diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index dd5e18e7..88b1b8c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -80,12 +80,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check workspace with native-tls
         run: >
           cargo hack check -p librespot --each-feature --exclude-all-features
-          --include-features native-tls --exclude-features rustls-tls
+          --include-features native-tls
+          --exclude-features rustls-tls-native-roots,rustls-tls-webpki-roots
 
-      - name: Check workspace with rustls-tls
+      - name: Check workspace with rustls-tls-native-roots
         run: >
           cargo hack check -p librespot --each-feature --exclude-all-features
-          --include-features rustls-tls --exclude-features native-tls
+          --include-features rustls-tls-native-roots
+          --exclude-features native-tls,rustls-tls-webpki-roots
 
       - name: Build binary with default features
         run: cargo build --frozen
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml b/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml
index f5befd82..79f7f586 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross-compile.yml
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
           args: --locked --verbose
 
-      - name: Build binary with rustls-tls and no default features
+      - name: Build binary without system dependencies
         if: matrix.platform.target == 'riscv64gc-unknown-linux-gnu'
         uses: houseabsolute/actions-rust-cross@v1
         with:
           command: build
           target: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
           toolchain: ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
-          args: --locked --verbose --no-default-features --features rustls-tls
+          args: --locked --verbose --no-default-features --features rustls-tls-webpki-roots
 
       - name: Upload debug artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quality.yml b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
index 7b42d163..fffa8a56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quality.yml
@@ -71,9 +71,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run clippy with native-tls
         run: >
           cargo hack clippy -p librespot --each-feature --exclude-all-features
-          --include-features native-tls --exclude-features rustls-tls
+          --include-features native-tls
+          --exclude-features rustls-tls-native-roots,rustls-tls-webpki-roots
 
-      - name: Run clippy with rustls-tls
+      - name: Run clippy with rustls-tls-native-roots
         run: >
           cargo hack clippy -p librespot --each-feature --exclude-all-features
-          --include-features rustls-tls --exclude-features native-tls
+          --include-features rustls-tls-native-roots
+          --exclude-features native-tls,rustls-tls-webpki-roots
+
+      - name: Run clippy with rustls-tls-webpki-roots
+        run: >
+          cargo hack clippy -p librespot --each-feature --exclude-all-features
+          --include-features rustls-tls-webpki-roots
+          --exclude-features native-tls,rustls-tls-native-roots
diff --git a/COMPILING.md b/COMPILING.md
index 8eedca49..ee698f62 100644
--- a/COMPILING.md
+++ b/COMPILING.md
@@ -96,10 +96,18 @@ sudo dnf install openssl-devel pkg-config
 ```
 
 #### rustls-tls
-Uses a Rust-based TLS implementation with `rustls-platform-verifier` for certificate authority (CA) verification:
+Uses a Rust-based TLS implementation with certificate authority (CA) verification. Two certificate store options are available:
+
+**rustls-tls-native-roots**:
 - **Linux**: Uses system ca-certificates package
 - **macOS**: Uses Security.framework for CA verification
 - **Windows**: Uses Windows certificate store
+- Integrates with system certificate management and security updates
+
+**rustls-tls-webpki-roots**:
+- Uses Mozilla's compiled-in certificate store (webpki-roots)
+- Certificate trust is independent of host system
+- Best for reproducible builds, containers, or embedded systems
 
 **When to choose rustls-tls:**
 - You want to avoid external OpenSSL dependencies
@@ -118,8 +126,11 @@ cargo build
 # Explicitly use native-tls
 cargo build --no-default-features --features "native-tls rodio-backend with-libmdns"
 
-# Use rustls-tls instead
-cargo build --no-default-features --features "rustls-tls rodio-backend with-libmdns"
+# Use rustls-tls with native certificate stores
+cargo build --no-default-features --features "rustls-tls-native-roots rodio-backend with-libmdns"
+
+# Use rustls-tls with Mozilla's webpki certificate store
+cargo build --no-default-features --features "rustls-tls-webpki-roots rodio-backend with-libmdns"
 ```
 
