diff --git a/mopidy_bandcamp/bandcamp.py b/mopidy_bandcamp/bandcamp.py
index ff8c737..7d0b866 100644
--- a/mopidy_bandcamp/bandcamp.py
+++ b/mopidy_bandcamp/bandcamp.py
@@ -2,11 +2,38 @@ import json
 import mopidy_bandcamp
 import re
 import requests
+import ssl
 
 from html import unescape
 from mopidy import httpclient
 from time import time
+from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 
+class BandcampHTTPAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
+    def init_poolmanager(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        context = ssl.create_default_context()
+        DEFAULT_CIPHERS = ":".join(
+            [
+                "ECDHE+AESGCM",
+                "ECDHE+CHACHA20",
+                "DHE+AESGCM",
+                "DHE+CHACHA20",
+                "ECDH+AESGCM",
+                "DH+AESGCM",
+                "ECDH+AES",
+                "DH+AES",
+                "RSA+AESGCM",
+                "RSA+AES",
+                "!aNULL",
+                "!eNULL",
+                "!MD5",
+                "!DSS",
+                "!AESCCM",
+            ]
+        )
+        context.set_ciphers(DEFAULT_CIPHERS)
+        kwargs["ssl_context"] = context
+        return super().init_poolmanager(*args, **kwargs)
 
 class BandcampClient:
     BASE_URL = "https://bandcamp.com/api"
@@ -43,6 +70,8 @@ class BandcampClient:
     }
 
     def __init__(self, config):
+        self.bandcamp_session = requests.Session()
+        self.bandcamp_session.mount("https://", BandcampHTTPAdapter())
         self.proxy = httpclient.format_proxy(config["proxy"])
         self.ua_str = httpclient.format_user_agent(
             f"{mopidy_bandcamp.Extension.dist_name}/{mopidy_bandcamp.__version__}"
@@ -53,7 +82,7 @@ class BandcampClient:
 
     def _get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         headers = {"User-Agent": self.ua_str}
-        resp = requests.get(*args, **kwargs, headers=headers, proxies=self.proxy)
+        resp = self.bandcamp_session.get(*args, **kwargs, headers=headers, proxies=self.proxy)
         resp.raise_for_status()
         js = resp.json()
         if "error" in js:
@@ -62,7 +91,7 @@ class BandcampClient:
 
     def _post(self, *args, **kwargs):
         headers = {"User-Agent": self.ua_str}
-        resp = requests.post(*args, **kwargs, headers=headers, proxies=self.proxy)
+        resp = self.bandcamp_session.post(*args, **kwargs, headers=headers, proxies=self.proxy)
         resp.raise_for_status()
         js = resp.json()
         if "error" in js:
@@ -73,7 +102,7 @@ class BandcampClient:
         headers = {"User-Agent": self.ua_str}
         if self.identity:
             headers["Cookie"] = f"identity={self.identity}"
-        resp = requests.get(uri, headers=headers, proxies=self.proxy)
+        resp = self.bandcamp_session.get(uri, headers=headers, proxies=self.proxy)
         resp.raise_for_status()
         # Build the tralbum data by joining multiple json chunks.
         data = re.search(r'\s+data-tralbum="(.*?)"', resp.text)
@@ -127,7 +156,7 @@ class BandcampClient:
             return []
         headers = {"User-Agent": self.ua_str, "Cookie": f"identity={self.identity}"}
         if self.fan_id is None:
-            resp = requests.get(
+            resp = self.bandcamp_session.get(
                 self.BASE_URL + "/fan/2/collection_summary",
                 headers=headers,
                 proxies=self.proxy,
@@ -141,7 +170,7 @@ class BandcampClient:
             endpoint = "wishlist_items"
         elif ctype == "following":
             endpoint = "following_bands"
-        resp = requests.post(
+        resp = self.bandcamp_session.post(
             self.BASE_URL + "/fancollection/1/" + endpoint,
             headers=headers,
             proxies=self.proxy,