diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/UpdateService.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/UpdateService.java
index 24fd0e6a1f..7ad5a0e265 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/UpdateService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/services/UpdateService.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class UpdateService extends AsyncTask<String, Object, UpdateService.Wrapp
         SSLContext sslcontext = null;
         SSLSocketFactory NoSSLv3Factory = null;
         try {
-            sslcontext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1");
+            sslcontext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
             if (sslcontext != null) {
                 sslcontext.init(null, null, null);
                 NoSSLv3Factory = new NoSSLv3SocketFactory(sslcontext.getSocketFactory());
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/UpdaterActivity.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/UpdaterActivity.java
index c455bc20ce..29fce2a346 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/UpdaterActivity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/UpdaterActivity.java
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ public class UpdaterActivity extends XmppActivity {
             SSLContext sslcontext = null;
             SSLSocketFactory NoSSLv3Factory = null;
             try {
-                sslcontext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1");
+                sslcontext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
                 if (sslcontext != null) {
                     sslcontext.init(null, null, null);
                     NoSSLv3Factory = new NoSSLv3SocketFactory(sslcontext.getSocketFactory());