diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2f99fef242..aeef286bff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5690,6 +5690,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rivet-config",
  "rivet-metrics",
  "rivet-util",
+ "rustls 0.23.29",
  "serde",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
diff --git a/engine/packages/guard/src/lib.rs b/engine/packages/guard/src/lib.rs
index c67d3712a1..261a6ff5ce 100644
--- a/engine/packages/guard/src/lib.rs
+++ b/engine/packages/guard/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub async fn start(config: rivet_config::Config, pools: rivet_pools::Pools) -> R
 		Id::new_v1(config.dc_label()),
 	)?;
 
-	// Initialize with a default CryptoProvider for rustls
+	// Initialize rustls with the default ring CryptoProvider.
 	let provider = rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider();
 	if provider.install_default().is_err() {
 		tracing::debug!("crypto provider already installed in this process");
diff --git a/engine/packages/pools/Cargo.toml b/engine/packages/pools/Cargo.toml
index 93ca668011..3a03a06fdc 100644
--- a/engine/packages/pools/Cargo.toml
+++ b/engine/packages/pools/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ reqwest.workspace = true
 rivet-config.workspace = true
 rivet-metrics.workspace = true
 rivet-util.workspace = true
+rustls.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 tempfile.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
diff --git a/engine/packages/pools/src/pools.rs b/engine/packages/pools/src/pools.rs
index f677784143..3db9ccf0cb 100644
--- a/engine/packages/pools/src/pools.rs
+++ b/engine/packages/pools/src/pools.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ impl Pools {
 		let token = CancellationToken::new();
 		let node_id = NodeId::new();
 
+		install_rustls_provider();
+
 		let (ups, udb) = tokio::try_join!(
 			crate::db::ups::setup(&config, client_name),
 			crate::db::udb::setup(&config),
@@ -55,6 +57,8 @@ impl Pools {
 		let token = CancellationToken::new();
 		let node_id = NodeId::new();
 
+		install_rustls_provider();
+
 		let (ups, udb) = tokio::try_join!(
 			crate::db::ups::setup(&config, client_name),
 			crate::db::udb::setup(&config),
@@ -97,3 +101,10 @@ impl Pools {
 		self.0.udb.clone().ok_or(Error::MissingUdbPool.into())
 	}
 }
+
+fn install_rustls_provider() {
+	let provider = rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider();
+	if provider.install_default().is_err() {
+		tracing::debug!("crypto provider already installed in this process");
+	}
+}