diff --git a/btrdb/conn.py b/btrdb/conn.py
index a07c162..bb79f2f 100644
--- a/btrdb/conn.py
+++ b/btrdb/conn.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import os
 import re
 import json
+import certifi
 import uuid as uuidlib
 
 import grpc
@@ -66,10 +67,15 @@ def __init__(self, addrportstr, apikey=None):
             # certificates but will fail for custom CA certs. Allow the user
             # to specify a CA bundle via env var to overcome this
             env_bundle = os.getenv("BTRDB_CA_BUNDLE", "")
-            os_certs = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
+
+            # certifi certs are provided as part of this package install
+            # https://github.com/certifi/python-certifi
+            lib_certs = certifi.where()
+
             ca_bundle = env_bundle
+
             if ca_bundle == "":
-                ca_bundle = os_certs
+                ca_bundle = lib_certs
             try:
                 with open(ca_bundle, "rb") as f:
                     contents = f.read()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b12c1a6..0d89f56 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ grpcio-tools>=1.19.0
 pytz
 
 # Misc libraries
-pyyaml
\ No newline at end of file
+pyyaml
+certifi
\ No newline at end of file