diff --git a/client/transport/transport.go b/client/transport/transport.go
index 3b8542e8..fd27f200 100644
--- a/client/transport/transport.go
+++ b/client/transport/transport.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package transport
 
 import (
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -25,6 +26,14 @@ func NewMetricsTransport(statusMetrics core.StatusMetricsHandler) (*metricsTrans
 		return nil, core.ErrNilMetricsHandler
 	}
 
+	defaultTransport, ok := http.DefaultTransport.(*http.Transport)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("metricsTransport.NewMetricsTransport cannot cast RoundTripper to *http.Transport")
+	}
+	defaultTransport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{
+		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+	}
+
 	return &metricsTransport{
 		statusMetrics: statusMetrics,
 		transport:     http.DefaultTransport,