diff --git a/cmd/rekor-server/app/root.go b/cmd/rekor-server/app/root.go
index cebc28d2a..0506db5a7 100644
--- a/cmd/rekor-server/app/root.go
+++ b/cmd/rekor-server/app/root.go
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ Memory and file-based signers should only be used for testing.`)
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("redis_server.password", "", "Redis server password")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("redis_server.enable-tls", false, "Whether to enable TLS verification when connecting to Redis endpoint")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("redis_server.insecure-skip-verify", false, "Whether to skip TLS verification when connecting to Redis endpoint, only applicable when 'redis_server.enable-tls' is set to 'true'")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("trillian_log_server.tls_ca_cert", "", "Certificate file to use for secure connections with Trillian server")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("trillian_log_server.tls", false, "Use TLS when connecting to Trillian Server")
 
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().Bool("enable_attestation_storage", false, "enables rich attestation storage")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().String("attestation_storage_bucket", "", "url for attestation storage bucket")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1047f2fca..8e22ae42f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	gocloud.dev v0.37.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.16.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.22.0
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240311173647-c811ad7063a7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.7
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/sigstore/sigstore/pkg/signature/kms/gcp v1.8.3
 	github.com/sigstore/sigstore/pkg/signature/kms/hashivault v1.8.3
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240318140521-94a12d6c2237
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157
 )
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0 // indirect
 	filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v1.5.1 // indirect
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240311173647-c811ad7063a7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/go-jose/go-jose.v2 v2.6.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.0 // indirect
 	software.sslmate.com/src/go-pkcs12 v0.4.0 // indirect
@@ -145,13 +145,12 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.112.1 // indirect
-	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.25.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.6 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/kms v1.15.8 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.39.1 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cavaliercoder/badio v0.0.0-20160213150051-ce5280129e9e // indirect
-	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/common-nighthawk/go-figure v0.0.0-20210622060536-734e95fb86be // indirect
 	github.com/danieljoos/wincred v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 // indirect
@@ -193,13 +192,12 @@ require (
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.step.sm/crypto v0.44.2
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.172.0
-	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7da8c674b..f627a7f89 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.112.1 h1:uJSeirPke5UNZHIb4SxfZklVSiWWVqW4oXlETwZziwM=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.112.1/go.mod h1:+Vbu+Y1UU+I1rjmzeMOb/8RfkKJK2Gyxi1X6jJCZLo4=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.25.0 h1:H1/4SqSUhjPFE7L5ddzHOfY2bCAvjwNRZPNl6Ni5oYU=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.25.0/go.mod h1:GR7F0ZPZH8EhChlMo9FkLd7eUTwEymjqQagxzilIxIE=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 h1:mg4jlk7mCAj6xXp9UJ4fjI9VUI5rubuGBW5aJ7UnBMY=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3/go.mod h1:VAV5nSsACxMJvgaAuX6Pk2AawlZn8kiOGuCv6gTkwuA=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0 h1:Tz+eQXMEqDIKRsmY3cHTL6FVaynIjX2QxYC4trgAKZc=
+cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0/go.mod h1:zFmK7XCadkQkj6TtorcaGlCW1hT1fIilQDwofLpJ20k=
 cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.6 h1:bEa06k05IO4f4uJonbB5iAgKTPpABy1ayxaIZV/GHVc=
 cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.6/go.mod h1:O0zxdPeGBoFdWW3HWmBxJsk0pfvNM/p/qa82rWOGTwI=
 cloud.google.com/go/kms v1.15.8 h1:szIeDCowID8th2i8XE4uRev5PMxQFqW+JjwYxL9h6xs=
@@ -99,8 +97,8 @@ github.com/cavaliergopher/cpio v1.0.1/go.mod h1:pBdaqQjnvXxdS/6CvNDwIANIFSP0xRKI
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.2.2 h1:cfUAAO3yvKMYKPrvhDuHSwQnhZNk/RMHKdZqKTxfm6M=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.2.2/go.mod h1:cIeZDE3IrqwwJl6VUwCN6trj1oXrTS4rc0ij+ULvLYs=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
-github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UFvs=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/codahale/rfc6979 v0.0.0-20141003034818-6a90f24967eb h1:EDmT6Q9Zs+SbUoc7Ik9EfrFqcylYqgPZ9ANSbTAntnE=
@@ -195,8 +193,6 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QDs8UjoX8=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
@@ -205,7 +201,6 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMyw
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.3/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
@@ -469,8 +464,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5y
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.13.0/go.mod h1:y6Z2r+Rw4iayiXXAIxJIDAJ1zMW4yaTpebo8fPOliYc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0/go.mod h1:R0j02AL6hcrfOiy9T4ZYp/rcWeMxM3L6QYxlOuEG1mg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0 h1:X31++rzVUdKhX5sWmSOFZxx8UW/ldWx55cbf08iNAMA=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0/go.mod h1:0BP7YvVV9gBbVKyeTG0Gyn+gZm94bibOW5BjDEYAOMs=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0 h1:dIJU/v2J8Mdglj/8rJ6UUOM3Zc9zLZxVZwwxMooUSAI=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0/go.mod h1:CKFgDieR+mRhux2Lsu27y0fO304Db0wZe70UKqHu0v8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d h1:jtJma62tbqLibJ5sFQz8bKtEM8rJBtfilJ2qTU199MI=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d/go.mod h1:ldy0pHrwJyGW56pPQzzkH36rKxoZW1tw7ZJpeKx+hdo=
