diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache
index 6a9676d733f..30f73e87824 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/rust/Cargo.mustache
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ secrecy = "0.8.0"
 {{/withAWSV4Signature}}
 {{#reqwest}}
 {{^supportAsync}}
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
 {{#supportMiddleware}}
 reqwest-middleware = { version = "^0.4", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
 {{/supportMiddleware}}
 {{/supportAsync}}
 {{#supportAsync}}
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 {{#supportMiddleware}}
 reqwest-middleware = { version = "^0.4", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 {{/supportMiddleware}}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ google-cloud-token = "^0.1"
 {{/reqwest}}
 {{#reqwestTrait}}
 async-trait = "^0.1"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 {{#supportMiddleware}}
 reqwest-middleware = { version = "^0.4", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 {{/supportMiddleware}}
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ mockall = { version = "^0.13", optional = true}
 bon = { version = "2.3", optional = true }
 {{/useBonBuilder}}
 [features]
+default = ["native-tls"]
+native-tls = ["reqwest/native-tls"]
+rustls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]
 {{#mockall}}
 mockall = ["dep:mockall"]
 {{/mockall}}
diff --git a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest-regression-16119/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest-regression-16119/Cargo.toml
index 0712b88be4f..c035a20d87c 100644
--- a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest-regression-16119/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest-regression-16119/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/api-with-ref-param/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/api-with-ref-param/Cargo.toml
index 7b36f89b940..e65f10fdd7e 100644
--- a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/api-with-ref-param/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/api-with-ref-param/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/composed-oneof/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/composed-oneof/Cargo.toml
index 2a7c3a43bb7..141bc553998 100644
--- a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/composed-oneof/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/composed-oneof/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/emptyObject/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/emptyObject/Cargo.toml
index bf65d42d4cc..e395f3c3557 100644
--- a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/emptyObject/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/emptyObject/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-array-map/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-array-map/Cargo.toml
index 509f9c6d885..205693518c7 100644
--- a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-array-map/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-array-map/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-reuseRef/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-reuseRef/Cargo.toml
index 58b7a46e045..a2bf4f1e5e7 100644
--- a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-reuseRef/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf-reuseRef/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf/Cargo.toml
index 0af49f66158..62b0f54725b 100644
--- a/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/others/rust/reqwest/oneOf/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest-trait/petstore/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest-trait/petstore/Cargo.toml
index d7680f4dfa7..dc371c0e02f 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest-trait/petstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest-trait/petstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 async-trait = "^0.1"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 mockall = { version = "^0.13", optional = true}
 [features]
+default = ["native-tls"]
+native-tls = ["reqwest/native-tls"]
+rustls = ["reqwest/rustls-tls"]
 mockall = ["dep:mockall"]
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/name-mapping/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/name-mapping/Cargo.toml
index 99c54a81fd2..49064b4efe1 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/name-mapping/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/name-mapping/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ serde = { version = "^1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-middleware/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-middleware/Cargo.toml
index fffdc08ec2f..3ffc4578aa7 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-middleware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-middleware/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 reqwest-middleware = { version = "^0.4", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-tokensource/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-tokensource/Cargo.toml
index 811475c96e1..506ad8b82ea 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-tokensource/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async-tokensource/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
 async-trait = "^0.1"
 # TODO: propose to Yoshidan to externalize this as non google related crate, so that it can easily be extended for other cloud providers.
 google-cloud-token = "^0.1"
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml
index 3803423fe92..4810b504926 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-async/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-avoid-box/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-avoid-box/Cargo.toml
index a3312a3a7ee..d656c944f26 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-avoid-box/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-avoid-box/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-awsv4signature/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-awsv4signature/Cargo.toml
index d5a2bac56a2..d08f8c318d3 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-awsv4signature/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-awsv4signature/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 aws-sigv4 = "0.3.0"
 http = "0.2.5"
 secrecy = "0.8.0"
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-model-name-prefix/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-model-name-prefix/Cargo.toml
index 4696d501ae9..515c648ce6e 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-model-name-prefix/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore-model-name-prefix/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore/Cargo.toml b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore/Cargo.toml
index 0dd7e914941..ffdafb348dc 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/rust/reqwest/petstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ serde_json = "^1.0"
 serde_repr = "^0.1"
 url = "^2.5"
 uuid = { version = "^1.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
-reqwest = { version = "^0.12", features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "^0.12", default-features = false, features = ["json", "blocking", "multipart"] }