diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/extras/OkHttpConnector.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/extras/OkHttpConnector.java
index faa06b0d3b..e7802c6bae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/extras/OkHttpConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/extras/OkHttpConnector.java
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github.extras;
 
+import com.squareup.okhttp.ConnectionSpec;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.OkHttpClient;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.OkUrlFactory;
+
 import org.kohsuke.github.HttpConnector;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URL;
 
+import java.security.KeyManagementException;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
+
 /**
  * {@link HttpConnector} for {@link OkHttpClient}.
  *
@@ -23,10 +35,33 @@ public class OkHttpConnector implements HttpConnector {
     private final OkUrlFactory urlFactory;
 
     public OkHttpConnector(OkUrlFactory urlFactory) {
+        urlFactory.client().setSslSocketFactory(TlsSocketFactory());
+        urlFactory.client().setConnectionSpecs(TlsConnectionSpecs());
         this.urlFactory = urlFactory;
     }
 
     public HttpURLConnection connect(URL url) throws IOException {
         return urlFactory.open(url);
     }
+
+    /** Returns TLSv1.2 only SSL Socket Factory. */
+    private SSLSocketFactory TlsSocketFactory() {
+        SSLContext sc;
+        try {
+            sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
+        } catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+        try {
+            sc.init(null, null, null);
+            return sc.getSocketFactory();
+        } catch (KeyManagementException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Returns connection spec with TLS v1.2 in it */
+    private List<ConnectionSpec> TlsConnectionSpecs() {
+        return Arrays.asList(ConnectionSpec.MODERN_TLS, ConnectionSpec.CLEARTEXT);
+    }
 }