diff --git a/chromedriver_binary/utils.py b/chromedriver_binary/utils.py
index 3d9a653..13cf298 100644
--- a/chromedriver_binary/utils.py
+++ b/chromedriver_binary/utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 try:
     from urllib.request import urlopen, URLError
-    ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext()
+    ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()
 except ImportError:
     from urllib2 import urlopen, URLError
     ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext(protocol=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLS)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 47ec98a..38109ab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 try:
     from io import BytesIO
     from urllib.request import urlopen, URLError
-    ssl_context = ssl.SSLContext()
+    ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()
 except ImportError:
     from StringIO import StringIO as BytesIO
     from urllib2 import urlopen, URLError