diff --git a/pychromecast/socket_client.py b/pychromecast/socket_client.py
index 5cbcfe91c..a90f776e6 100644
--- a/pychromecast/socket_client.py
+++ b/pychromecast/socket_client.py
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ def mdns_backoff(
                     context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT)
                     context.check_hostname = False
                     context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_NONE
+                    context.set_ciphers('DEFAULT')
                     self.socket = context.wrap_socket(self.socket)
                     self.connecting = False
                     self._force_recon = False