diff --git a/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/WikiProtocolSocketFactory.java b/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/WikiProtocolSocketFactory.java
index 0990cf6a7bea..7ca94390dce4 100644
--- a/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/WikiProtocolSocketFactory.java
+++ b/swext/mediawiki/src/com/sun/star/wiki/WikiProtocolSocketFactory.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class WikiProtocolSocketFactory extends SSLSocketFactory
 
         try
         {
-            SSLContext aContext = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
+            SSLContext aContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLSv1.2");
             if ( aContext != null )
             {
                 aContext.init( null, pTrustUnknownCerts, null );