diff --git a/lib/Network/Protocol/XMPP/Handle.hs b/lib/Network/Protocol/XMPP/Handle.hs
--- a/lib/Network/Protocol/XMPP/Handle.hs
+++ b/lib/Network/Protocol/XMPP/Handle.hs
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
 startTLS :: Handle -> ErrorT Text IO Handle
 startTLS (SecureHandle _ _) = E.throwError "Can't start TLS on a secure handle"
 startTLS (PlainHandle h) = liftTLS' $ TLS.runClient (TLS.handleTransport h) $ do
-	TLS.setPriority [TLS.X509]
 	TLS.setCredentials =<< TLS.certificateCredentials
 	TLS.handshake
 	SecureHandle h `fmap` TLS.getSession
diff --git a/network-protocol-xmpp.cabal b/network-protocol-xmpp.cabal
--- a/network-protocol-xmpp.cabal
+++ b/network-protocol-xmpp.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: network-protocol-xmpp
-version: 0.4.7
+version: 0.4.8
 license: GPL-3
 license-file: license.txt
 author: John Millikin <jmillikin@gmail.com>, Stephan Maka <stephan@spaceboyz.net>
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 source-repository this
   type: git
   location: https://john-millikin.com/code/haskell-xmpp/
-  tag: network-protocol-xmpp_0.4.7
+  tag: network-protocol-xmpp_0.4.8
 
 library
   ghc-options: -Wall -O2