diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 009308a..315e6b0 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ builds:
     flags:
       - --release
       - -p=gitnow
-      - --features=vendored-openssl
 
 archives:
   - id: gitnow
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 504f0f9..a069e8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -744,9 +744,11 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
  "wasip2",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -786,6 +788,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost-types",
  "ratatui",
  "regex",
+ "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "shell-words",
@@ -923,6 +926,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
  "tower-service",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1285,6 +1289,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "hashbrown 0.15.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lru-slab"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "112b39cec0b298b6c1999fee3e31427f74f676e4cb9879ed1a121b43661a4154"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mac_address"
 version = "1.1.8"
@@ -1747,7 +1757,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c80231409c20246a13fddb31776fb942c38553c51e871f8cbd687a4cfb5843d"
 dependencies = [
  "phf_shared",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1825,6 +1835,15 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ppv-lite86"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85eae3c4ed2f50dcfe72643da4befc30deadb458a9b590d720cde2f2b1e97da9"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pretty_assertions"
 version = "1.4.1"
@@ -1876,6 +1895,61 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn"
+version = "0.11.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9e20a958963c291dc322d98411f541009df2ced7b5a4f2bd52337638cfccf20"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "quinn-proto",
+ "quinn-udp",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "rustls",
+ "socket2",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn-proto"
+version = "0.11.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1906b49b0c3bc04b5fe5d86a77925ae6524a19b816ae38ce1e426255f1d8a31"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "lru-slab",
+ "rand 0.9.2",
+ "ring",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "rustls",
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+ "slab",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tinyvec",
+ "tracing",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "quinn-udp"
+version = "0.5.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "addec6a0dcad8a8d96a771f815f0eaf55f9d1805756410b39f5fa81332574cbd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "socket2",
+ "tracing",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.44"
@@ -1897,7 +1971,27 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6db2770f06117d490610c7488547d543617b21bfa07796d7a12f6f1bd53850d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_chacha",
+ "rand_core 0.9.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.9.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1906,6 +2000,15 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76afc826de14238e6e8c374ddcc1fa19e374fd8dd986b0d2af0d02377261d83c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ratatui"
 version = "0.29.0"
@@ -2014,6 +2117,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "native-tls",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "quinn",
+ "rustls",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -2021,6 +2126,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-native-tls",
+ "tokio-rustls",
  "tower",
  "tower-http",
  "tower-service",
@@ -2028,6 +2134,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
+ "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2044,6 +2151,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "2.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "357703d41365b4b27c590e3ed91eabb1b663f07c4c084095e60cbed4362dff0d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.44"
@@ -2103,6 +2216,7 @@ version = "1.14.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "be040f8b0a225e40375822a563fa9524378b9d63112f53e19ffff34df5d33fdd"
 dependencies = [
+ "web-time",
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
@@ -2755,6 +2869,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec"
+version = "1.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e61e67053d25a4e82c844e8424039d9745781b3fc4f32b8d55ed50f5f667ef3"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec_macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.49.0"
@@ -3201,6 +3330,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki-roots"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22cfaf3c063993ff62e73cb4311efde4db1efb31ab78a3e5c457939ad5cc0bed"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustls-pki-types",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wezterm-bidi"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -3580,6 +3718,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "synstructure",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.8.47"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "efbb2a062be311f2ba113ce66f697a4dc589f85e78a4aea276200804cea0ed87"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.8.47"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e8bc7269b54418e7aeeef514aa68f8690b8c0489a06b0136e5f57c4c5ccab89"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.114",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/Dockerfile.release b/Dockerfile.release
index 84c11fc..2b61769 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.release
+++ b/Dockerfile.release
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     curl \
     git \
     build-essential \
-    pkg-config \
-    libssl-dev \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install mise to a location already on PATH
diff --git a/crates/gitnow/Cargo.toml b/crates/gitnow/Cargo.toml
index 0d209d1..1262f0a 100644
--- a/crates/gitnow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gitnow/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ async-trait = "0.1.82"
 toml = "0.8.19"
 
 gitea-client = { version = "1.22.1" }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-webpki-roots", "json", "multipart", "charset", "http2"] }
 url = "2.5.2"
 octocrab = "0.43.0"
 dirs = "6.0.0"
@@ -39,7 +40,6 @@ termwiz = "0.23.0"
 regex = "1.11.1"
 minijinja = "2"
 shell-words = "1"
-openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"], optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 
@@ -48,4 +48,3 @@ pretty_assertions = "1.4.0"
 
 [features]
 example = []
-vendored-openssl = ["openssl/vendored"]
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 1cc08fb..e551a4c 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ description = "Build a local snapshot release without publishing"
 [tasks.release-docker]
 run = """
 docker build -f Dockerfile.release -t gitnow-release .
-docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/build" -w /build -e GITEA_TOKEN gitnow-release release --snapshot --clean
+docker run --rm gitnow-release release-snapshot
 """
 description = "Test the release Docker image locally (snapshot mode)"