diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a77cc606..4e6c5714 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -858,6 +858,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cesu8"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6d43a04d8753f35258c91f8ec639f792891f748a1edbd759cf1dcea3382ad83c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -999,6 +1005,16 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "combine"
+version = "4.6.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "35ed6e9d84f0b51a7f52daf1c7d71dd136fd7a3f41a8462b8cdb8c78d920fad4"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -2072,16 +2088,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.14.3",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hdrhistogram"
-version = "7.5.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "765c9198f173dd59ce26ff9f95ef0aafd0a0fe01fb9d72841bc5066a4c06511d"
-dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
- "num-traits",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "headers"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -2271,7 +2277,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 0.2.11",
  "hyper",
  "rustls 0.22.2",
- "rustls-native-certs",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
@@ -2722,6 +2727,26 @@ version = "1.0.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1a46d1a171d865aa5f83f92695765caa047a9b4cbae2cbf37dbd613a793fd4c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jni"
+version = "0.19.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c6df18c2e3db7e453d3c6ac5b3e9d5182664d28788126d39b91f2d1e22b017ec"
+dependencies = [
+ "cesu8",
+ "combine",
+ "jni-sys",
+ "log",
+ "thiserror",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "jni-sys"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8eaf4bc02d17cbdd7ff4c7438cafcdf7fb9a4613313ad11b4f8fefe7d3fa0130"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.27"
@@ -3181,7 +3206,6 @@ name = "mas-http"
 version = "0.8.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "axum",
  "bytes",
  "futures-util",
  "headers",
@@ -3190,10 +3214,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-rustls",
  "mas-tower",
- "once_cell",
  "opentelemetry",
  "rustls 0.22.2",
- "rustls-native-certs",
+ "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -3203,7 +3226,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-opentelemetry",
- "webpki-roots 0.26.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3403,10 +3425,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "mas-keystore",
  "mime",
  "oauth2-types",
- "once_cell",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -3749,6 +3771,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "608e7659b5c3d7cba262d894801b9ec9d00de989e8a82bd4bef91d08da45cdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint-dig"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -4986,6 +5019,33 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0a716eb65e3158e90e17cd93d855216e27bde02745ab842f2cab4a39dba1bacf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-platform-verifier"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2c35b9a497e588f1fb2e1d18a0d46a6d057710f34c3da7084b27353b319453cc"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "jni",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustls 0.22.2",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
+ "rustls-platform-verifier-android",
+ "rustls-webpki 0.102.1",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.0",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-platform-verifier-android"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "84e217e7fdc8466b5b35d30f8c0a30febd29173df4a3a0c2115d306b9c4117ad"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
 version = "0.101.7"
@@ -5174,6 +5234,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
+ "num-bigint",
  "security-framework-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -6194,7 +6255,6 @@ checksum = "b8fa9be0de6cf49e536ce1851f987bd21a43b771b09473c3549a6c853db37c1c"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
- "hdrhistogram",
  "indexmap 1.9.3",
  "pin-project",
  "pin-project-lite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e5f70682..f1d7f075 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ features = ["derive"]
 [workspace.dependencies.http]
 version = "0.2.11"
 
+# Hyper Rustls support
+[workspace.dependencies.hyper-rustls]
+version = "0.25.0"
+features = ["http1", "http2"]
+default-features = false
+
 # Templates
 [workspace.dependencies.minijinja]
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -86,6 +92,14 @@ version = "1.0.12"
 [workspace.dependencies.rand]
 version = "0.8.5"
 
+# TLS stack
+[workspace.dependencies.rustls]
+version = "0.22.2"
+
+# Use platform-specific verifier for TLS
+[workspace.dependencies.rustls-platform-verifier]
+version = "0.2.0"
+
 # JSON Schema generation
 [workspace.dependencies.schemars]
 version = "0.8.16"
@@ -105,6 +119,11 @@ features = ["preserve_order"]
 [workspace.dependencies.thiserror]
 version = "1.0.57"
 