@@ -498,11 +493,11 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.20.0/go.mod h1:z8BVo6PvndSri0LbOE3hAn0apkU+1YvI6E70E9jsnvY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.22.0 h1:9sGLhx7iRIHEiX0oAJ3MRZMUCElJgy7Br1nO+AMN3Tc=
-golang.org/x/net v0.22.0/go.mod h1:JKghWKKOSdJwpW2GEx0Ja7fmaKnMsbu+MWVZTokSYmg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 h1:d/OCCoBEUq33pjydKrGQhw7IlUPI2Oylr+8qLx49kac=
+golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0 h1:09qnuIAgzdx1XplqJvW6CQqMCtGZykZWcXzPMPUusvI=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:Wf7knwG0MPoWIMMBgFlEaSUDaKskp0dCfrlJRJXbBi8=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.20.0 h1:4mQdhULixXKP1rwYBW0vAijoXnkTG0BLCDRzfe1idMo=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.20.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -510,8 +505,9 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 h1:5BMeUDZ7vkXGfEr1x9B4bRcTH4lpkTkpdh0T/J+qjbQ=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180823144017-11551d06cbcc/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180830151530-49385e6e1522/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
@@ -529,8 +525,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
@@ -538,17 +534,17 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xPskH00ivmX89bAKVGSKKtLOWNx2+17Eiy94tnKShWo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.12.0/go.mod h1:owVbMEjm3cBLCHdkQu9b1opXd4ETQWc3BhuQGKgXgvU=
 golang.org/x/term v0.16.0/go.mod h1:yn7UURbUtPyrVJPGPq404EukNFxcm/foM+bV/bfcDsY=
 golang.org/x/term v0.17.0/go.mod h1:lLRBjIVuehSbZlaOtGMbcMncT+aqLLLmKrsjNrUguwk=
-golang.org/x/term v0.18.0 h1:FcHjZXDMxI8mM3nwhX9HlKop4C0YQvCVCdwYl2wOtE8=
-golang.org/x/term v0.18.0/go.mod h1:ILwASektA3OnRv7amZ1xhE/KTR+u50pbXfZ03+6Nx58=
+golang.org/x/term v0.20.0 h1:VnkxpohqXaOBYJtBmEppKUG6mXpi+4O6purfc2+sMhw=
+golang.org/x/term v0.20.0/go.mod h1:8UkIAJTvZgivsXaD6/pH6U9ecQzZ45awqEOzuCvwpFY=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.8/go.mod h1:E6s5w1FMmriuDzIBO73fBruAKo1PCIq6d2Q6DHfQ8WQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.9.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/text v0.13.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
-golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
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-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8 h1:IhEN5q69dyKagZPYMSdIjS2HqprW324FRQZJcGqPAsM=
-google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.8/go.mod h1:1jJ3jBArFh5pcgW8gCtRJnepW8FzD1V44FJffLiz/Ds=
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-google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 h1:bs/cUb4lp1G5iImFFd3u5ixQzweKizoZJAwBNLR42lc=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0/go.mod h1:WgYC2ypjlB0EiQi6wdKixMqukr6lBc0Vo+oOgjrM5ZQ=
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@@ -599,10 +593,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.22.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2
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-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
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+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 h1:9ddQBjfCyZPOHPUiPxpYESBLc+T8P3E+Vo4IbKZgFWg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
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diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index adee58105..afdeb31c2 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -22,13 +22,16 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/trillian"
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 
 	"github.com/sigstore/rekor/pkg/indexstorage"
@@ -46,13 +49,41 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/sigstore/rekor/pkg/pubsub/gcp" // Load GCP pubsub implementation
 )
 
-func dial(ctx context.Context, rpcServer string) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-
+func dial(rpcServer string) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
+	// Extract the hostname without the port
+	hostname := rpcServer
+	if idx := strings.Index(rpcServer, ":"); idx != -1 {
+		hostname = rpcServer[:idx]
+	}
 	// Set up and test connection to rpc server
-	creds := insecure.NewCredentials()
-	conn, err := grpc.DialContext(ctx, rpcServer, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(creds))
+	var creds credentials.TransportCredentials
+	tlsCACertFile := viper.GetString("trillian_log_server.tls_ca_cert")
+	useSystemTrustStore := viper.GetBool("trillian_log_server.tls")
+
+	switch {
+	case useSystemTrustStore:
+		creds = credentials.NewTLS(&tls.Config{
+			ServerName: hostname,
+			MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
+		})
+	case tlsCACertFile != "":
+		tlsCaCert, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(tlsCACertFile))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Logger.Fatalf("Failed to load tls_ca_cert:", err)
+		}
+		certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+		if !certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(tlsCaCert) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to append CA certificate to pool")
+		}
+		creds = credentials.NewTLS(&tls.Config{
+			ServerName: hostname,
+			RootCAs:    certPool,
+			MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
+		})
+	default:
+		creds = insecure.NewCredentials()
+	}
+	conn, err := grpc.NewClient(rpcServer, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(creds))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Logger.Fatalf("Failed to connect to RPC server:", err)
 	}
@@ -78,7 +109,7 @@ func NewAPI(treeID uint) (*API, error) {
 		viper.GetString("trillian_log_server.address"),
 		viper.GetUint("trillian_log_server.port"))
 	ctx := context.Background()
-	tConn, err := dial(ctx, logRPCServer)
+	tConn, err := dial(logRPCServer)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("dial: %w", err)
 	}