diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a3f6ba6..dbe9efe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [5.4.0] - 2025-05-19
+
+### Changed
+
+- Disabled TLS on request
+
 ## [5.3.0] - 2025-05-16
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/opengnsys/RESTApi.py b/src/opengnsys/RESTApi.py
index de0c5cf..08d4cdd 100644
--- a/src/opengnsys/RESTApi.py
+++ b/src/opengnsys/RESTApi.py
@@ -109,21 +109,21 @@ class REST(object):
             logger.debug ('TLS not available: python requests library is old')
 
         self.use_tls = url.startswith ('https')
-        if self.use_tls:
-            if not ca_file or not crt_file or not key_file:
-                raise Exception ('missing TLS parameters in REST constructor')
-
-            errs = 0
-            for f in [ca_file, crt_file, key_file]:
-                if not os.path.exists (f):
-                    logger.error (f'{f}: No such file or directory')
-                    errs += 1
-            if errs:
-                raise Exception ('TLS files not found')
-
-        self.ca_file  = ca_file
-        self.crt_file = crt_file
-        self.key_file = key_file
+        #if self.use_tls:
+        #    if not ca_file or not crt_file or not key_file:
+        #        raise Exception ('missing TLS parameters in REST constructor')
+        #
+        #    errs = 0
+        #    for f in [ca_file, crt_file, key_file]:
+        #        if not os.path.exists (f):
+        #            logger.error (f'{f}: No such file or directory')
+        #            errs += 1
+        #    if errs:
+        #        raise Exception ('TLS files not found')
+        #
+        #self.ca_file  = ca_file
+        #self.crt_file = crt_file
+        #self.key_file = key_file
 
         # Disable logging requests messages except for errors, ...
         logging.getLogger("requests").setLevel(logging.CRITICAL)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class REST(object):
                 # Old requests version does not support verify, but it do not checks ssl certificate by default
                 if self.newerRequestLib:
                     if self.use_tls:
-                        r = requests.get(url, cert=(self.crt_file, self.key_file), verify=self.ca_file, timeout=TIMEOUT)
+                        r = requests.get(url, verify=False, timeout=TIMEOUT)
                     else:
                         r = requests.get(url, timeout=TIMEOUT)
                 else:
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class REST(object):
                 logger.debug('Requesting using POST {}, data: {}'.format(url, data))
                 if self.newerRequestLib:
                     if self.use_tls:
-                        r = requests.post(url, data=data, headers={'content-type': 'application/json'}, cert=(self.crt_file, self.key_file), verify=self.ca_file, timeout=TIMEOUT)
+                        r = requests.post(url, data=data, headers={'content-type': 'application/json'}, verify=False, timeout=TIMEOUT)
                     else:
                         r = requests.post(url, data=data, headers={'content-type': 'application/json'}, timeout=TIMEOUT)
                 else: