diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/llama_index/readers/web/trafilatura_web/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/llama_index/readers/web/trafilatura_web/base.py
index 99e7cfffac898..b800ca03b6313 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/llama_index/readers/web/trafilatura_web/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/llama_index/readers/web/trafilatura_web/base.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def load_data(
         include_formatting=False,
         include_links=False,
         show_progress=False,
+        no_ssl=False,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> List[Document]:
         """Load data from the urls.
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ def load_data(
             include_formatting (bool, optional): Include formatting in the output. Defaults to False.
             include_links (bool, optional): Include links in the output. Defaults to False.
             show_progress (bool, optional): Show progress bar. Defaults to False
+            no_ssl (bool, optional): Bypass SSL verification. Defaults to False.
             kwargs: Additional keyword arguments for the `trafilatura.extract` function.
 
         Returns:
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ def load_data(
         else:
             iterator = urls
         for url in iterator:
-            downloaded = trafilatura.fetch_url(url)
+            downloaded = trafilatura.fetch_url(url, no_ssl=no_ssl)
             response = trafilatura.extract(
                 downloaded,
                 include_comments=include_comments,
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/pyproject.toml
index 8268aa26bc4dc..e327e2d0f381f 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-web/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 maintainers = ["HawkClaws", "Hironsan", "NA", "an-bluecat", "bborn", "jasonwcfan", "kravetsmic", "pandazki", "ruze00", "selamanse", "thejessezhang"]
 name = "llama-index-readers-web"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.1.18"
+version = "0.1.19"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"