diff --git a/src/panes/about/pane.py b/src/panes/about/pane.py
index 5e3a456..df2dfe0 100644
--- a/src/panes/about/pane.py
+++ b/src/panes/about/pane.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from PySide6.QtCore import Qt, QByteArray, QUrl, QSize, \
 from PySide6.QtGui import QIcon
 from PySide6.QtWidgets import QMessageBox
 import urllib.request
+import ssl
 import hashlib
 
 import certifi # PyInstaller pickup (should be auto-used by urllib)
@@ -159,14 +160,14 @@ class AboutPane(UIController):
         log.info('checking for updates')
         self.window.checkupdates_pushButton.setEnabled(False)
         with urllib.request.urlopen(type(self).update_url,
-                                    cafile=certifi.where()) as response:
+                                    context=ssl.create_default_context(cafile=certifi.where())) as response:
             self.remote_version_body = response.read(100)
 
     def check_for_compat(self, progress_callback=lambda x: ()):
         log.info('checking for compat')
         self.window.checkcompat_pushButton.setEnabled(False)
         with urllib.request.urlopen(type(self).compat_url,
-                                    cafile=certifi.where()) as response:
+                                    context=ssl.create_default_context(cafile=certifi.where())) as response:
             self.remote_compat_body = response.read(10000)
 
     def finished_check_for_updates(self, show_mb=True, \