diff --git a/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py b/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
index ef53d8ccd5..2b22bd8b76 100644
--- a/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
+++ b/test/asynchronous/test_encryption.py
@@ -2884,6 +2884,8 @@ async def http_post(self, path, data=None):
         # each request because the server is single threaded.
         ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=CA_PEM)
         ctx.load_cert_chain(CLIENT_PEM)
+        ctx.check_hostname = False
+        ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
         conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("127.0.0.1:9003", context=ctx)
         try:
             if data is not None:
diff --git a/test/test_encryption.py b/test/test_encryption.py
index 726463c41e..9224310144 100644
--- a/test/test_encryption.py
+++ b/test/test_encryption.py
@@ -2866,6 +2866,8 @@ def http_post(self, path, data=None):
         # each request because the server is single threaded.
         ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=CA_PEM)
         ctx.load_cert_chain(CLIENT_PEM)
+        ctx.check_hostname = False
+        ctx.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
         conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("127.0.0.1:9003", context=ctx)
         try:
             if data is not None: