diff --git a/pkg/assembler/clients/helpers/graphql.go b/pkg/assembler/clients/helpers/graphql.go
index a2748af2c9..239e519b50 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/clients/helpers/graphql.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/clients/helpers/graphql.go
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-func GetGqlClient(graphqlEndpoint string) (graphql.Client, error) {
-	httpClient := http.Client{}
+func GetGqlClient(graphqlEndpoint string, httpClient http.Client) (graphql.Client, error) {
 	certFile := viper.GetString("gql-tls-root-ca")
 	insecure := viper.GetBool("gql-tls-insecure")
 	if certFile != "" {
diff --git a/pkg/ingestor/ingestor.go b/pkg/ingestor/ingestor.go
index 4c99d7acaf..d286f9e049 100644
--- a/pkg/ingestor/ingestor.go
+++ b/pkg/ingestor/ingestor.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 
-	"github.com/Khan/genqlient/graphql"
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler"
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler/clients/helpers"
 	csub_client "github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/collectsub/client"
@@ -172,8 +171,11 @@ func GetAssembler(
 	transport http.RoundTripper,
 ) func([]assembler.IngestPredicates) error {
 	httpClient := http.Client{Transport: transport}
-	gqlclient := graphql.NewClient(graphqlEndpoint, &httpClient)
-	f := helpers.GetBulkAssembler(ctx, childLogger, gqlclient)
+	gqlClient, err := helpers.GetGqlClient(graphqlEndpoint, httpClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("unable to create GraphQL client: %v", err)
+	}
+	f := helpers.GetBulkAssembler(ctx, childLogger, gqlClient)
 	return f
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/ingestor/parser/csaf/parser_csaf_red_hat.go b/pkg/ingestor/parser/csaf/parser_csaf_red_hat.go
index ed36fbeb56..56dab270eb 100644
--- a/pkg/ingestor/parser/csaf/parser_csaf_red_hat.go
+++ b/pkg/ingestor/parser/csaf/parser_csaf_red_hat.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package csaf
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ func (c *csafParserRedHat) findPkgSpec(ctx context.Context, product_id string) (
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to locate product url for reference %s due to missing graphqlEndpoint value", *pref)
 		}
-		gqlclient, err := assembler_helpers.GetGqlClient(endpoint)
+		gqlclient, err := assembler_helpers.GetGqlClient(endpoint, http.Client{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}