diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 83cb8d26..78ec5b50 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13826,7 +13826,7 @@
     },
     "packages/plugin-runtime-types": {
       "name": "@yaakapp/api",
-      "version": "0.5.3",
+      "version": "0.6.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^22.5.4"
       },
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 05148f6a..d6511ad0 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -8052,8 +8052,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.9.0",
  "reqwest",
  "reqwest_cookie_store",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tauri",
@@ -8144,8 +8142,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
  "prost-reflect",
  "prost-types",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tauri",
@@ -8155,6 +8151,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic",
  "tonic-reflection",
  "uuid",
+ "yaak-http",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8162,6 +8159,8 @@ name = "yaak-http"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "regex",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "urlencoding",
  "yaak-models",
 ]
@@ -8292,8 +8291,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "log",
  "md5",
- "rustls",
- "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tauri",
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 03a5596e..b6afbf0b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ mime_guess = "2.0.5"
 rand = "0.9.0"
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["multipart", "cookies", "gzip", "brotli", "deflate", "json", "rustls-tls-manual-roots-no-provider"] }
 reqwest_cookie_store = "0.8.0"
-rustls = { version = "0.23.25", default-features = false, features = ["custom-provider", "ring"] }
-rustls-platform-verifier = "0.5.1"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true, features = ["raw_value"] }
 tauri = { workspace = true, features = ["devtools", "protocol-asset"] }
@@ -93,6 +91,8 @@ tauri-plugin-shell = "2.2.1"
 tokio = "1.44.2"
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
 ts-rs = "10.1.0"
+rustls = { version = "0.23.25", default-features = false }
+rustls-platform-verifier = "0.5.1"
 yaak-common = { path = "yaak-common" }
 yaak-http = { path = "yaak-http" }
 yaak-models = { path = "yaak-models" }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/http_request.rs b/src-tauri/src/http_request.rs
index b650bc92..49a571e9 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/http_request.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/http_request.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ use mime_guess::Mime;
 use reqwest::redirect::Policy;
 use reqwest::{Method, Response};
 use reqwest::{Proxy, Url, multipart};
-use rustls::ClientConfig;
-use rustls::crypto::ring;
-use rustls_platform_verifier::BuilderVerifierExt;
 use serde_json::Value;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
@@ -112,22 +109,8 @@ pub async fn send_http_request<R: Runtime>(
         .referer(false)
         .tls_info(true);
 
-    if workspace.setting_validate_certificates {
-        // Use platform-native verifier to validate certificates
-        let arc_crypto_provider = Arc::new(ring::default_provider());
-        let config = ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(arc_crypto_provider)
-            .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
-            .unwrap()
-            .with_platform_verifier()
-            .with_no_client_auth();
-        client_builder = client_builder.use_preconfigured_tls(config)
-    } else {
-        // Use rustls to skip validation because rustls_platform_verifier does not have this ability
-        client_builder = client_builder
-            .use_rustls_tls()
-            .danger_accept_invalid_hostnames(true)
-            .danger_accept_invalid_certs(true);
-    }
+    let tls_config = yaak_http::tls::get_config(workspace.setting_validate_certificates);
+    client_builder = client_builder.use_preconfigured_tls(tls_config);
 
     match settings.proxy {
         Some(ProxySetting::Disabled) => client_builder = client_builder.no_proxy(),
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 6e316b26..ab96b005 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ async fn cmd_grpc_reflect<R: Runtime>(
 
     let base_environment =
         app_handle.db().get_base_environment(&unrendered_request.workspace_id)?;
+    let workspace = app_handle.db().get_workspace(&unrendered_request.workspace_id)?;
 
     let req = render_grpc_request(
         &resolved_request,
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ async fn cmd_grpc_reflect<R: Runtime>(
             &uri,
             &proto_files.iter().map(|p| PathBuf::from_str(p).unwrap()).collect(),
             &metadata,
+            workspace.setting_validate_certificates,
         )
         .await
         .map_err(|e| GenericError(e.to_string()))?)
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ async fn cmd_grpc_go<R: Runtime>(
     let resolved_request = resolve_grpc_request(&window, &unrendered_request)?;
     let base_environment =
         app_handle.db().get_base_environment(&unrendered_request.workspace_id)?;
+    let workspace = app_handle.db().get_workspace(&unrendered_request.workspace_id)?;
 
     let request = render_grpc_request(
         &resolved_request,
@@ -263,6 +266,7 @@ async fn cmd_grpc_go<R: Runtime>(
             uri.as_str(),
             &proto_files.iter().map(|p| PathBuf::from_str(p).unwrap()).collect(),
             &metadata,
+            workspace.setting_validate_certificates,
         )
         .await;
 