+# Tower services
+[workspace.dependencies.tower]
+version = "0.4.13"
+features = ["util"]
+
 # Logging and tracing
 [workspace.dependencies.tracing]
 version = "0.1.40"
diff --git a/crates/axum-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/axum-utils/Cargo.toml
index f64fa7ed..90396712 100644
--- a/crates/axum-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/axum-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 serde_json.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = "1.35.1"
-tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
+tower.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 ulid.workspace = true
@@ -44,7 +44,3 @@ mas-jose.workspace = true
 mas-keystore.workspace = true
 mas-storage.workspace = true
 mas-templates.workspace = true
-
-[features]
-native-roots = ["mas-http/native-roots"]
-webpki-roots = ["mas-http/webpki-roots"]
diff --git a/crates/axum-utils/src/http_client_factory.rs b/crates/axum-utils/src/http_client_factory.rs
index cb9a0f08..78a812ac 100644
--- a/crates/axum-utils/src/http_client_factory.rs
+++ b/crates/axum-utils/src/http_client_factory.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
 use axum::body::Full;
 use mas_http::{
-    make_traced_connector, BodyToBytesResponseLayer, Client, ClientInitError, ClientLayer,
-    ClientService, HttpService, TracedClient, TracedConnector,
+    make_traced_connector, BodyToBytesResponseLayer, Client, ClientLayer, ClientService,
+    HttpService, TracedClient, TracedConnector,
 };
 use tower::{
     util::{MapErrLayer, MapRequestLayer},
@@ -28,18 +28,20 @@ pub struct HttpClientFactory {
     client_layer: ClientLayer,
 }
 
+impl Default for HttpClientFactory {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
 impl HttpClientFactory {
     /// Constructs a new HTTP client factory
-    ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// Returns an error if the client factory failed to initialise, which can
-    /// happen when it fails to load the system's CA certificates.
-    pub async fn new() -> Result<Self, ClientInitError> {
-        Ok(Self {
-            traced_connector: make_traced_connector().await?,
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            traced_connector: make_traced_connector(),
             client_layer: ClientLayer::new(),
-        })
+        }
     }
 
     /// Constructs a new HTTP client
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index b6a0eaa3..84f1bb29 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ itertools = "0.12.1"
 listenfd = "1.0.1"
 rand.workspace = true
 rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
-rustls = "0.22.2"
+rustls.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 serde_yaml = "0.9.30"
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "postgres"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"] }
-tower = "0.4.13"
+tower.workspace = true
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["fs"] }
 url.workspace = true
 zeroize = "1.7.0"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ mas-data-model.workspace = true
 mas-email.workspace = true
 mas-graphql.workspace = true
 mas-handlers = { workspace = true }
-mas-http = { workspace = true, features = ["axum", "client"] }
+mas-http = { workspace = true, features = ["client"] }
 mas-i18n.workspace = true
 mas-iana.workspace = true
 mas-keystore.workspace = true
@@ -75,18 +75,13 @@ mas-tower.workspace = true
 oauth2-types.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-default = ["webpki-roots", "policy-cache"]
+default = ["policy-cache"]
 
 # Features used for the prebuilt binaries
-dist = ["policy-cache", "native-roots", "mas-config/dist"]
+dist = ["policy-cache", "mas-config/dist"]
 
 # Features used in the Docker image
-docker = ["native-roots", "mas-config/docker"]
+docker = ["mas-config/docker"]
 
 # Enable wasmtime compilation cache
 policy-cache = ["mas-policy/cache"]
-
-# Use the native root certificates
-native-roots = ["mas-http/native-roots", "mas-handlers/native-roots"]
-# Use the webpki root certificates
-webpki-roots = ["mas-http/webpki-roots", "mas-handlers/webpki-roots"]
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/debug.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/debug.rs
index d435b01c..b5c9a2c7 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/debug.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/debug.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl Options {
     #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
     pub async fn run(self, root: &super::Options) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         use Subcommand as SC;
-        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new().await?;
+        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new();
         match self.subcommand {
             SC::Http {
                 show_headers,
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/doctor.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/doctor.rs
index fe0e54e6..5df0e1a2 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/doctor.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/doctor.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl Options {
         let config: RootConfig = root.load_config()?;
 
         // We'll need an HTTP client
-        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new().await?;
+        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new();
         let base_url = config.http.public_base.as_str();
         let issuer = config.http.issuer.as_ref().map(url::Url::as_str);
         let issuer = issuer.unwrap_or(base_url);
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/server.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/server.rs
index f4673637..4ecf5466 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/server.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/server.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ impl Options {
         )
         .await?;
 
