diff --git a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/uv.rs b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/uv.rs
index 4f5d578aa..9bbb474b0 100644
--- a/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/uv.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher-gui/src-tauri/src/uv.rs
@@ -696,6 +696,9 @@ fn uv_command(state: &Paths) -> Result<Command> {
         command.env("UV_CACHE_DIR", &state.uv_cache_dir);
     }
 
+    // have uv use the system certstore instead of webpki-roots'
+    command.env("UV_NATIVE_TLS", "1");
+
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
         use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;