@@ -296,7 +300,7 @@ async fn cmd_grpc_go<R: Runtime>(
         let cancelled_rx = cancelled_rx.clone();
         let app_handle = app_handle.clone();
         let window = window.clone();
-        let workspace = base_environment.clone();
+        let base_environment = base_environment.clone();
         let environment = environment.clone();
         let base_msg = base_msg.clone();
         let method_desc = method_desc.clone();
@@ -326,7 +330,7 @@ async fn cmd_grpc_go<R: Runtime>(
                         tauri::async_runtime::block_on(async {
                             render_template(
                                 msg.as_str(),
-                                &workspace,
+                                &base_environment,
                                 environment.as_ref(),
                                 &PluginTemplateCallback::new(
                                     &app_handle,
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/Cargo.toml
index b8c2bb12..d05d73ab 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ dunce = "1.0.4"
 hyper = "1.5.2"
 hyper-rustls = { version = "0.27.5", default-features = false, features = ["http2"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1.10", default-features = false, features = ["client-legacy"] }
-rustls = { version = "0.23.21", default-features = false, features = ["custom-provider", "ring"] }
-rustls-platform-verifier = "0.5.0"
 log = "0.4.20"
 md5 = "0.7.0"
 prost = "0.13.4"
@@ -27,3 +25,4 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1.14"
 tonic = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false, features = ["transport"] }
 tonic-reflection = "0.12.3"
 uuid = { version = "1.7.0", features = ["v4"] }
+yaak-http = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/client.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/client.rs
index 5c185368..fbe978a9 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/client.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/client.rs
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ pub struct AutoReflectionClient<T = Client<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>, BoxBod
 }
 
 impl AutoReflectionClient {
-    pub fn new(uri: &Uri) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(uri: &Uri, validate_certificates: bool) -> Self {
         let client_v1 = v1::server_reflection_client::ServerReflectionClient::with_origin(
-            get_transport(),
+            get_transport(validate_certificates),
             uri.clone(),
         );
         let client_v1alpha = v1alpha::server_reflection_client::ServerReflectionClient::with_origin(
-            get_transport(),
+            get_transport(validate_certificates),
             uri.clone(),
         );
         AutoReflectionClient {
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/manager.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/manager.rs
index c4e19efc..e915966b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/manager.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/manager.rs
@@ -181,10 +181,11 @@ impl GrpcHandle {
         uri: &str,
         proto_files: &Vec<PathBuf>,
         metadata: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
+        validate_certificates: bool,
     ) -> Result<(), String> {
         let pool = if proto_files.is_empty() {
             let full_uri = uri_from_str(uri)?;
-            fill_pool_from_reflection(&full_uri, metadata).await
+            fill_pool_from_reflection(&full_uri, metadata, validate_certificates).await
         } else {
             fill_pool_from_files(&self.app_handle, proto_files).await
         }?;
@@ -199,9 +200,10 @@ impl GrpcHandle {
         uri: &str,
         proto_files: &Vec<PathBuf>,
         metadata: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
+        validate_certificates: bool,
     ) -> Result<Vec<ServiceDefinition>, String> {
         // Ensure reflection is up-to-date
-        self.reflect(id, uri, proto_files, metadata).await?;
+        self.reflect(id, uri, proto_files, metadata, validate_certificates).await?;
 
         let pool = self.get_pool(id, uri, proto_files).ok_or("Failed to get pool".to_string())?;
         Ok(self.services_from_pool(&pool))
@@ -238,12 +240,13 @@ impl GrpcHandle {
         uri: &str,
         proto_files: &Vec<PathBuf>,
         metadata: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
+        validate_certificates: bool,
     ) -> Result<GrpcConnection, String> {
-        self.reflect(id, uri, proto_files, metadata).await?;
+        self.reflect(id, uri, proto_files, metadata, validate_certificates).await?;
         let pool = self.get_pool(id, uri, proto_files).ok_or("Failed to get pool")?;
 
