diff --git a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
index 88f5cf71398..99de0fc93f5 100644
--- a/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
+++ b/src/journal-remote/journal-upload.c
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@ int start_upload(Uploader *u,
                                 return -EXFULL;
                 }
 
-                if (arg_key || arg_trust)
-                        (void) easy_setopt(curl, LOG_WARNING, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1);
+                if (startswith(u->url, "https://"))
+                        (void) easy_setopt(curl, LOG_WARNING, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2);
 
                 u->easy = TAKE_PTR(curl);
         } else {