-        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new().await?;
+        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new();
 
         let homeserver_connection = SynapseConnection::new(
             config.matrix.homeserver.clone(),
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/commands/worker.rs b/crates/cli/src/commands/worker.rs
index 96ccc8ec..e1564a41 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/commands/worker.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/commands/worker.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl Options {
         let mailer = mailer_from_config(&config.email, &templates)?;
         mailer.test_connection().await?;
 
-        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new().await?;
+        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new();
         let conn = SynapseConnection::new(
             config.matrix.homeserver.clone(),
             config.matrix.endpoint.clone(),
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/main.rs b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
index 67494e6e..fad847b4 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ async fn try_main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         telemetry_config.sentry.dsn.as_deref(),
         sentry::ClientOptions {
             transport: Some(Arc::new(HyperTransportFactory::new(
-                mas_http::make_untraced_client().await?,
+                mas_http::make_untraced_client(),
             ))),
             traces_sample_rate: 1.0,
             auto_session_tracking: true,
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ async fn try_main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     });
 
     // Setup OpenTelemetry tracing and metrics
-    let tracer = telemetry::setup(&telemetry_config)
-        .await
-        .context("failed to setup OpenTelemetry")?;
+    let tracer = telemetry::setup(&telemetry_config).context("failed to setup OpenTelemetry")?;
 
     let telemetry_layer = tracer.map(|tracer| {
         tracing_opentelemetry::layer()
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/telemetry.rs b/crates/cli/src/telemetry.rs
index b5b755f6..731fcb3a 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/telemetry.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/telemetry.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ use url::Url;
 static METER_PROVIDER: OnceCell<MeterProvider> = OnceCell::const_new();
 static PROMETHEUS_REGISTRY: OnceCell<Registry> = OnceCell::const_new();
 
-pub async fn setup(config: &TelemetryConfig) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Tracer>> {
+pub fn setup(config: &TelemetryConfig) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Tracer>> {
     global::set_error_handler(|e| tracing::error!("{}", e))?;
     let propagator = propagator(&config.tracing.propagators);
 
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ pub async fn setup(config: &TelemetryConfig) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Tracer>> {
     mas_http::set_propagator(&propagator);
     global::set_text_map_propagator(propagator);
 
-    let tracer = tracer(&config.tracing.exporter)
-        .await
-        .context("Failed to configure traces exporter")?;
+    let tracer = tracer(&config.tracing.exporter).context("Failed to configure traces exporter")?;
 
     init_meter(&config.metrics.exporter).context("Failed to configure metrics exporter")?;
 
@@ -86,13 +84,9 @@ fn propagator(propagators: &[Propagator]) -> impl TextMapPropagator {
     TextMapCompositePropagator::new(propagators)
 }
 
-async fn http_client() -> anyhow::Result<impl opentelemetry_http::HttpClient + 'static> {
-    let client = mas_http::make_untraced_client()
-        .await
-        .context("Failed to build HTTP client used by telemetry exporter")?;
-    let client =
-        opentelemetry_http::hyper::HyperClient::new_with_timeout(client, Duration::from_secs(30));
-    Ok(client)
+fn http_client() -> impl opentelemetry_http::HttpClient + 'static {
+    let client = mas_http::make_untraced_client();
+    opentelemetry_http::hyper::HyperClient::new_with_timeout(client, Duration::from_secs(30))
 }
 
 fn stdout_tracer_provider() -> TracerProvider {
@@ -133,12 +127,12 @@ fn jaeger_agent_tracer_provider(host: &str, port: u16) -> anyhow::Result<TracerP
     Ok(tracer_provider)
 }
 
-async fn jaeger_collector_tracer_provider(
+fn jaeger_collector_tracer_provider(
     endpoint: &str,
     username: Option<&str>,
     password: Option<&str>,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<TracerProvider> {
-    let http_client = http_client().await?;
+    let http_client = http_client();
     let mut pipeline = opentelemetry_jaeger::new_collector_pipeline()
         .with_service_name(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"))
         .with_trace_config(trace_config())
@@ -160,8 +154,8 @@ async fn jaeger_collector_tracer_provider(
     Ok(tracer_provider)
 }
 
-async fn zipkin_tracer(collector_endpoint: &Option<Url>) -> anyhow::Result<Tracer> {
-    let http_client = http_client().await?;
+fn zipkin_tracer(collector_endpoint: &Option<Url>) -> anyhow::Result<Tracer> {
+    let http_client = http_client();
 
     let mut pipeline = opentelemetry_zipkin::new_pipeline()
         .with_http_client(http_client)
@@ -179,7 +173,7 @@ async fn zipkin_tracer(collector_endpoint: &Option<Url>) -> anyhow::Result<Trace
     Ok(tracer)
 }
 
