diff --git a/mcp/webscraper/src/server.py b/mcp/webscraper/src/server.py
index 476a637..6969e2d 100644
--- a/mcp/webscraper/src/server.py
+++ b/mcp/webscraper/src/server.py
@@ -6,13 +6,31 @@ from html2text import html2text
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 from typing import List, Dict, Tuple
 import re
+import ssl
+import os
+import certifi
+from pathlib import Path
 from fastmcp import FastMCP
 
 mcp = FastMCP("webscraper")
 
+# Build a single SSL context at module load — certifi bundle + any extra certs
+# shipped in the certs/ directory next to this file.
+_EXTRA_CERTS_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "certs"
+
+def _build_ssl_context() -> ssl.SSLContext:
+    """Build an SSL context from certifi + extra bundled root certs."""
+    ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=certifi.where())
+    if _EXTRA_CERTS_DIR.is_dir():
+        for pem in _EXTRA_CERTS_DIR.glob("*.pem"):
+            ctx.load_verify_locations(cafile=str(pem))
+    return ctx
+
+_SSL_CTX = _build_ssl_context()
+
 def _fetch_page(url: str) -> Tuple[httpx.Response, BeautifulSoup]:
     """Shared fetch helper — returns response and parsed soup."""
-    response = httpx.get(url, timeout=10.0)
+    response = httpx.get(url, timeout=10.0, verify=_SSL_CTX)
     response.raise_for_status()
     soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
     return response, soup
diff --git a/mcp/webscraper/tests/test_server.py b/mcp/webscraper/tests/test_server.py
index 404d5ec..ac2d9c9 100644
--- a/mcp/webscraper/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/mcp/webscraper/tests/test_server.py
@@ -180,10 +180,11 @@ def test_empty_page(mock_get):
 @patch('httpx.get')
 def test_404(mock_get):
     """Test 404 response."""
+    mock_req = MagicMock()
     mock_resp = MagicMock()
     mock_resp.status_code = 404
     mock_resp.text = "Not Found"
-    mock_get.side_effect = httpx.HTTPStatusError("Client Error", response=mock_resp)
+    mock_get.side_effect = httpx.HTTPStatusError("404 Not Found", request=mock_req, response=mock_resp)
     result = webscraper_fetch("https://notfound.com")
     assert "Error fetching" in result
     assert "404" in result