diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ef6891e6..0e24fd2e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alloc-no-stdlib"
+version = "2.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc7bb162ec39d46ab1ca8c77bf72e890535becd1751bb45f64c597edb4c8c6b3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "alloc-stdlib"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94fb8275041c72129eb51b7d0322c29b8387a0386127718b096429201a5d6ece"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -32,6 +47,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-compression"
+version = "0.4.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "310c9bcae737a48ef5cdee3174184e6d548b292739ede61a1f955ef76a738861"
+dependencies = [
+ "brotli",
+ "flate2",
+ "futures-core",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -71,12 +100,39 @@ version = "2.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f68f53c83ab957f72c32642f3868eec03eb974d1fb82e453128456482613d36"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "brotli"
+version = "7.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc97b8f16f944bba54f0433f07e30be199b6dc2bd25937444bbad560bcea29bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+ "alloc-stdlib",
+ "brotli-decompressor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "brotli-decompressor"
+version = "4.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74fa05ad7d803d413eb8380983b092cbbaf9a85f151b871360e7b00cd7060b37"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+ "alloc-stdlib",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.17.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1628fb46dfa0b37568d12e5edd512553eccf6a22a78e8bde00bb4aed84d5bdbf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "byteorder"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.10.0"
@@ -98,6 +154,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg_aliases"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.39"
@@ -127,6 +189,15 @@ version = "0.8.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.10"
@@ -214,6 +285,16 @@ version = "2.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37909eebbb50d72f9059c3b6d82c0463f2ff062c9e95845c43a6c9c0355411be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "11faaf5a5236997af9848be0bef4db95824b1d534ebc64d0f0c6cf3e67bd38dc"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -290,8 +371,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4567c8db10ae91089c99af84c68c38da3ec2f087c3f82960bcdbf3656b6f4d7"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -424,6 +507,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tower-service",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -872,6 +956,15 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ppv-lite86"
+version = "0.2.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.93"
@@ -881,6 +974,58 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn"
+version = "0.11.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62e96808277ec6f97351a2380e6c25114bc9e67037775464979f3037c92d05ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "quinn-proto",
+ "quinn-udp",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "rustls",
+ "socket2",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn-proto"
+version = "0.11.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a2fe5ef3495d7d2e377ff17b1a8ce2ee2ec2a18cde8b6ad6619d65d0701c135d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
+ "rand",
+ "ring",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "slab",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "tracing",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn-udp"
+version = "0.5.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e46f3055866785f6b92bc6164b76be02ca8f2eb4b002c0354b28cf4c119e5944"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "socket2",
+ "tracing",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.38"
@@ -890,12 +1035,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
 version = "0.12.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "43e734407157c3c2034e0258f5e4473ddb361b1e85f95a66690d67264d7cd1da"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
@@ -918,7 +1094,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "quinn",
+ "rustls",
  "rustls-pemfile",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
@@ -926,12 +1105,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-rustls",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
+ "webpki-roots",
  "windows-registry",
 ]
 
@@ -955,6 +1137,12 @@ version = "0.1.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "357703d41365b4b27c590e3ed91eabb1b663f07c4c084095e60cbed4362dff0d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.44"
@@ -975,6 +1163,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "47796c98c480fce5406ef69d1c76378375492c3b0a0de587be0c1d9feb12f395"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "rustls-webpki",
  "subtle",
@@ -995,6 +1184,9 @@ name = "rustls-pki-types"
 version = "1.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "917ce264624a4b4db1c364dcc35bfca9ded014d0a958cd47ad3e960e988ea51c"
+dependencies = [
+ "web-time",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
@@ -1240,6 +1432,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "2.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "567b8a2dae586314f7be2a752ec7474332959c6460e02bde30d702a66d488708"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "2.0.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f7cf42b4507d8ea322120659672cf1b9dbb93f8f2d4ecfd6e51350ff5b17a1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.37"
@@ -1281,6 +1493,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09b3661f17e86524eccd4371ab0429194e0d7c008abb45f7a7495b1719463c71"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec_macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.43.0"
@@ -1543,6 +1770,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-time"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5a6580f308b1fad9207618087a65c04e7a10bc77e02c8e84e9b00dd4b12fa0bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.26.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2210b291f7ea53617fbafcc4939f10914214ec15aace5ba62293a668f322c5c9"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
@@ -1709,6 +1955,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
+dependencies = [
+ "byteorder",
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa4f8080344d4671fb4e831a13ad1e68092748387dfc4f55e356242fae12ce3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index af02e9ab..1f7ca0fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ description = "OpenAPI API client for Ory Network, Ory's web-scale API for ident
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
+[features]
+default = ["reqwest"]
+rustls = ["reqwest_rustls"]
+
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_with = { version = "^3.8", default-features = false, features = ["base64", "std", "macros"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"], optional = true }
+reqwest_rustls = { package = "reqwest", version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart", "rustls-tls", "brotli", "gzip"], optional = true }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a1837b96..4456eb27 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate url;
+#[cfg(feature = "default")]
 extern crate reqwest;
+#[cfg(feature = "rustls")]
+extern crate reqwest_rustls as reqwest;
 
 pub mod apis;
 pub mod models;