diff --git a/inventory_provider/db/ims.py b/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
index cc6969f48e05c80f99270cfeef64f7003e50f168..b27f6773a6c450134b76ea2a54217c608d870d88 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class IMS(object):
     reconnect_attempts = 0
 
     def __init__(self, base_url, username, password, bearer_token=None,
-                 verify_ssl=True):
+                 verify_ssl=False):
         IMS.base_url = base_url
         self.username = username
         self.password = password
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class IMS(object):
         IMS.bearer_token = bearer_token
 
     @classmethod
-    def _init_bearer_token(cls, username, password, verify_ssl=True):
+    def _init_bearer_token(cls, username, password, verify_ssl=False):
         re_init_time = time.time()
         if not cls.bearer_token or \
                 re_init_time - cls.bearer_token_init_time \
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ class IMS(object):
 
     def clear_dynamic_context_cache(self):
         if not IMS.bearer_token:
-            IMS._init_bearer_token(self.username, self.password)
+            IMS._init_bearer_token(
+                self.username, self.password, self.verify_ssl)
         while True:
             logger.info('Clearing Dynamic Context Cache')
             response = requests.put(
@@ -238,7 +239,8 @@ class IMS(object):
                 headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {self.bearer_token}'},
                 verify=self.verify_ssl)
             if response.status_code == 401:
-                IMS._init_bearer_token(self.username, self.password)
+                IMS._init_bearer_token(
+                    self.username, self.password, self.verify_ssl)
                 continue
             response.raise_for_status()
             break
@@ -267,7 +269,8 @@ class IMS(object):
                 return entity
 
         if not IMS.bearer_token:
-            IMS._init_bearer_token(self.username, self.password)
+            IMS._init_bearer_token(
+                self.username, self.password, self.verify_ssl)
 
         def _is_invalid_login_state(response_):
             if response_.status_code == requests.codes.unauthorized:
@@ -315,7 +318,8 @@ class IMS(object):
                 headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {self.bearer_token}'},
                 params=params, verify=self.verify_ssl)
             if _is_invalid_login_state(response):
-                IMS._init_bearer_token(self.username, self.password)
+                IMS._init_bearer_token(
+                    self.username, self.password, self.verify_ssl)
             else:
                 response.raise_for_status()
                 orig = response.json()
diff --git a/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py b/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py
index 0fa5fcd09dec9ecda0a8930228e1079d2a0ad09f..c1fa12b8edd52289d636b96a9513fa420d924227 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/tasks/worker.py
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ def extract_ims_data():
         ims_api_url=c['api'],
         ims_username=c['username'],
         ims_password=c['password'],
-        verify_ssl=c.get('verify-ssl', True)
+        verify_ssl=c.get('verify-ssl', False)
     )
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_ims.py b/test/test_ims.py
index 9ce2e397f90a10c4be43a5b8993940a803582d59..62898b4a69d83567930cd2a6607f0a29f4b1d52f 100644
--- a/test/test_ims.py
+++ b/test/test_ims.py
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ def test_ims_class_login(mocker):
         'dummy_base', 'dummy_username', 'dummy_password')
     ds.get_entity_by_id('Node', 1234)
     mock_post.assert_called_once_with(
-        'dummy_base/login', auth=('dummy_username', 'dummy_password'), verify=True)
+        'dummy_base/login',
+        auth=('dummy_username', 'dummy_password'), verify=False)
     mock_get.assert_called_once_with(
         'dummy_base/ims/Node/1234',
         headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer my_bearer_token'},
-        params=None, verify=True)
+        params=None, verify=False)
 
 
 def test_ims_failed_response(mocker):
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def test_ims_class_entity_by_id(mocker):
     mock_get.assert_called_once_with(
         'dummy_base/ims/Node/1234',
         headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer dummy_bt'},
-        params=None, verify=True)
+        params=None, verify=False)
 
 
 def test_ims_class_entity_by_name(mocker):
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ def test_ims_class_entity_by_name(mocker):
     mock_get.assert_called_once_with(
         'dummy_base/ims/Node/byname/"dummy_name"',
         headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer dummy_bt'},
-        params=None, verify=True)
+        params=None, verify=False)
 
 
 def test_ims_class_filtered_entities(mocker):
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ def test_ims_class_filtered_entities(mocker):
         params={
             'paginatorStartElement': 0,
             'paginatorNumberOfElements': 50
-        }, verify=True)
+        }, verify=False)
 
     def side_effect(*args, **kargs):
         if kargs['params']['paginatorStartElement'] == 0:
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ def test_ims_class_filtered_entities(mocker):
         params={
             'paginatorStartElement': 0,
             'paginatorNumberOfElements': 2
-        }, verify=True)
+        }, verify=False)
     mock_multi_get.assert_any_call(
         'dummy_base/ims/Node/filtered/dummy_param=dummy value',
         headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer dummy_bt'},
         params={
             'paginatorStartElement': 2,
             'paginatorNumberOfElements': 2
-        }, verify=True)
+        }, verify=False)
     assert mock_multi_get.call_count == 2
     assert res == [1, 2, 3]
 
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ def test_ims_class_get_all_entities(mocker):
         params={
             'paginatorStartElement': 0,
             'paginatorNumberOfElements': 10
-        }, verify=True)
+        }, verify=False)
 
 
 def test_ims_class_navigation_properties(mocker):
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ def test_ims_class_navigation_properties(mocker):
     mock_get.assert_called_with(
         'dummy_base/ims/Node/1234',
         headers={'Authorization': 'Bearer dummy_bt'},
-        params={'navigationproperty': 6}, verify=True)
+        params={'navigationproperty': 6}, verify=False)
 
 
 def test_ims_class_cache(mocker):