diff --git a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
index 2f4f64c72b13e639515dc485fc3c674c44ec2328..39497098ebc51972cadedf6095cf3b656b3c95a6 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
+++ b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientCommon.pm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sub c2s
   eval {
     $client->ssl_opts(verify_hostname   => 1,
                     SSL_use_cert        => 1,
-                    SSL_verify_mode     => 0x02,
+                    SSL_verify_mode     => 0x03,
                     SSL_key_file        => $ssl_key_file,
                     SSL_cert_file       => $ssl_cert_file,
                     SSL_ca_file         => $ssl_ca_file);