing -> return . Left $ ProductErrorResponse 500 "Failed to generate a JWT token to make the request. The request was never made: server error."
-        (Just signature) -> MI.liftIO $ runRequest defaultManagerSettings standardHttpMethod url
+        (Just signature) -> MI.liftIO $ runRequest connectionManagerSettings standardHttpMethod url
             (  addHeader ("Accept","application/json")
             <> addHeader ("Authorization", jwtPrefix `B.append` T.encodeUtf8 signature)
             <> requestModifications
@@ -114,6 +116,8 @@
         jwtPrefix :: B.ByteString
         jwtPrefix = BC.pack "JWT "
 
+        connectionManagerSettings = if "https://" `isPrefixOf` productBaseUrlString then tlsManagerSettings else defaultManagerSettings
+
         url = T.decodeUtf8 $ BC.pack productBaseUrlString `B.append` productRelativeUrl `B.append` renderQuery True queryParams
         productBaseUrlString = show productBaseUrl
         productBaseUrl = AC.getURI . AC.baseUrl $ tenant
@@ -143,7 +147,7 @@
         expiryPeriod = 1
 
 responder :: FromJSON a => Int -> BL.ByteString -> Either ProductErrorResponse a
-responder responseCode body 
+responder responseCode body
    | 200 <= responseCode && responseCode < 300 =
       case eitherDecode body of
          Right jsonResponse -> Right jsonResponse