diff --git a/src/main/context-handler/context-handler.ts b/src/main/context-handler/context-handler.ts
index 04d3bb8eec..1e5b209236 100644
--- a/src/main/context-handler/context-handler.ts
+++ b/src/main/context-handler/context-handler.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import logger from "../logger";
 import type { KubeAuthProxy } from "../kube-auth-proxy/kube-auth-proxy";
 import path from "path";
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
+import type { CreateKubeAuthProxy } from "../kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy.injectable";
 
 export interface PrometheusDetails {
   prometheusPath: string;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ interface PrometheusServicePreferences {
 }
 
 interface Dependencies {
-  createKubeAuthProxy: (cluster: Cluster, environmentVariables: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) => KubeAuthProxy;
+  createKubeAuthProxy: CreateKubeAuthProxy;
   certPath: string;
 }
 
@@ -121,7 +122,11 @@ export class ContextHandler {
     await this.ensureServer();
     const path = this.clusterUrl.path !== "/" ? this.clusterUrl.path : "";
 
-    return `http://127.0.0.1:${this.kubeAuthProxy.port}${this.kubeAuthProxy.apiPrefix}${path}`;
+    return `https://127.0.0.1:${this.kubeAuthProxy.port}${this.kubeAuthProxy.apiPrefix}${path}`;
+  }
+
+  async resolveAuthProxyCa() {
+    return readFile(path.join(this.dependencies.certPath, "proxy.crt"));
   }
 
   async getApiTarget(isLongRunningRequest = false): Promise<httpProxy.ServerOptions> {
@@ -137,7 +142,9 @@ export class ContextHandler {
   protected async newApiTarget(timeout: number): Promise<httpProxy.ServerOptions> {
     await this.ensureServer();
 
-    const ca = (await readFile(path.join(this.dependencies.certPath, "proxy.crt"))).toString();
+    const caFileContents = await this.resolveAuthProxyCa();
+    const clusterPath = this.clusterUrl.path !== "/" ? this.clusterUrl.path : "";
+    const apiPrefix = `${this.kubeAuthProxy.apiPrefix}${clusterPath}`;
 
     return {
       //target: await this.resolveAuthProxyUrl(),
@@ -145,7 +152,8 @@ export class ContextHandler {
         protocol: "https:",
         host: "127.0.0.1",
         port: this.kubeAuthProxy.port,
-        ca,
+        path: apiPrefix,
+        ca: caFileContents.toString(),
       },
       changeOrigin: true,
       timeout,
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index 984d3facd5..d60d0ea4e6 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { WeblinkStore } from "../common/weblink-store";
 import { SentryInit } from "../common/sentry";
 import { ensureDir } from "fs-extra";
 import { initMenu } from "./menu/menu";
-import { kubeApiRequest } from "./proxy-functions";
+import { kubeApiUpgradeRequest } from "./proxy-functions";
 import { initTray } from "./tray/tray";
 import { ShellSession } from "./shell-session/shell-session";
 import { getDi } from "./getDi";
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ app.on("ready", async () => {
 
   const lensProxy = LensProxy.createInstance(router, httpProxy.createProxy(), {
     getClusterForRequest: (req) => ClusterManager.getInstance().getClusterForRequest(req),
-    kubeApiRequest,
+    kubeApiUpgradeRequest,
     shellApiRequest,
   });
 
diff --git a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy.injectable.ts b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy.injectable.ts
index 845ae92912..275f05ead7 100644
--- a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy.injectable.ts
+++ b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/create-kube-auth-proxy.injectable.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ import { getBinaryName } from "../../common/vars";
 import directoryForBundledBinariesInjectable from "../../common/app-paths/directory-for-bundled-binaries/directory-for-bundled-binaries.injectable";
 import getKubeAuthProxyCertDirInjectable from "./kube-auth-proxy-cert.injectable";
 
+export type CreateKubeAuthProxy = (cluster: Cluster, environmentVariables: NodeJS.ProcessEnv) => KubeAuthProxy;
+
 const createKubeAuthProxyInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "create-kube-auth-proxy",
 
