diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6370f41..5aa4c00 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 group 'net.jan'
-version '1.8.1-SNAPSHOT'
+version '1.8.2-SNAPSHOT'
diff --git a/mod-director-core/src/main/java/net/jan/moddirector/core/ModDirector.java b/mod-director-core/src/main/java/net/jan/moddirector/core/ModDirector.java
index 2142c5e..4c339cc 100644
--- a/mod-director-core/src/main/java/net/jan/moddirector/core/ModDirector.java
+++ b/mod-director-core/src/main/java/net/jan/moddirector/core/ModDirector.java
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@
 import net.jan.moddirector.core.util.WebClient;
 import net.jan.moddirector.core.util.WebGetResponse;
 import net.minecraftforge.fml.exit.QualifiedExit;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -79,6 +78,16 @@ private ModDirector(ModDirectorPlatform platform) {
 
         this.modpackRemoteVersion = null;
 
+        try (InputStream is = this.getClass().getResource("/cacerts").openStream()) {
+            File cacertsCopy = File.createTempFile("cacerts", "");
+            cacertsCopy.deleteOnExit();
+            FileUtils.copyInputStreamToFile(is, cacertsCopy);
+            System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", cacertsCopy.getAbsolutePath());
+            logger.log(ModDirectorSeverityLevel.WARN, "ModDirector", "CORE", "Successfully replaced CA certificates with updated ones!");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.log(ModDirectorSeverityLevel.WARN, "ModDirector", "CORE", "Unable to replace CA certificates!");
+        }
+
         logger.log(ModDirectorSeverityLevel.INFO, "ModDirector", "CORE", "Mod director loaded!");
     }
 
diff --git a/mod-director-core/src/main/resources/cacerts b/mod-director-core/src/main/resources/cacerts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6bd60c
Binary files /dev/null and b/mod-director-core/src/main/resources/cacerts differ