diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index e35445ca..25bd658a 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ main(_Args) ->
     %% Fetch and build deps required to build rebar3
     BaseDeps = [{providers, []}
                ,{getopt, []}
-               ,{erlware_commons, ["ec_dictionary.erl", "ec_vsn.erl"]}],
+               ,{erlware_commons, ["ec_dictionary.erl", "ec_vsn.erl"]}
+               ,{certifi, []}],
     Deps = get_deps(),
     [fetch_and_compile(Dep, Deps) || Dep <- BaseDeps],
 
diff --git a/rebar.lock b/rebar.lock
index ea04d391..5d872c5b 100644
--- a/rebar.lock
+++ b/rebar.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 [{<<"bbmustache">>,{pkg,<<"bbmustache">>,<<"1.0.4">>},0},
+ {<<"certifi">>,{pkg,<<"certifi">>,<<"0.1.1">>},0},
  {<<"erlware_commons">>,{pkg,<<"erlware_commons">>,<<"0.15.0">>},0},
  {<<"getopt">>,{pkg,<<"getopt">>,<<"0.8.2">>},0},
  {<<"providers">>,{pkg,<<"providers">>,<<"1.5.0">>},0},