 **Important:** The TLS backends are mutually exclusive. Attempting to enable both will result in a compile-time error.
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1408822f..d616e220 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1324,6 +1324,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
  "tower-service",
  "webpki",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1343,6 +1344,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls 0.25.0",
  "tower-service",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1355,12 +1357,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-util",
  "rustls 0.23.31",
+ "rustls-native-certs 0.8.1",
  "rustls-pki-types",
- "rustls-platform-verifier",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls 0.26.2",
  "tower-service",
- "webpki-roots",
+ "webpki-roots 1.0.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3028,6 +3030,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn",
  "rustls 0.23.31",
+ "rustls-native-certs 0.8.1",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3043,7 +3046,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
- "webpki-roots",
+ "webpki-roots 1.0.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3201,33 +3204,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-platform-verifier"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "be59af91596cac372a6942530653ad0c3a246cdd491aaa9dcaee47f88d67d5a0"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation 0.10.1",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "jni",
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "rustls 0.23.31",
- "rustls-native-certs 0.8.1",
- "rustls-platform-verifier-android",
- "rustls-webpki 0.103.4",
- "security-framework 3.3.0",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "webpki-root-certs",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rustls-platform-verifier-android"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f87165f0995f63a9fbeea62b64d10b4d9d8e78ec6d7d51fb2125fda7bb36788f"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
 version = "0.102.8"
@@ -3936,11 +3912,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "native-tls",
  "rustls 0.23.31",
+ "rustls-native-certs 0.8.1",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls 0.26.2",
  "tungstenite",
+ "webpki-roots 0.26.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4366,12 +4344,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "webpki-root-certs"
-version = "1.0.2"
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "0.26.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4e4ffd8df1c57e87c325000a3d6ef93db75279dc3a231125aac571650f22b12a"
+checksum = "521bc38abb08001b01866da9f51eb7c5d647a19260e00054a8c7fd5f9e57f7a9"
 dependencies = [
- "rustls-pki-types",
+ "webpki-roots 1.0.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 14b72db4..6810e256 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,14 +48,27 @@ default = ["native-tls", "rodio-backend", "with-libmdns"]
 # system-managed certificates.
 native-tls = ["librespot-core/native-tls", "librespot-oauth/native-tls"]
 
-# rustls-tls: Uses the Rust-based rustls TLS implementation with platform certificate verification.
-# This provides a Rust TLS stack (with assembly optimizations) that uses rustls-platform-verifier to
-# automatically select the appropriate certificate authority (CA) certificates from your system's
-# trust store. Choose this for avoiding external OpenSSL dependencies, reproducible builds, or when
-# targeting platforms where native TLS dependencies are unavailable or problematic (musl, embedded,
-# static linking). On Linux it uses ca-certificates, on macOS it uses Security.framework, and on
-# Windows it uses the Windows certificate store.
-rustls-tls = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls", "librespot-oauth/rustls-tls"]
+# rustls-tls: Uses the Rust-based rustls TLS implementation with certificate authority (CA)
+# verification. This provides a Rust TLS stack (with assembly optimizations). Choose this for
+# avoiding external  OpenSSL dependencies, reproducible builds, or when targeting platforms where
+# native TLS  dependencies are unavailable or problematic (musl, embedded, static linking).
+#
+# Two certificate store options are available:
+#
+# - rustls-tls-native-roots: Uses rustls with native system certificate stores (ca-certificates on
+# Linux, Security.framework on macOS, Windows certificate store on Windows). Best for most users as
+# it integrates with system-managed certificates and gets security updates through the OS.
+rustls-tls-native-roots = [
+    "librespot-core/rustls-tls-native-roots",
+    "librespot-oauth/rustls-tls-native-roots",
+]
+# rustls-tls-webpki-roots: Uses rustls with Mozilla's compiled-in certificate store (webpki-roots).
+# Best for reproducible builds, containerized environments, or when you want certificate handling
+# to be independent of the host system.
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = [
+    "librespot-core/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+    "librespot-oauth/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+]
 
