diff --git a/modules/libs/lib/facter/enc_direct_facts.rb b/modules/libs/lib/facter/enc_direct_facts.rb
index bf0fed4..7fde380 100644
--- a/modules/libs/lib/facter/enc_direct_facts.rb
+++ b/modules/libs/lib/facter/enc_direct_facts.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 require 'facter'
 require 'yaml'
 require 'net/http'
+require 'openssl'
 require 'uri'
 require 'fileutils'
 
@@ -10,6 +11,13 @@ require 'fileutils'
 module EncapiENC
   CACHE_FILE = '/var/cache/puppet_enc.yaml'
   CACHE_TTL = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 # 7 days in seconds
+  # Facter runs under Puppet's vendored ruby, whose OpenSSL trusts only
+  # /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/cert.pem and never the system trust store, so the
+  # estate CA anchor profiles::pki::vaultca installs has to be named explicitly.
+  CA_BUNDLE_PATHS = [
+    '/etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/vaultcaroot.pem',
+    '/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/vaultcaroot.pem'
+  ].freeze
   @enc_data = nil # In-memory cache for the ENC response
 
   def self.read_cache
@@ -29,9 +37,22 @@ module EncapiENC
     File.write(CACHE_FILE, cache_data.to_yaml)
   end
 
+  def self.ca_bundle
+    CA_BUNDLE_PATHS.find { |path| File.exist?(path) }
+  end
+
+  def self.http_client(uri)
+    client = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
+    client.use_ssl = true
+    client.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER
+    bundle = ca_bundle
+    client.ca_file = bundle if bundle
+    client
+  end
+
   def self.fetch_from_encapi
     uri = URI("https://encapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/cblr/svc/op/puppet/hostname/#{Facter.value(:fqdn) || Facter.value(:hostname)}")
-    response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
+    response = http_client(uri).request(Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri))
 
     raise "Failed to fetch ENC data. HTTP #{response.code}" unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)