-async fn tracer(config: &TracingExporterConfig) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Tracer>> {
+fn tracer(config: &TracingExporterConfig) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Tracer>> {
     let tracer_provider = match config {
         TracingExporterConfig::None => return Ok(None),
         TracingExporterConfig::Stdout => stdout_tracer_provider(),
@@ -195,13 +189,10 @@ async fn tracer(config: &TracingExporterConfig) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Tracer>
             endpoint,
             username,
             password,
-        }) => {
-            jaeger_collector_tracer_provider(endpoint, username.as_deref(), password.as_deref())
-                .await?
-        }
+        }) => jaeger_collector_tracer_provider(endpoint, username.as_deref(), password.as_deref())?,
         TracingExporterConfig::Zipkin { collector_endpoint } => {
             // The Zipkin exporter already creates a tracer and installs it
-            return Ok(Some(zipkin_tracer(collector_endpoint).await?));
+            return Ok(Some(zipkin_tracer(collector_endpoint)?));
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/crates/graphql/Cargo.toml b/crates/graphql/Cargo.toml
index 1359b28e..198e9150 100644
--- a/crates/graphql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/graphql/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ serde.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["sync"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
-tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
+tower.workspace = true
 ulid.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/handlers/Cargo.toml b/crates/handlers/Cargo.toml
index b1e8df97..fdd7d80d 100644
--- a/crates/handlers/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/handlers/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sentry = { version = "0.31.8", default-features = false }
 
 # Web server
 hyper = { version = "0.14.27", features = ["full"] }
-tower = "0.4.13"
+tower.workspace = true
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["cors"] }
 axum = "0.6.20"
 axum-macros = "0.3.8"
@@ -90,9 +90,3 @@ oauth2-types.workspace = true
 insta = "1.34.0"
 tracing-subscriber.workspace = true
 cookie_store = "0.20.0"
-
-[features]
-# Use the native root certificates
-native-roots = ["mas-axum-utils/native-roots", "mas-http/native-roots"]
-# Use the webpki root certificates
-webpki-roots = ["mas-axum-utils/webpki-roots", "mas-http/webpki-roots"]
diff --git a/crates/handlers/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/handlers/src/test_utils.rs
index 2c78d30d..93c8f757 100644
--- a/crates/handlers/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/handlers/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ impl TestState {
 
         let homeserver_connection = Arc::new(MockHomeserverConnection::new("example.com"));
 
-        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new().await?;
+        let http_client_factory = HttpClientFactory::new();
 
         let site_config = SiteConfig {
             tos_uri: Some("https://example.com/tos".parse().unwrap()),
diff --git a/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/authorize.rs b/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/authorize.rs
index 1464c484..d8171f96 100644
--- a/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/authorize.rs
+++ b/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/authorize.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ pub(crate) enum RouteError {
     Internal(Box<dyn std::error::Error>),
 }
 
-impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_http::ClientInitError);
 impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_oidc_client::error::DiscoveryError);
 impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_oidc_client::error::AuthorizationError);
 impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_storage::RepositoryError);
diff --git a/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/callback.rs b/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/callback.rs
index 2b695844..c8ca954a 100644
--- a/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/callback.rs
+++ b/crates/handlers/src/upstream_oauth2/callback.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ pub(crate) enum RouteError {
 }
 
 impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_storage::RepositoryError);
-impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_http::ClientInitError);
 impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_oidc_client::error::DiscoveryError);
 impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_oidc_client::error::JwksError);
 impl_from_error_for_route!(mas_oidc_client::error::TokenAuthorizationCodeError);
diff --git a/crates/http/Cargo.toml b/crates/http/Cargo.toml
index 4af8c898..87f2c3f2 100644
--- a/crates/http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/http/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,44 +12,38 @@ repository.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-axum = { version = "0.6.20", optional = true }
 bytes = "1.5.0"
 futures-util = "0.3.30"
 headers = "0.3.9"
 http.workspace = true
 http-body = "0.4.5"
 hyper = "0.14.27"
-hyper-rustls = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["http1", "http2"], default-features = false, optional = true }
-once_cell = "1.19.0"
+hyper-rustls = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 opentelemetry.workspace = true
-rustls = { version = "0.22.2", optional = true }
-rustls-native-certs = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
+rustls = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+rustls-platform-verifier = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 thiserror.workspace = true
-tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["sync", "parking_lot"], optional = true }
-tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
+tower.workspace = true
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.4", features = ["cors"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-opentelemetry.workspace = true
-webpki-roots = { version = "0.26.0", optional = true }
 
