diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 001ca1df..f7e5ca18 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -610,6 +610,16 @@ version = "0.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d52eff69cd5e647efe296129160853a42795992097e8af39800e1060caeea9b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b2a6cd9ae233e7f62ba4e9353e81a88df7fc8a5987b8d445b4d90c879bd156f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.7"
@@ -1541,6 +1551,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-util",
  "rustls",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tower-service",
@@ -2438,6 +2449,12 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c87def4c32ab89d880effc9e097653c8da5d6ef28e6b539d313baaacfbafcbe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -2922,6 +2939,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "quinn",
  "rustls",
+ "rustls-native-certs",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3241,6 +3259,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls-native-certs"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dab5152771c58876a2146916e53e35057e1a4dfa2b9df0f0305b07f611fdea4d"
+dependencies = [
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-pki-types"
 version = "1.14.1"
@@ -3274,6 +3304,15 @@ version = "1.0.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9774ba4a74de5f7b1c1451ed6cd5285a32eddb5cccb8cc655a4e50009e06477f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91c1b7e4904c873ef0710c1f407dde2e6287de2bebc1bbbf7d430bb7cbffd939"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "schemars"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -3306,6 +3345,29 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "3.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7f4bc775c73d9a02cde8bf7b2ec4c9d12743edf609006c7facc23998404cd1d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6ce2691df843ecc5d231c0b14ece2acc3efb62c0a398c7e1d875f3983ce020e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.28"
diff --git a/hive-forge/Cargo.toml b/hive-forge/Cargo.toml
index 3b4eb86c..d7ecb4fc 100644
--- a/hive-forge/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-forge/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true, features = [
   "json",
+  # Trust the OS/system CA store (rustls-native-certs), not only the
+  # bundled webpki roots, so hive-forge validates the hive gateway's
+  # self-signed leaf once the hive CA is in the agent's trust store
+  # (embedded into agent flakes via security.pki.certificateFiles). The
+  # bundled webpki roots stay enabled (workspace `rustls-tls`), so this is
+  # additive — public CAs still validate; the native store adds the hive
+  # CA. Cargo unifies features across the build, so native-root loading is
+  # enabled for every reqwest client; harmless (a superset of roots, and
+  # on NixOS the system store already includes the Mozilla bundle).
+  "rustls-tls-native-roots",
   "rustls-tls",
   "blocking",
   "multipart",