 # Audio backends - see README.md for audio backend selection guide
 # Cross-platform backends:
diff --git a/audio/Cargo.toml b/audio/Cargo.toml
index 217cdfcb..9d56ef2d 100644
--- a/audio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/audio/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ default = ["native-tls"]
 
 # TLS backend propagation
 native-tls = ["librespot-core/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls"]
+rustls-tls-native-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]
 
 [dependencies]
 librespot-core.workspace = true
diff --git a/connect/Cargo.toml b/connect/Cargo.toml
index 3da9195b..b9010d73 100644
--- a/connect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/connect/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ edition.workspace = true
 default = ["native-tls"]
 
 # TLS backend propagation
-native-tls = ["librespot-core/native-tls", "librespot-playback/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls", "librespot-playback/rustls-tls"]
+native-tls = ["librespot-core/native-tls"]
+rustls-tls-native-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]
 
 [dependencies]
 librespot-core.workspace = true
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 161ac5e9..729c328b 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,12 +21,23 @@ native-tls = [
     "librespot-oauth/native-tls",
     "tokio-tungstenite/native-tls",
 ]
-rustls-tls = [
-    "dep:hyper-rustls",
+rustls-tls-native-roots = [
+    "__rustls",
     "hyper-proxy2/rustls",
-    "librespot-oauth/rustls-tls",
-    "tokio-tungstenite/__rustls-tls",
+    "hyper-rustls/native-tokio",
+    "librespot-oauth/rustls-tls-native-roots",
+    "tokio-tungstenite/rustls-tls-native-roots",
 ]
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = [
+    "__rustls",
+    "hyper-proxy2/rustls-webpki",
+    "hyper-rustls/webpki-tokio",
+    "librespot-oauth/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+    "tokio-tungstenite/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+]
+
+# Internal features - these are not meant to be used by end users
+__rustls = []
 
 [dependencies]
 librespot-oauth.workspace = true
@@ -60,8 +71,6 @@ hyper-rustls = { version = "0.27", default-features = false, features = [
     "http1",
     "http2",
     "ring",
-    "rustls-platform-verifier",
-    "tls12",
 ], optional = true }
 hyper-tls = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/core/src/http_client.rs b/core/src/http_client.rs
index 27d0da92..9d5d54fc 100644
--- a/core/src/http_client.rs
+++ b/core/src/http_client.rs
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use thiserror::Error;
 use url::Url;
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "rustls-tls", not(feature = "native-tls")))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "__rustls", not(feature = "native-tls")))]
 use hyper_rustls::{HttpsConnector, HttpsConnectorBuilder};
-#[cfg(all(feature = "native-tls", not(feature = "rustls-tls")))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "native-tls", not(feature = "__rustls")))]
 use hyper_tls::HttpsConnector;
 
 use crate::{
@@ -150,13 +150,16 @@ impl HttpClient {
     fn try_create_hyper_client(proxy_url: Option<&Url>) -> Result<HyperClient, Error> {
         // configuring TLS is expensive and should be done once per process
 
-        #[cfg(all(feature = "rustls-tls", not(feature = "native-tls")))]
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "__rustls", not(feature = "native-tls")))]
         let https_connector = {
-            let tls = HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_platform_verifier();
+            #[cfg(feature = "rustls-tls-native-roots")]
+            let tls = HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_native_roots()?;
+            #[cfg(feature = "rustls-tls-webpki-roots")]
+            let tls = HttpsConnectorBuilder::new().with_webpki_roots();
             tls.https_or_http().enable_http1().enable_http2().build()
         };
 
-        #[cfg(all(feature = "native-tls", not(feature = "rustls-tls")))]
+        #[cfg(all(feature = "native-tls", not(feature = "__rustls")))]
         let https_connector = HttpsConnector::new();
 