-mas-tower.workspace = true
+mas-tower = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 
 [features]
-axum = ["dep:axum"]
-native-roots = ["dep:rustls-native-certs"]
-webpki-roots = ["dep:webpki-roots"]
 client = [
+  "dep:mas-tower",
   "dep:rustls",
   "hyper/tcp",
   "dep:hyper-rustls",
-  "dep:tokio",
+  "dep:rustls-platform-verifier",
   "tower/limit",
   "tower-http/timeout",
   "tower-http/follow-redirect",
diff --git a/crates/http/src/client.rs b/crates/http/src/client.rs
index 265d4328..c5b77d1c 100644
--- a/crates/http/src/client.rs
+++ b/crates/http/src/client.rs
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-use std::convert::Infallible;
-
 use hyper::client::{
     connect::dns::{GaiResolver, Name},
     HttpConnector,
@@ -24,143 +22,21 @@ use mas_tower::{
     DurationRecorderLayer, DurationRecorderService, FnWrapper, InFlightCounterLayer,
     InFlightCounterService, TraceLayer, TraceService,
 };
-use thiserror::Error;
 use tower::Layer;
 use tracing::Span;
 
-#[cfg(all(not(feature = "webpki-roots"), not(feature = "native-roots")))]
-compile_error!("enabling the 'client' feature requires also enabling the 'webpki-roots' or the 'native-roots' features");
-
-#[cfg(all(feature = "webpki-roots", feature = "native-roots"))]
-compile_error!("'webpki-roots' and 'native-roots' features are mutually exclusive");
-
-#[cfg(feature = "native-roots")]
-static NATIVE_TLS_ROOTS: tokio::sync::OnceCell<rustls::RootCertStore> =
-    tokio::sync::OnceCell::const_new();
-
-#[cfg(feature = "native-roots")]
-fn load_tls_roots_blocking() -> Result<rustls::RootCertStore, NativeRootsLoadError> {
-    let mut roots = rustls::RootCertStore::empty();
-    let certs = rustls_native_certs::load_native_certs()?;
-    for cert in certs {
-        roots.add(cert)?;
-    }
-
-    if roots.is_empty() {
-        return Err(NativeRootsLoadError::Empty);
-    }
-
-    Ok(roots)
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "native-roots")]
-async fn tls_roots() -> Result<rustls::RootCertStore, NativeRootsInitError> {
-    NATIVE_TLS_ROOTS
-        .get_or_try_init(|| async move {
-            // Load the TLS config once in a blocking task because loading the system
-            // certificates can take a long time (~200ms) on macOS
-            let span = tracing::info_span!("load_tls_roots");
-            let roots = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(|| {
-                let _span = span.entered();
-                load_tls_roots_blocking()
-            })
-            .await??;
-            Ok(roots)
-        })
-        .await
-        .cloned()
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "webpki-roots")]
-#[allow(clippy::unused_async)]
-async fn tls_roots() -> Result<rustls::RootCertStore, Infallible> {
-    let root_store = rustls::RootCertStore {
-        roots: webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.to_vec(),
-    };
-
-    Ok(root_store)
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "native-roots")]
-#[derive(Error, Debug)]
-#[error(transparent)]
-pub enum NativeRootsInitError {
-    RootsLoadError(#[from] NativeRootsLoadError),
-
-    JoinError(#[from] tokio::task::JoinError),
-}
-
-#[derive(Error, Debug, Clone)]
-pub enum ClientInitError {
-    #[cfg(feature = "native-roots")]
-    #[error(transparent)]
-    TlsRootsInit(std::sync::Arc<NativeRootsInitError>),
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "native-roots")]
-impl From<NativeRootsInitError> for ClientInitError {
-    fn from(inner: NativeRootsInitError) -> Self {
-        Self::TlsRootsInit(std::sync::Arc::new(inner))
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<Infallible> for ClientInitError {
-    fn from(e: Infallible) -> Self {
-        match e {}
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "native-roots")]
-#[derive(Error, Debug)]
-pub enum NativeRootsLoadError {
-    #[error("could not load root certificates")]
-    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
-
-    #[error("invalid root certificate")]
-    Rustls(#[from] rustls::Error),
-
-    #[error("no root certificate loaded")]
-    Empty,
-}
-
-async fn make_tls_config() -> Result<rustls::ClientConfig, ClientInitError> {
-    let roots = tls_roots().await?;
-    let tls_config = rustls::ClientConfig::builder()
-        .with_root_certificates(roots)
-        .with_no_client_auth();
-
-    Ok(tls_config)
-}
-
 pub type UntracedClient<B> = hyper::Client<UntracedConnector, B>;
 pub type TracedClient<B> = hyper::Client<TracedConnector, B>;
 
