diff --git a/.changes/fix-http-default-features.md b/.changes/fix-http-default-features.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61e36144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-http-default-features.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"http": patch
+---
+
+**Breaking change:** Removed the `default-tls` feature flag. The `rustls-tls`, `http2`, `macos-system-configuration`, and `charset` feature flags are now enabled by default.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a6cf4d60..9aeb0ce3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4780,6 +4780,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "cookie",
  "cookie_store",
+ "encoding_rs",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
@@ -4808,6 +4809,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "sync_wrapper",
+ "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls",
@@ -5963,6 +5965,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba3a3adc5c275d719af8cb4272ea1c4a6d668a777f37e115f6d11ddbc1c8e0e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "system-configuration-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "system-configuration-sys"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a75fb188eb626b924683e3b95e3a48e63551fcfb51949de2f06a9d91dbee93c9"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "system-deps"
 version = "6.2.0"
diff --git a/plugins/http/Cargo.toml b/plugins/http/Cargo.toml
index ee30b771..193ef4ca 100644
--- a/plugins/http/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/http/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ url = { workspace = true }
 data-url = "0.3"
 
 [features]
+default = ["rustls-tls", "http2", "charset", "macos-system-configuration"]
 multipart = ["reqwest/multipart"]
 json = ["reqwest/json"]
 stream = ["reqwest/stream"]
 native-tls = ["reqwest/native-tls"]
 native-tls-vendored = ["reqwest/native-tls-vendored"]
-rustls-tls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]
-default-tls = ["reqwest/default-tls"]
 native-tls-alpn = ["reqwest/native-tls-alpn"]
+rustls-tls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]
 rustls-tls-manual-roots = ["reqwest/rustls-tls-manual-roots"]
 rustls-tls-webpki-roots = ["reqwest/rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]
 rustls-tls-native-roots = ["reqwest/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ deflate = ["reqwest/deflate"]
 trust-dns = ["reqwest/trust-dns"]
 socks = ["reqwest/socks"]
 http2 = ["reqwest/http2"]
+charset = ["reqwest/charset"]
+macos-system-configuration = ["reqwest/macos-system-configuration"]
 unsafe-headers = []