diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ec6310bd246..38fe682e6d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -855,6 +855,16 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6245d59a3e82a7fc217c5828a6692dbc6dfb63a0c8c90495621f7b9d79704a0e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91e195e091a93c46f7102ec7818a2aa394e1e1771c3ab4825963fa03e45afb8f"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.6"
@@ -2863,6 +2873,12 @@ version = "11.1.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -3687,6 +3703,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-native-certs"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f1fb85efa936c42c6d5fc28d2629bb51e4b2f4b8a5211e297d599cc5a093792"
+dependencies = [
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-pemfile"
+version = "2.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29993a25686778eb88d4189742cd713c9bce943bc54251a33509dc63cbacf73d"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.0",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pki-types"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -3735,6 +3774,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbc91545643bcf3a0bbb6569265615222618bdf33ce4ffbbd13c4bbd4c093534"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scheduled-thread-pool"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -3777,6 +3825,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "770452e37cad93e0a50d5abc3990d2bc351c36d0328f86cefec2f2fb206eaef6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "41f3cc463c0ef97e11c3461a9d3787412d30e8e7eb907c79180c4a57bf7c04ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.22"
@@ -4457,6 +4528,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-rustls"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "775e0c0f0adb3a2f22a00c4745d728b479985fc15ee7ca6a2608388c5569860f"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-stream"
 version = "0.1.15"
@@ -4597,7 +4679,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project",
  "prost 0.12.4",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
+ "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-rustls",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
diff --git a/packages/dapi-grpc/Cargo.toml b/packages/dapi-grpc/Cargo.toml
index bbdc747f4d1..7b2eb611823 100644
--- a/packages/dapi-grpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/dapi-grpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ default = ["core", "platform", "client", "serde", "server"]
 core = []
 platform = []
 # Re-export Dash Platform protobuf types as `dapi_grpc::platform::proto`
+# Note: client needs tls and tls-roots to connect to testnet which uses TLS.
 tenderdash-proto = []
-client = ["tonic/channel", "tonic/transport", "platform"]
+client = [
+  "tonic/channel",
+  "tonic/transport",
+  "tonic/tls",
+  "tonic/tls-roots",
+  "platform",
+]
 server = ["tonic/channel", "tonic/transport", "platform"]
 serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_bytes"]
 mocks = ["dep:serde_json"]
@@ -56,4 +63,4 @@ name = "platform_example"
 path = "clients/platform/v0/rust/platform_example.rs"
 
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
-ignored = ["platform-version", "serde_bytes", "futures-core"]
\ No newline at end of file
+ignored = ["platform-version", "serde_bytes", "futures-core"]