diff --git a/nginx/default.conf b/nginx/default.conf
index 81c8bcacd49ee31f3ef063dfac278d7c1120662f..cc212a0ad394ac2f4ade5208b5a11fe2edf1ab65 100644
--- a/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/nginx/default.conf
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ server {
     if ($prerender = 1) {
       # For use of proxy_pass within a regular expression location, cf. https://stackoverflow.com/a/53354944
       proxy_pass https://$host/api/render/$uri;
+      proxy_ssl_verify off;
+      proxy_ssl_server_name on;
+      proxy_ssl_session_reuse off;
+      proxy_ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
     }
 
     # if no prerender, apply default angular route