diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11bb966..b27f963 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.teragrep</groupId>
       <artifactId>rlp_01</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.0</version>
+      <version>3.0.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/jla_06/RelpAppender.java b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/jla_06/RelpAppender.java
index 7f57c59..3ed0be2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/teragrep/jla_06/RelpAppender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/teragrep/jla_06/RelpAppender.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 @Plugin(name="RelpAppender", category=Core.CATEGORY_NAME, elementType=Appender.ELEMENT_TYPE, printObject=true)
 public class RelpAppender extends AbstractAppender {
@@ -153,7 +154,8 @@ protected RelpAppender(String name, Filter filter, Layout<? extends Serializable
         }
         else {
             SSLEngine sslEngine = sslContext.createSSLEngine();
-            this.relpConnection = new RelpConnection(sslEngine);
+            Supplier<SSLEngine> sslEngineSupplier = sslContext::createSSLEngine;
+            this.relpConnection = new RelpConnection(sslEngineSupplier);
         }
         connect();
     }