diff --git a/common_lib/services/profile.py b/common_lib/services/profile.py
index b6a4345..a7061e7 100644
--- a/common_lib/services/profile.py
+++ b/common_lib/services/profile.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ from uuid import UUID
 from fastapi import HTTPException, status
 from typing import List, Dict
 from config import settings
+from .utils import ssl_transport
 
 
 async def get_profile_by_user_id(user_id: UUID, token: str) -> dict:
     try:
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0, verify=False) as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=ssl_transport, timeout=5.0,) as client:
             response = await client.get(
                 f"{settings.PROFILE_SERVICE}/user_id/{user_id}",
                 headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ async def get_profile_by_user_id(user_id: UUID, token: str) -> dict:
 
 async def get_profiles_by_user_ids(user_ids: List[UUID], token: str, user_id: UUID) -> Dict[str, dict]:
     try:
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0, verify=False) as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=ssl_transport, timeout=5.0,) as client:
             response = await client.post(
                 f"{settings.PROFILE_SERVICE}/user_ids/internal",
                 headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"},
diff --git a/common_lib/utils/__init__.py b/common_lib/utils/__init__.py
index 4d66c12..421c430 100644
--- a/common_lib/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/common_lib/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .utils import get_datetime
+from .utils import ssl_transport
 
-__all__ = ["get_datetime"]
+__all__ = ["get_datetime", "ssl_transport"]
diff --git a/common_lib/utils/auth.py b/common_lib/utils/auth.py
index 49cee6a..40ee271 100644
--- a/common_lib/utils/auth.py
+++ b/common_lib/utils/auth.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from typing import List
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from config import settings
+from .utils import ssl_transport
 
 auth_scheme = HTTPBearer()
 
@@ -27,11 +28,7 @@ async def _fetch_current_user(
     user_agent = request.headers.get("User-Agent", "(unknown)")
 
     try:
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient(
-            verify=settings.CA_CERT,
-            cert=(settings.CLIENT_FULLCHAIN, settings.CLIENT_PRIVKEY),
-            timeout=5.0
-        ) as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(transport=ssl_transport, timeout=5.0,) as client:
             response = await client.post(
                 f"{settings.TOKEN_SERVICE}/decode",
                 json={
diff --git a/common_lib/utils/ssl_transport.py b/common_lib/utils/ssl_transport.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b3f92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common_lib/utils/ssl_transport.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import ssl
+import httpx
+from config import settings
+
+ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=settings.CA_CERT)
+ctx.load_cert_chain(certfile=settings.CLIENT_FULLCHAIN, keyfile=settings.CLIENT_PRIVKEY)
+
+ssl_transport = httpx.AsyncHTTPTransport(verify=ctx, http2=True)