diff --git a/.changes/upload-tls.md b/.changes/upload-tls.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a413d31dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/upload-tls.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upload: patch
+upload-js: patch
+---
+
+the `rustls-tls` feature is now enabled by default
diff --git a/plugins/upload/Cargo.toml b/plugins/upload/Cargo.toml
index a9118dcb33..de27eaf6dd 100644
--- a/plugins/upload/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/upload/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["fs"] }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["codec"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = [
+  "macos-system-configuration",
   "json",
   "stream",
 ] }
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ futures-util = "0.3"
 read-progress-stream = "1.0.0"
 
 [features]
+default = ["rustls-tls"]
 native-tls = ["reqwest/native-tls"]
 native-tls-vendored = ["reqwest/native-tls-vendored"]
 rustls-tls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]