diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 349f04c22..c0448a786 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Implement `Sum` for `CpuQuantity` and `MemoryQuantity` ([#634]).
 
+### Changed
+
+- Switch from `openssl` to `rustls` ([#635]).
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed buggy `Div`, `SubAssign` and `AddAssign` for `MemoryQuantity` when left and right side had different units ([#636], [#637]).
 
 [#634]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/634
+[#635]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/635
 [#636]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/636
 [#637]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/637
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0722a7111..12c53d888 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ repository.workspace = true
 chrono = { version = "0.4.26", default-features = false }
 clap = { version = "4.3.19", features = ["derive", "cargo", "env"] }
 const_format = "0.2.31"
+derivative = "2.2.0"
 either = "1.9.0"
 futures = "0.3.28"
 json-patch = "1.0.0"
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.19.0", default-features = false, features = ["schemars", "v1_27"] }
-kube = { version = "0.85.0", features = ["jsonpatch", "runtime", "derive"] }
+# We use rustls instead of openssl for easier portablitly, e.g. so that we can build stackablectl without the need to vendor (build from source) openssl
+kube = { version = "0.85.0", default-features = false, features = ["client", "jsonpatch", "runtime", "derive", "rustls-tls"] }
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
+opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 product-config = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech/product-config.git", tag = "0.4.0" }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 regex = "1.9.3"
@@ -31,17 +35,14 @@ schemars = "0.8.12"
 serde = { version = "=1.0.171", features = ["derive"] } # We need to pin 1.0.171 as of now, as otherwise Nix builds break because of https://github.com/serde-rs/serde/issues/2538
 serde_json = "1.0.104"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.25"
+snafu = "0.7.5"
+stackable-operator-derive = { path = "stackable-operator-derive" }
 strum = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.44"
 tokio = { version = "1.29.1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
-derivative = "2.2.0"
 tracing-opentelemetry = "0.20.0"
-opentelemetry = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
-opentelemetry-jaeger = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
-stackable-operator-derive = { path = "stackable-operator-derive" }
-snafu = "0.7.5"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rstest = "0.18.1"