diff -up CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/HTTP/Client.pm.orig CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/HTTP/Client.pm
--- CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/HTTP/Client.pm.orig	2024-01-17 13:58:05.321031493 +0100
+++ CPAN-2.16/lib/CPAN/HTTP/Client.pm	2024-01-17 14:07:36.657874287 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ sub mirror {
 
     my $want_proxy = $self->_want_proxy($uri);
     my $http = HTTP::Tiny->new(
+		verify_SSL => 1,
         $want_proxy ? (proxy => $self->{proxy}) : ()
     );