         let uri = uri_from_str(uri)?;
-        let conn = get_transport();
+        let conn = get_transport(validate_certificates);
         let connection = GrpcConnection {
             pool: pool.clone(),
             conn,
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/reflection.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/reflection.rs
index 1449a6d8..57c827b6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/reflection.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/reflection.rs
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ pub async fn fill_pool_from_files(
 pub async fn fill_pool_from_reflection(
     uri: &Uri,
     metadata: &BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    validate_certificates: bool,
 ) -> Result<DescriptorPool, String> {
     let mut pool = DescriptorPool::new();
-    let mut client = AutoReflectionClient::new(uri);
+    let mut client = AutoReflectionClient::new(uri, validate_certificates);
 
     for service in list_services(&mut client, metadata).await? {
         if service == "grpc.reflection.v1alpha.ServerReflection" {
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/transport.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/transport.rs
index de30e06d..2541003b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/transport.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-grpc/src/transport.rs
@@ -2,25 +2,16 @@ use hyper_rustls::{HttpsConnector, HttpsConnectorBuilder};
 use hyper_util::client::legacy::connect::HttpConnector;
 use hyper_util::client::legacy::Client;
 use hyper_util::rt::TokioExecutor;
-use rustls::crypto::ring;
-use rustls::ClientConfig;
-use rustls_platform_verifier::BuilderVerifierExt;
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use tonic::body::BoxBody;
 
-pub(crate) fn get_transport() -> Client<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>, BoxBody> {
-    let arc_crypto_provider = Arc::new(ring::default_provider());
-    let config = ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(arc_crypto_provider)
-        .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
-        .unwrap()
-        .with_platform_verifier()
-        .with_no_client_auth();
+pub(crate) fn get_transport(validate_certificates: bool) -> Client<HttpsConnector<HttpConnector>, BoxBody> {
+    let tls_config = yaak_http::tls::get_config(validate_certificates);
 
     let mut http = HttpConnector::new();
     http.enforce_http(false);
 
     let connector =
-        HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_tls_config(config).https_or_http().enable_http2().build();
+        HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_tls_config(tls_config).https_or_http().enable_http2().build();
 
     let client = Client::builder(TokioExecutor::new())
         .pool_max_idle_per_host(0)
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-http/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/yaak-http/Cargo.toml
index 40a6a2bc..78455a51 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-http/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 yaak-models = { workspace = true }
 regex = "1.11.0"
+rustls = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["ring"] }
+rustls-platform-verifier = { workspace = true }
 urlencoding = "2.1.3"
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-http/src/lib.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-http/src/lib.rs
index ccb74637..156046d9 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-http/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+pub mod tls;
+
 use yaak_models::models::HttpUrlParameter;
 
 pub fn apply_path_placeholders(
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-http/src/tls.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-http/src/tls.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5fdd300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-http/src/tls.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use rustls::client::danger::{HandshakeSignatureValid, ServerCertVerified, ServerCertVerifier};
+use rustls::{ClientConfig, DigitallySignedStruct, SignatureScheme};
+use rustls::crypto::ring;
+use rustls::pki_types::{CertificateDer, ServerName, UnixTime};
+use rustls_platform_verifier::BuilderVerifierExt;
+
+pub fn get_config(validate_certificates: bool) -> ClientConfig {
+    let arc_crypto_provider = Arc::new(ring::default_provider());
+    let config_builder = ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(arc_crypto_provider)
+        .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
+        .unwrap();
+    if validate_certificates {
+        // Use platform-native verifier to validate certificates
+        config_builder
+            .with_platform_verifier()
+            .with_no_client_auth()
+    } else {
+        config_builder
+            .dangerous()
+            .with_custom_certificate_verifier(Arc::new(NoVerifier))
+            .with_no_client_auth()
+    }
+}
+
+// Copied from reqwest: https://github.com/seanmonstar/reqwest/blob/595c80b1fbcdab73ac2ae93e4edc3406f453df25/src/tls.rs#L608
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct NoVerifier;
+
+impl ServerCertVerifier for NoVerifier {
+    fn verify_server_cert(
+        &self,
+        _end_entity: &CertificateDer,
+        _intermediates: &[CertificateDer],
+        _server_name: &ServerName,
+        _ocsp_response: &[u8],
+        _now: UnixTime,
+    ) -> Result<ServerCertVerified, rustls::Error> {
+        Ok(ServerCertVerified::assertion())
+    }
+
+    fn verify_tls12_signature(
+        &self,
+        _message: &[u8],
+        _cert: &CertificateDer,
+        _dss: &DigitallySignedStruct,
+    ) -> Result<HandshakeSignatureValid, rustls::Error> {
+        Ok(HandshakeSignatureValid::assertion())
+    }
+
+    fn verify_tls13_signature(
+        &self,
+        _message: &[u8],
+        _cert: &CertificateDer,
+        _dss: &DigitallySignedStruct,
+    ) -> Result<HandshakeSignatureValid, rustls::Error> {
+        Ok(HandshakeSignatureValid::assertion())
+    }
+
+    fn supported_verify_schemes(&self) -> Vec<SignatureScheme> {
+        vec![
+            SignatureScheme::RSA_PKCS1_SHA1,
+            SignatureScheme::ECDSA_SHA1_Legacy,
+            SignatureScheme::RSA_PKCS1_SHA256,
+            SignatureScheme::ECDSA_NISTP256_SHA256,
+            SignatureScheme::RSA_PKCS1_SHA384,
+            SignatureScheme::ECDSA_NISTP384_SHA384,
+            SignatureScheme::RSA_PKCS1_SHA512,
+            SignatureScheme::ECDSA_NISTP521_SHA512,
+            SignatureScheme::RSA_PSS_SHA256,
+            SignatureScheme::RSA_PSS_SHA384,
+            SignatureScheme::RSA_PSS_SHA512,
+            SignatureScheme::ED25519,
+            SignatureScheme::ED448,
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/Cargo.toml
index 8b786321..0501c742 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ publish = false
 futures-util = "0.3.31"
 log = "0.4.20"
 md5 = "0.7.0"
-rustls = { version = "0.23.25", default-features = false, features = ["custom-provider", "ring"] }
-rustls-platform-verifier = "0.5.1"
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tauri = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/commands.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/commands.rs
index a1fe1c35..7230ac8b 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/commands.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn connect<R: Runtime>(
     };
     let base_environment =
         app_handle.db().get_base_environment(&unrendered_request.workspace_id)?;
+    let workspace = app_handle.db().get_workspace(&unrendered_request.workspace_id)?;
     let resolved_request = resolve_websocket_request(&window, &unrendered_request)?;
     let request = render_websocket_request(
         &resolved_request,
@@ -298,7 +299,13 @@ pub(crate) async fn connect<R: Runtime>(
         }
     }
 