-  instantiate: (di) => {
+  instantiate: (di): CreateKubeAuthProxy => {
     const binaryName = getBinaryName("lens-k8s-proxy");
     const dependencies: KubeAuthProxyDependencies = {
       proxyBinPath: path.join(di.inject(directoryForBundledBinariesInjectable), binaryName),
diff --git a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/kube-auth-proxy.ts b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/kube-auth-proxy.ts
index 62e75ee15c..3d28eaa95a 100644
--- a/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/kube-auth-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/kube-auth-proxy/kube-auth-proxy.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class KubeAuthProxy {
     }
 
     const proxyBin = this.dependencies.proxyBinPath;
-    const certPath = await this.dependencies.proxyCertPath;
+    const certPath = this.dependencies.proxyCertPath;
 
     this.proxyProcess = this.dependencies.spawn(proxyBin, [], {
       env: {
diff --git a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
index 31d593d627..3a4bdea723 100644
--- a/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
+++ b/src/main/lens-proxy.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type GetClusterForRequest = (req: http.IncomingMessage) => Cluster | null;
 export interface LensProxyFunctions {
   getClusterForRequest: GetClusterForRequest;
   shellApiRequest: (args: ProxyApiRequestArgs) => void | Promise<void>;
-  kubeApiRequest: (args: ProxyApiRequestArgs) => void | Promise<void>;
+  kubeApiUpgradeRequest: (args: ProxyApiRequestArgs) => void | Promise<void>;
 }
 
 const watchParam = "watch";
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class LensProxy extends Singleton {
 
   public port: number;
 
-  constructor(protected router: Router, protected proxy: httpProxy, { shellApiRequest, kubeApiRequest, getClusterForRequest }: LensProxyFunctions) {
+  constructor(protected router: Router, protected proxy: httpProxy, { shellApiRequest, kubeApiUpgradeRequest, getClusterForRequest }: LensProxyFunctions) {
     super();
 
     this.configureProxy(proxy);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class LensProxy extends Singleton {
           return socket.destroy();
         }
 
-        const reqHandler = isInternal ? shellApiRequest : kubeApiRequest;
+        const reqHandler = isInternal ? shellApiRequest : kubeApiUpgradeRequest;
 
         (async () => reqHandler({ req, socket, head, cluster }))()
           .catch(error => logger.error("[LENS-PROXY]: failed to handle proxy upgrade", error));
diff --git a/src/main/proxy-functions/index.ts b/src/main/proxy-functions/index.ts
index 490e3c4a74..5d374825ee 100644
--- a/src/main/proxy-functions/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/proxy-functions/index.ts
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
  * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
-export * from "./kube-api-request";
+export * from "./kube-api-upgrade-request";
 export * from "./types";
diff --git a/src/main/proxy-functions/kube-api-request.ts b/src/main/proxy-functions/kube-api-upgrade-request.ts
similarity index 81%
rename from src/main/proxy-functions/kube-api-request.ts
rename to src/main/proxy-functions/kube-api-upgrade-request.ts
index 8995d965e5..899d22164e 100644
--- a/src/main/proxy-functions/kube-api-request.ts
+++ b/src/main/proxy-functions/kube-api-upgrade-request.ts
@@ -4,21 +4,25 @@
  */
 
 import { chunk } from "lodash";
-import net from "net";
+import tls from "tls";
 import url from "url";
 import { apiKubePrefix } from "../../common/vars";
 import type { ProxyApiRequestArgs } from "./types";
 
 const skipRawHeaders = new Set(["Host", "Authorization"]);
 
-export async function kubeApiRequest({ req, socket, head, cluster }: ProxyApiRequestArgs) {
+export async function kubeApiUpgradeRequest({ req, socket, head, cluster }: ProxyApiRequestArgs) {
   const proxyUrl = await cluster.contextHandler.resolveAuthProxyUrl() + req.url.replace(apiKubePrefix, "");
+  const proxyCa = await cluster.contextHandler.resolveAuthProxyCa();
   const apiUrl = url.parse(cluster.apiUrl);
   const pUrl = url.parse(proxyUrl);
-  const connectOpts = { port: parseInt(pUrl.port), host: pUrl.hostname };
-  const proxySocket = new net.Socket();
+  const connectOpts = { 
+    port: parseInt(pUrl.port), 
+    host: pUrl.hostname,
+    ca: proxyCa,
+  };
 
-  proxySocket.connect(connectOpts, () => {
+  const proxySocket = tls.connect(connectOpts, () => {
     proxySocket.write(`${req.method} ${pUrl.path} HTTP/1.1\r\n`);
     proxySocket.write(`Host: ${apiUrl.host}\r\n`);