diff --git a/.changes/fix-updater-cleanup-md b/.changes/fix-updater-cleanup.md
similarity index 100%
rename from .changes/fix-updater-cleanup-md
rename to .changes/fix-updater-cleanup.md
diff --git a/.changes/fix-updater-default-features.md b/.changes/fix-updater-default-features.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac2fa867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-updater-default-features.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"updater": patch
+---
+
+**Breaking change:** The `rustls-tls` feature flag is now enabled by default.
diff --git a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
index b29c4f57..b9424dbb 100644
--- a/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/updater/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ flate2 = "1"
 mockito = "0.31"
 
 [features]
+default = [ "rustls-tls" ]
 native-tls = ["reqwest/native-tls"]
 native-tls-vendored = ["reqwest/native-tls-vendored"]
 rustls-tls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]