         // When not using a proxy a dummy proxy is configured that will not intercept any traffic.
diff --git a/discovery/Cargo.toml b/discovery/Cargo.toml
index 59b1eb32..6dfa6889 100644
--- a/discovery/Cargo.toml
+++ b/discovery/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ with-libmdns = ["dep:libmdns"]
 
 # TLS backend propagation
 native-tls = ["librespot-core/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls"]
+rustls-tls-native-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]
 
 [dependencies]
 librespot-core.workspace = true
diff --git a/metadata/Cargo.toml b/metadata/Cargo.toml
index 27d94724..b6b2321d 100644
--- a/metadata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/metadata/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ default = ["native-tls"]
 
 # TLS backend propagation
 native-tls = ["librespot-core/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls"]
+rustls-tls-native-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-native-roots"]
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = ["librespot-core/rustls-tls-webpki-roots"]
 
 [dependencies]
 librespot-core.workspace = true
diff --git a/oauth/Cargo.toml b/oauth/Cargo.toml
index 88e042c9..31d58df0 100644
--- a/oauth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/oauth/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,19 @@ default = ["native-tls"]
 
 # TLS backends (mutually exclusive - compile-time checks in src/lib.rs)
 native-tls = ["oauth2/native-tls", "reqwest/native-tls"]
-rustls-tls = ["oauth2/rustls-tls", "reqwest/rustls-tls"]
+rustls-tls-native-roots = [
+    "__rustls",
+    "oauth2/rustls-tls",
+    "reqwest/rustls-tls-native-roots",
+]
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = [
+    "__rustls",
+    "oauth2/rustls-tls",
+    "reqwest/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+]
+
+# Internal features - these are not meant to be used by end users
+__rustls = []
 
 [dependencies]
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/oauth/src/lib.rs b/oauth/src/lib.rs
index 1bbe1188..70e83339 100644
--- a/oauth/src/lib.rs
+++ b/oauth/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ use url::Url;
 // The dependency chain is: workspace -> core -> oauth
 // So oauth's feature validation runs before core's, catching configuration errors quickly.
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "native-tls", feature = "rustls-tls"))]
-compile_error!("Features 'native-tls' and 'rustls-tls' are mutually exclusive. Enable only one.");
-
-#[cfg(not(any(feature = "native-tls", feature = "rustls-tls")))]
+#[cfg(all(feature = "native-tls", feature = "__rustls"))]
 compile_error!(
-    "Either feature \"native-tls\" (default) or \"rustls-tls\" must be enabled for this crate."
+    "Feature \"native-tls\" is mutually exclusive with \"rustls-tls-native-roots\" and \"rustls-tls-webpki-roots\". Enable only one."
+);
+
+#[cfg(not(any(feature = "native-tls", feature = "__rustls")))]
+compile_error!(
+    "Either feature \"native-tls\" (default), \"rustls-tls-native-roots\" or \"rustls-tls-webpki-roots\" must be enabled for this crate."
 );
 
 /// Possible errors encountered during the OAuth authentication flow.
diff --git a/playback/Cargo.toml b/playback/Cargo.toml
index 6d98fac9..7f80d900 100644
--- a/playback/Cargo.toml
+++ b/playback/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,10 +35,15 @@ native-tls = [
     "librespot-audio/native-tls",
     "librespot-metadata/native-tls",
 ]
-rustls-tls = [
-    "librespot-core/rustls-tls",
-    "librespot-audio/rustls-tls",
-    "librespot-metadata/rustls-tls",
+rustls-tls-native-roots = [
+    "librespot-core/rustls-tls-native-roots",
+    "librespot-audio/rustls-tls-native-roots",
+    "librespot-metadata/rustls-tls-native-roots",
+]
+rustls-tls-webpki-roots = [
+    "librespot-core/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+    "librespot-audio/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
+    "librespot-metadata/rustls-tls-webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [dependencies]