diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index e5a9992f..ffef6dd1 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		<guice.version>7.0.0</guice.version>
 		<querydsl.version>6.5</querydsl.version>
 		<rome.version>2.1.0</rome.version>
+		<bouncycastle.version>1.78</bouncycastle.version>
 
 		<testcontainers.version>1.20.0</testcontainers.version>
 		<!-- renovate: datasource=docker depName=postgres -->
@@ -463,12 +464,28 @@
 			<artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mock-server</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockserver-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
 			<version>5.15.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- dropwizard pulls a version of bouncycastle different than the one pulled by mockserver, causing NoSuchFieldError on BCObjectIdentifiers.sphincsPlus_shake_256 -->
+		<!-- bouncycastle is required by mockserver to generate a self-signed certificate dynamically when https is used -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+			<artifactId>bcprov-jdk18on</artifactId>
+			<version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+			<artifactId>bcpkix-jdk18on</artifactId>
+			<version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.icegreen</groupId>
 			<artifactId>greenmail-junit5</artifactId>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/test/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetterTest.java b/commafeed-server/src/test/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetterTest.java
index 1e3037cb..55b6d950 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/test/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetterTest.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/test/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetterTest.java
@@ -197,4 +197,12 @@ class HttpGetterTest {
 		Assertions.assertEquals("Response size exceeds the maximum allowed size (10000 bytes)", e.getMessage());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void ignoreInvalidSsl() throws Exception {
+		this.mockServerClient.when(HttpRequest.request().withMethod("GET")).respond(HttpResponse.response().withBody("ok"));
+
+		HttpResult result = getter.getBinary("https://localhost:" + this.mockServerClient.getPort(), TIMEOUT);
+		Assertions.assertEquals("ok", new String(result.getContent()));
+	}
+
 }
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