diff --git a/Release/src/http/client/http_client_asio.cpp b/Release/src/http/client/http_client_asio.cpp
index 3b5b602230..ca45295f40 100644
--- a/Release/src/http/client/http_client_asio.cpp
+++ b/Release/src/http/client/http_client_asio.cpp
@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ class asio_connection
     {
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_socket_lock);
         assert(!is_ssl());
-        boost::asio::ssl::context ssl_context(boost::asio::ssl::context::sslv23);
+        boost::asio::ssl::context ssl_context(boost::asio::ssl::context::tlsv12);
         ssl_context.set_default_verify_paths();
-        ssl_context.set_options(boost::asio::ssl::context::default_workarounds);
+        ssl_context.set_options(boost::asio::ssl::context::default_workarounds |
+                             boost::asio::ssl::context::no_sslv2 |
+                             boost::asio::ssl::context::no_sslv3);
         if (ssl_context_callback)
         {
             ssl_context_callback(ssl_context);
diff --git a/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp b/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp
index 06dedd3069..4f25c42e07 100644
--- a/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp
+++ b/Release/src/http/client/http_client_winhttp.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ class winhttp_client : public _http_client_communicator
 #if !defined(CPPREST_TARGET_XP)
         BOOL win32_result(FALSE);
 
-        DWORD secure_protocols(WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE_PROTOCOL_SSL3 | WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE_PROTOCOL_TLS1 | WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE_PROTOCOL_TLS1_1 | WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE_PROTOCOL_TLS1_2);
+        DWORD secure_protocols(WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE_PROTOCOL_SSL3 | WINHTTP_FLAG_SECURE_PROTOCOL_TLS1_2);
         win32_result = ::WinHttpSetOption(m_hSession, WINHTTP_OPTION_SECURE_PROTOCOLS, &secure_protocols, sizeof(secure_protocols));
         if(FALSE == win32_result)
         {
@@ -1561,4 +1561,4 @@ std::shared_ptr<_http_client_communicator> create_winhttp_client(uri&& base_uri,
 }
 
 }}}}
-
+