-    let response = match ws_manager.connect(&connection.id, url.as_str(), headers, receive_tx).await
+    let response = match ws_manager.connect(
+        &connection.id,
+        url.as_str(),
+        headers,
+        receive_tx,
+        workspace.setting_validate_certificates,
+    ).await
     {
         Ok(r) => r,
         Err(e) => {
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/connect.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/connect.rs
index f2853ff9..2aa281c1 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/connect.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/connect.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 use log::info;
-use rustls::crypto::ring;
-use rustls::ClientConfig;
-use rustls_platform_verifier::BuilderVerifierExt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use tauri::http::HeaderMap;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
@@ -16,14 +13,10 @@ use tokio_tungstenite::{
 pub(crate) async fn ws_connect(
     url: &str,
     headers: HeaderMap<HeaderValue>,
+    validate_certificates: bool,
 ) -> crate::error::Result<(WebSocketStream<MaybeTlsStream<TcpStream>>, Response)> {
     info!("Connecting to WS {url}");
-    let arc_crypto_provider = Arc::new(ring::default_provider());
-    let config = ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(arc_crypto_provider)
-        .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
-        .unwrap()
-        .with_platform_verifier()
-        .with_no_client_auth();
+    let tls_config = yaak_http::tls::get_config(validate_certificates);
 
     let mut req = url.into_client_request()?;
     let req_headers = req.headers_mut();
@@ -37,7 +30,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn ws_connect(
         req,
         Some(WebSocketConfig::default()),
         false,
-        Some(Connector::Rustls(Arc::new(config))),
+        Some(Connector::Rustls(Arc::new(tls_config))),
     )
     .await?;
     Ok((stream, response))
diff --git a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/manager.rs b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/manager.rs
index 1bc1fe75..530109c8 100644
--- a/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/manager.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/yaak-ws/src/manager.rs
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ impl WebsocketManager {
         url: &str,
         headers: HeaderMap<HeaderValue>,
         receive_tx: mpsc::Sender<Message>,
+        validate_certificates: bool,
     ) -> Result<Response> {
         let connections = self.connections.clone();
         let connection_id = id.to_string();
         let tx = receive_tx.clone();
 
-        let (stream, response) = ws_connect(url, headers).await?;
+        let (stream, response) = ws_connect(url, headers, validate_certificates).await?;
         let (write, mut read) = stream.split();
 
         connections.lock().await.insert(id.to_string(), write);