diff --git a/qt/launcher/src/main.rs b/qt/launcher/src/main.rs
index cbf1271ec..c2699b145 100644
--- a/qt/launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/qt/launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ fn fetch_versions(state: &State) -> Result<Vec<String>> {
     let mut cmd = Command::new(&state.uv_path);
     cmd.current_dir(&state.uv_install_root)
         .args(["run", "--no-project", "--no-config", "--managed-python"])
+        .args(["--with", "pip-system-certs"])
         .arg(&versions_script);
 
     let output = match cmd.utf8_output() {
diff --git a/qt/launcher/versions.py b/qt/launcher/versions.py
index 02e16ba69..5d314d84f 100644
--- a/qt/launcher/versions.py
+++ b/qt/launcher/versions.py
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import json
 import sys
 import urllib.request
 
+import pip_system_certs.wrapt_requests
+
+pip_system_certs.wrapt_requests.inject_truststore()
+
 
 def main():
     """Fetch and return all versions from PyPI, sorted by upload time."""