 /// Create a basic Hyper HTTP & HTTPS client without any tracing
-///
-/// # Errors
-///
-/// Returns an error if it failed to load the TLS certificates
-pub async fn make_untraced_client<B>() -> Result<UntracedClient<B>, ClientInitError>
+#[must_use]
+pub fn make_untraced_client<B>() -> UntracedClient<B>
 where
     B: http_body::Body + Send + 'static,
     B::Data: Send,
 {
-    let https = make_untraced_connector().await?;
-    Ok(Client::builder().build(https))
-}
-
-/// Create a basic Hyper HTTP & HTTPS client which traces DNS requests
-///
-/// # Errors
-///
-/// Returns an error if it failed to load the TLS certificates
-pub async fn make_traced_client<B>() -> Result<TracedClient<B>, ClientInitError>
-where
-    B: http_body::Body + Send,
-    B::Data: Send,
-{
-    let https = make_traced_connector().await?;
-    Ok(Client::builder().build(https))
+    let https = make_untraced_connector();
+    Client::builder().build(https)
 }
 
 pub type TraceResolver<S> =
@@ -169,11 +45,8 @@ pub type UntracedConnector = HttpsConnector<HttpConnector<GaiResolver>>;
 pub type TracedConnector = HttpsConnector<HttpConnector<TraceResolver<GaiResolver>>>;
 
 /// Create a traced HTTP and HTTPS connector
-///
-/// # Errors
-///
-/// Returns an error if it failed to load the TLS certificates
-pub async fn make_traced_connector() -> Result<TracedConnector, ClientInitError>
+#[must_use]
+pub fn make_traced_connector() -> TracedConnector
 where
 {
     let in_flight_counter = InFlightCounterLayer::new("dns.resolve.active_requests");
@@ -190,16 +63,16 @@ where
 
     let resolver = (in_flight_counter, duration_recorder, trace_layer).layer(GaiResolver::new());
 
-    let tls_config = make_tls_config().await?;
-    Ok(make_connector(resolver, tls_config))
+    let tls_config = rustls_platform_verifier::tls_config();
+    make_connector(resolver, tls_config)
 }
 
-async fn make_untraced_connector() -> Result<UntracedConnector, ClientInitError>
+fn make_untraced_connector() -> UntracedConnector
 where
 {
     let resolver = GaiResolver::new();
-    let tls_config = make_tls_config().await?;
-    Ok(make_connector(resolver, tls_config))
+    let tls_config = rustls_platform_verifier::tls_config();
+    make_connector(resolver, tls_config)
 }
 
 fn make_connector<R>(
diff --git a/crates/http/src/ext.rs b/crates/http/src/ext.rs
index 675945e4..d4bc8aa6 100644
--- a/crates/http/src/ext.rs
+++ b/crates/http/src/ext.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-use std::ops::RangeBounds;
+use std::{ops::RangeBounds, sync::OnceLock};
 
 use http::{header::HeaderName, Request, StatusCode};
-use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 use tower::Service;
 use tower_http::cors::CorsLayer;
 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ use crate::layers::{
     json_request::JsonRequest, json_response::JsonResponse,
 };
 
-static PROPAGATOR_HEADERS: OnceCell<Vec<HeaderName>> = OnceCell::new();
+static PROPAGATOR_HEADERS: OnceLock<Vec<HeaderName>> = OnceLock::new();
 
