diff --git a/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts b/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
index c58d98eb91..9e29bef5a4 100644
--- a/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/__test__/kubeconfig-manager.test.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import pathExistsSyncInjectable from "../../common/fs/path-exists-sync.injectabl
 import readJsonSyncInjectable from "../../common/fs/read-json-sync.injectable";
 import writeJsonSyncInjectable from "../../common/fs/write-json-sync.injectable";
 import lensProxyPortInjectable from "../lens-proxy/lens-proxy-port.injectable";
+import lensProxyCertificateInjectable from "../../common/certificate/lens-proxy-certificate.injectable";
 
 const clusterServerUrl = "https://192.168.64.3:8443";
 
@@ -58,6 +59,12 @@ describe("kubeconfig manager tests", () => {
     di.override(readJsonSyncInjectable, () => () => { throw new Error("tried call readJsonSync without override"); });
     di.override(writeJsonSyncInjectable, () => () => { throw new Error("tried call writeJsonSync without override"); });
 
+    di.inject(lensProxyCertificateInjectable).set({
+      public: "<public-data>",
+      private: "<private-data>",
+      cert: "<ca-data>",
+    });
+
     readFileMock = asyncFn();
     di.override(readFileInjectable, () => readFileMock);
     writeFileMock = asyncFn();
diff --git a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts
index 9d26fcccb2..c9c3a9b862 100644
--- a/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/kubeconfig-manager/kubeconfig-manager.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class KubeconfigManager {
       clusters: [
         {
           name: contextName,
-          server: `http://127.0.0.1:${this.dependencies.lensProxyPort.get()}/${this.cluster.id}`,
+          server: `https://127.0.0.1:${this.dependencies.lensProxyPort.get()}/${this.cluster.id}`,
           skipTLSVerify: false,
           caData: Buffer.from(certificate.cert).toString("base64"),
         },