diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
index 8ab7dca..c7971cc 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@
                 )
         else:
             chost, self._extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
-            self._connection = host, HTTPSConnection(chost, None, **(x509 or {}))
+            self._connection = host, HTTPS(chost, None, **(x509 or {}))
             return self._connection[1]
 
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