 /// Notify the CORS layer what opentelemetry propagators are being used. This
 /// helps whitelisting headers in CORS requests.
diff --git a/crates/http/src/lib.rs b/crates/http/src/lib.rs
index 0e9cdf12..916208fd 100644
--- a/crates/http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/http/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ mod service;
 #[cfg(feature = "client")]
 pub use self::{
     client::{
-        make_traced_client, make_traced_connector, make_untraced_client, Client, ClientInitError,
-        TracedClient, TracedConnector, UntracedClient, UntracedConnector,
+        make_traced_connector, make_untraced_client, Client, TracedClient, TracedConnector,
+        UntracedClient, UntracedConnector,
     },
     layers::client::{ClientLayer, ClientService},
 };
diff --git a/crates/matrix-synapse/Cargo.toml b/crates/matrix-synapse/Cargo.toml
index 48e5f531..a0e6aacc 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-synapse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/matrix-synapse/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 async-trait = "0.1.77"
 http.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
-tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["util"] }
+tower.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
diff --git a/crates/oidc-client/Cargo.toml b/crates/oidc-client/Cargo.toml
index 4d2139bf..5927fec0 100644
--- a/crates/oidc-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/oidc-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ hyper = [
     "dep:hyper",
     "dep:hyper-rustls",
     "dep:rustls",
+    "dep:rustls-platform-verifier",
     "dep:tower-http",
     "tower/limit",
 ]
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ futures-util = "0.3.30"
 headers = "0.3.9"
 http.workspace = true
 language-tags = "0.3.2"
-once_cell = "1.19.0"
 mime = "0.3.17"
 rand.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.1"
 serde_with = "3.5.1"
 thiserror.workspace = true
-tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4.13", features = ["full"] }
+tower.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true
 
@@ -53,16 +52,15 @@ oauth2-types.workspace = true
 
 # Default http service
 http-body = { version = "0.4.5", optional = true }
-rustls = { version = "0.22.2", optional = true }
-[dependencies.hyper-rustls]
-version = "0.25.0"
-features = ["http1", "http2", "rustls-native-certs"]
-default-features = false
-optional = true
+rustls = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+rustls-platform-verifier = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+hyper-rustls = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+
 [dependencies.hyper]
 version = "0.14.27"
-features = ["client", "http1", "http2", "stream", "runtime" ]
+features = ["client", "http1", "http2", "stream", "runtime"]
 optional = true
+
 [dependencies.tower-http]
 version = "0.4.4"
 features = ["follow-redirect", "set-header", "timeout", "map-request-body", "util"]
@@ -73,4 +71,5 @@ assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 bitflags = "2.4.2"
 mas-keystore.workspace = true
 rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
+tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["rt", "macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 wiremock = "0.5.22"
diff --git a/crates/oidc-client/src/http_service/hyper.rs b/crates/oidc-client/src/http_service/hyper.rs
index 44208d3a..ee9f0ad3 100644
--- a/crates/oidc-client/src/http_service/hyper.rs
+++ b/crates/oidc-client/src/http_service/hyper.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use http::{header::USER_AGENT, HeaderValue};
 use http_body::Full;
 use hyper::client::{connect::dns::GaiResolver, HttpConnector};
-use hyper_rustls::{ConfigBuilderExt, HttpsConnectorBuilder};
+use hyper_rustls::HttpsConnectorBuilder;
 use mas_http::BodyToBytesResponseLayer;
 use tower::{BoxError, ServiceBuilder};
 use tower_http::{timeout::TimeoutLayer, ServiceBuilderExt};
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ pub fn hyper_service() -> HttpService {
     let mut http = HttpConnector::new_with_resolver(resolver);
     http.enforce_http(false);
 
-    let tls_config = rustls::ClientConfig::builder()
-        .with_native_roots()
-        .expect("Failed to load native TLS")
-        .with_no_client_auth();
+    let tls_config = rustls_platform_verifier::tls_config();
 
     let https = HttpsConnectorBuilder::new()
         .with_tls_config(tls_config)
diff --git a/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml b/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml
index bd7b1d7f..c498d7a1 100644
--- a/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tasks/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ rand_chacha = "0.3.1"
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.3", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "postgres"] }
 thiserror.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["rt"] }
-tower = "0.4.13"
+tower.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-opentelemetry.workspace = true
 opentelemetry.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/tower/Cargo.toml b/crates/tower/Cargo.toml
index 34f227f2..00cb825f 100644
--- a/crates/tower/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tower/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ workspace = true
 http.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 tracing-opentelemetry.workspace = true
-tower = "0.4.13"
+tower.workspace = true
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["time"] }
 opentelemetry.workspace = true
 opentelemetry-http = "0.10.0"