diff --git a/src/gui/src/SslCertificate.cpp b/src/gui/src/SslCertificate.cpp
index 80fdfc26..81f2e21c 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/SslCertificate.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/src/SslCertificate.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void SslCertificate::generateFingerprint(const QString& certificateFilename)
     QStringList arguments;
     arguments.append("x509");
     arguments.append("-fingerprint");
-    arguments.append("-sha1");
+    arguments.append("-sha256");
     arguments.append("-noout");
     arguments.append("-in");
     arguments.append(certificateFilename);
diff --git a/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp b/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp
index 855e16bb..eb6e3e3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/net/SecureSocket.cpp
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ SecureSocket::verifyCertFingerprint()
     EVP_MD* tempDigest;
     unsigned char tempFingerprint[EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE];
     unsigned int tempFingerprintLen;
-    tempDigest = (EVP_MD*)EVP_sha1();
+    tempDigest = (EVP_MD*)EVP_sha256();
     int digestResult = X509_digest(cert, tempDigest, tempFingerprint, &tempFingerprintLen);
 
     if (digestResult <= 0) {