diff --git a/apisix/plugins/clickhouse-logger.lua b/apisix/plugins/clickhouse-logger.lua
index ef5234b7c8d78..f7b734645334f 100644
--- a/apisix/plugins/clickhouse-logger.lua
+++ b/apisix/plugins/clickhouse-logger.lua
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ local function send_http_data(conf, log_message)
             .. tostring(port) .. "] " .. err
     end
 
-    if url_decoded.scheme == "https" and conf.ssl_verify then
+    if url_decoded.scheme == "https" then
         ok, err = httpc:ssl_handshake(true, host, conf.ssl_verify)
         if not ok then
             return false, "failed to perform SSL with host[" .. host .. "] "
diff --git a/t/plugin/clickhouse-logger.t b/t/plugin/clickhouse-logger.t
index d6999c33a09a0..c4725edbd33bc 100644
--- a/t/plugin/clickhouse-logger.t
+++ b/t/plugin/clickhouse-logger.t
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ add_block_preprocessor(sub {
                 ngx.req.read_body()
                 local data = ngx.req.get_body_data()
                 local headers = ngx.req.get_headers()
-                ngx.log(ngx.ERR, "clickhouse body: ", data)
+                ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "clickhouse body: ", data)
+                for k, v in pairs(headers) do
+                    ngx.log(ngx.WARN, "clickhouse headers: " .. k .. ":" .. v)
+                end
                 ngx.say("ok")
             }
         }
@@ -213,4 +216,7 @@ GET /opentracing
 opentracing
 --- grep_error_log_out
 "clickhouse body: INSERT INTO t FORMAT JSONEachRow"
+"clickhouse headers: X-ClickHouse-Key:a"
+"clickhouse headers: X-ClickHouse-User:default"
+"clickhouse headers: X-ClickHouse-Database:default"
 --- wait: 5