diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index cc1b02e01..e619b1a74 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -409,6 +409,11 @@ else:
     except Exception:
         AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT = 300
 
+
+AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL = (
+    os.environ.get("AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL", "True").lower() == "true"
+)
+
 AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_MODEL_LIST = os.environ.get(
     "AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_MODEL_LIST",
     os.environ.get("AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_OPENAI_MODEL_LIST", "10"),
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/ollama.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/ollama.py
index 775cd0446..3ab88f622 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/ollama.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/ollama.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ from open_webui.config import (
 from open_webui.env import (
     ENV,
     SRC_LOG_LEVELS,
+    AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
     AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT,
     AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_MODEL_LIST,
     BYPASS_MODEL_ACCESS_CONTROL,
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ async def send_get_request(url, key=None, user: UserModel = None):
                         else {}
                     ),
                 },
+                ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
             ) as response:
                 return await response.json()
     except Exception as e:
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ async def send_post_request(
                     else {}
                 ),
             },
+            ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
         )
         r.raise_for_status()
 
@@ -234,6 +237,7 @@ async def verify_connection(
                         else {}
                     ),
                 },
+                ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
             ) as r:
                 if r.status != 200:
                     detail = f"HTTP Error: {r.status}"
@@ -1482,7 +1486,9 @@ async def download_file_stream(
     timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=600)  # Set the timeout
 
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession(timeout=timeout, trust_env=True) as session:
-        async with session.get(file_url, headers=headers) as response:
+        async with session.get(
+            file_url, headers=headers, ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL
+        ) as response:
             total_size = int(response.headers.get("content-length", 0)) + current_size
 
             with open(file_path, "ab+") as file:
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/routers/openai.py b/backend/open_webui/routers/openai.py
index 0310014cf..2abe3cbb0 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/routers/openai.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/routers/openai.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from open_webui.config import (
     CACHE_DIR,
 )
 from open_webui.env import (
+    AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
     AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT,
     AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT_MODEL_LIST,
     ENABLE_FORWARD_USER_INFO_HEADERS,
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ async def send_get_request(url, key=None, user: UserModel = None):
                         else {}
                     ),
                 },
+                ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
             ) as response:
                 return await response.json()
     except Exception as e:
@@ -481,6 +483,7 @@ async def get_models(
                             else {}
                         ),
                     },
+                    ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
                 ) as r:
                     if r.status != 200:
                         # Extract response error details if available
@@ -561,6 +564,7 @@ async def verify_connection(
                         else {}
                     ),
                 },
+                ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
             ) as r:
                 if r.status != 200:
                     # Extract response error details if available
@@ -723,6 +727,7 @@ async def generate_chat_completion(
                     else {}
                 ),
             },
+            ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
         )
 
         # Check if response is SSE
@@ -802,6 +807,7 @@ async def proxy(path: str, request: Request, user=Depends(get_verified_user)):
                     else {}
                 ),
             },
+            ssl=AIOHTTP_CLIENT_SESSION_SSL,
         )
         r.raise_for_status()