diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml b/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
index 74597d1f..842579d3 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rc-zip-sync = { version = "4.2.6", features = [
     "lzma",
     "zstd",
 ] }
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.5", features = [
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.17", features = [
     "http2",
     "stream",
     "zstd",
@@ -136,3 +136,6 @@ ipconfig = { version = "0.3.2", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
+
+[lints.rust]
+unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = ['cfg(reqwest_unstable)'] }
diff --git a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs
index 1ab1391c..7ef3d56e 100644
--- a/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs
+++ b/crates/binstalk-downloader/src/remote.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ impl Client {
             }
         }
 
+        #[cfg(all(reqwest_unstable, feature = "http3"))]
+        {
+            builder = builder.http3_congestion_bbr().tls_early_data(true);
+        }
+
         builder
     }