diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c123ec293..856994a0f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -773,7 +773,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.3",
  "regex",
  "rfc6979 0.2.0",
- "ring",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -2818,8 +2817,6 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.16.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3053cf52e236a3ed746dfc745aa9cacf1b791d846bdaf412f60a8d7d6e17c8fc"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -2955,6 +2952,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "semver 1.0.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustls"
+version = "0.20.6"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "ring",
+ "sct 0.6.1",
+ "webpki 0.22.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
 version = "0.20.6"
@@ -2963,8 +2970,8 @@ checksum = "5aab8ee6c7097ed6057f43c187a62418d0c05a4bd5f18b3571db50ee0f9ce033"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "ring",
- "sct",
- "webpki",
+ "sct 0.7.0",
+ "webpki 0.22.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2994,6 +3001,14 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sct"
+version = "0.6.1"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sct"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -3227,6 +3242,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
  "rkyv",
  "root-keys",
+ "rustls 0.20.6",
  "sha2",
  "spectrum-analyzer",
  "spinor",
@@ -3819,11 +3835,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "flate2",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
- "rustls",
+ "rustls 0.20.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "url",
- "webpki",
+ "webpki 0.22.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "webpki-roots",
 ]
 
@@ -4240,6 +4256,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "webpki"
+version = "0.22.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "ring",
+ "untrusted",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki"
 version = "0.22.0"
@@ -4256,7 +4280,7 @@ version = "0.22.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44d8de8415c823c8abd270ad483c6feeac771fad964890779f9a8cb24fbbc1bf"
 dependencies = [
- "webpki",
+ "webpki 0.22.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 616e70544..43598f5ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -135,3 +135,6 @@ branch="main"
 
 [patch.crates-io.getrandom]
 path = "imports/getrandom"
+
+[patch.crates-io.ring]
+path = "../ring"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/vault/libraries/crypto/Cargo.toml b/apps/vault/libraries/crypto/Cargo.toml
index 015308092..cd765202d 100644
--- a/apps/vault/libraries/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/vault/libraries/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ untrusted = { version = "0.7.0" }
 hex = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false } # do not update this, it's required to be at this version for tests to work.
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0" }
-ring = { version = "0.16.11" }
+# ring = { version = "0.16.11" }
 byteorder = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 rfc6979 = "0.2.0"
 
diff --git a/services/shellchat/Cargo.toml b/services/shellchat/Cargo.toml
index 5d1f0b239..50e040408 100644
--- a/services/shellchat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/shellchat/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ tracking-allocator = {version = "0.3.0", optional = true}
 tracing = {version = "0.1.35", optional = true}
 tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.3.11", optional = true}
 
+# for rustls testing
+#rustls = "0.20.6"
+rustls = {path="../../../rustls/rustls"}
+
 # for the curve25519 tests
 # hardware acceleration adaptations are inserted into a fork of the main branch.
 hex = {version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = []}