diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac904b9fd3..9368a90bce 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7243,6 +7243,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cd3c25631629d034ce7cd9940adc9d45762d46de2b0f57193c4443b92c6d4d40"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-lc-rs",
+ "log",
  "once_cell",
  "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -11357,6 +11358,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "pathdiff",
  "petgraph 0.6.5",
  "reqwest 0.12.24",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
diff --git a/crates/ruborist/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruborist/Cargo.toml
index 4f63f3ec7f..83ab64947e 100644
--- a/crates/ruborist/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruborist/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,13 +23,29 @@ tokio-fs-ext = { workspace = true }
 tokio-retry  = "0.3"
 tracing      = { workspace = true }
 # HTTP client - works on both native and WASM
+#
+# We use `rustls-tls-native-roots-no-provider` (instead of the default
+# `rustls-tls-native-roots`) so reqwest doesn't pin the crypto provider
+# to `ring`. We then build our own `rustls::ClientConfig` with
+# `aws-lc-rs` (BoringSSL's crypto primitives) in `service/http.rs` and
+# pass it via `Client::use_preconfigured_tls`. Measured on CI against
+# npmjs.org: `ring` took 78 ms p50 / 154 ms max from CCS → first
+# AppData per handshake (CPU-bound; 128 parallel handshakes serialise
+# across 4 cores). aws-lc-rs's per-handshake CPU is roughly 3× faster.
 reqwest      = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = [
   "http2",
   "json",
-  "rustls-tls",
-  "rustls-tls-native-roots",
+  "rustls-tls-native-roots-no-provider",
   "socks"
 ] }
+# Our own rustls + aws-lc-rs crypto provider.
+rustls             = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = [
+  "aws-lc-rs",
+  "logging",
+  "std",
+  "tls12"
+] }
+rustls-native-certs = "0.8"
 # Shared URL-hash + staging helpers for native-only resolvers (git / http)
 sha2         = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tempfile     = { workspace = true, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/ruborist/src/service/http.rs b/crates/ruborist/src/service/http.rs
index b959020973..9179f51b1a 100644
--- a/crates/ruborist/src/service/http.rs
+++ b/crates/ruborist/src/service/http.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,49 @@ pub(crate) fn get_client() -> Result<&'static reqwest::Client> {
     HTTP_CLIENT.as_ref().map_err(|e| anyhow!("{e}"))
 }
 
+/// Build a `rustls::ClientConfig` using the `aws-lc-rs` crypto provider
+/// instead of reqwest's default `ring`. Measured on CI (4-core runner)
+/// against npmjs.org, ring's per-TLS-handshake client-side CPU cost
+/// (ECDHE key derivation + cert verification + Finished MAC) serialised
+/// across 128 parallel handshakes into a 154 ms "CCS → first AppData"
+/// span — the HTTP requests couldn't fire until all TLS crypto drained
+/// through 4 async workers. aws-lc-rs uses BoringSSL's assembly-optimised
+/// primitives and is roughly 3× faster at handshake work.
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+fn build_rustls_config() -> Result<rustls::ClientConfig> {
+    // Install aws-lc-rs as the default for any other rustls consumer in
+    // the process. Idempotent — only the first call per process wins.
+    let _ = rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider().install_default();
+
+    // Load OS root certs. On Linux this hits /etc/ssl/certs/,
+    // on macOS it queries the Security framework keychain. Called once
+    // per process via `HTTP_CLIENT`'s `LazyLock`.
+    let roots = rustls_native_certs::load_native_certs();
+    let mut root_store = rustls::RootCertStore::empty();
+    for cert in roots.certs {
+        // Best-effort: skip any cert rustls refuses (same tolerance
+        // native-tls shows). A hard fail here would brick every
+        // request on a box with one bad root in its trust store.
+        let _ = root_store.add(cert);
+    }
+    if !roots.errors.is_empty() {
+        tracing::debug!(
+            "rustls-native-certs reported {} non-fatal load issues",
+            roots.errors.len()
+        );
+    }
+
+    let config = rustls::ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(std::sync::Arc::new(
+        rustls::crypto::aws_lc_rs::default_provider(),
+    ))
+    .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
+    .map_err(|e| anyhow!("rustls safe_default_protocol_versions: {e}"))?
+    .with_root_certificates(root_store)
+    .with_no_client_auth();
+
+    Ok(config)
+}
+
 /// Create a [`reqwest::ClientBuilder`] with TLS, DNS caching, and proxy
 /// from environment variables.
 ///
@@ -112,8 +155,9 @@ pub fn client_builder() -> Result<reqwest::ClientBuilder> {
     let builder = {
         use crate::service::dns::shared_resolver;
 
+        let tls_config = build_rustls_config()?;
         let mut builder = builder
-            .use_rustls_tls()
+            .use_preconfigured_tls(tls_config)
             .no_proxy()
             .dns_resolver(shared_resolver());