diff --git a/deployment_manifest.json b/deployment_manifest.json
index 0ca90db8..2a384a76 100644
--- a/deployment_manifest.json
+++ b/deployment_manifest.json
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
       {
         "name": "KUBE_CONFIG",
         "value": "$KUBE_CONFIG"
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "JVM_OPTS",
+        "value": "-Djdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1.2"
       }
     ],
     "namespace": "$NAMESPACE",