diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f744acb833..343c1fbb37 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
     - bash: |
         git submodule update --init --recursive
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install git+https://github.com/Czaki/cibuildwheel.git@macos_certif
+        pip install cibuildwheel
         cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse .
     - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
       inputs:
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     - bash: |
         git submodule update --init --recursive
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install git+https://github.com/Czaki/cibuildwheel.git@macos_certif
+        pip install cibuildwheel
         MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET="10.14" cibuildwheel --output-dir wheelhouse .
     - task: PublishPipelineArtifact@1
       inputs:
diff --git a/vispy/util/fetching.py b/vispy/util/fetching.py
index 9c34933e95..414abe5356 100644
--- a/vispy/util/fetching.py
+++ b/vispy/util/fetching.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import shutil
 import time
 
+import ssl
 import urllib.request
 
 from ..util.config import config
@@ -236,7 +237,8 @@ def _fetch_file(url, file_name, print_destination=True):
     n_try = 3
     for ii in range(n_try):
         try:
-            data = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=15.)
+            context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1_2)
+            data = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=15., context=context)
         except Exception as e:
             if ii == n_try - 1:
                 raise RuntimeError('Error while fetching file %s.\n'