diff --git a/doc/changes/unreleased.md b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
index 6b9bbdaf..a472952b 100644
--- a/doc/changes/unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Unreleased
 
+## Feature
+- Added support for configuring `SSL/TLS` validation
+
 ## Documentation
 - Added overview of bucketfs system
 
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index baf25232..be285acc 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
     ".md": "markdown",
 }
 
+napoleon_include_init_with_doc = True
+
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
 templates_path = ["_templates"]
 
diff --git a/exasol/bucketfs/__init__.py b/exasol/bucketfs/__init__.py
index 3ee4356c..3b344f0b 100644
--- a/exasol/bucketfs/__init__.py
+++ b/exasol/bucketfs/__init__.py
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@
         CURL:
           $ curl -u "w:write" --output myfile.txt  http://127.0.0.1:6666/default/myfile.txt
 """
+from __future__ import annotations
+
 import hashlib
 from collections import defaultdict
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -115,25 +117,37 @@ class Service:
         buckets: lists all available buckets.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, url: str, credentials: Mapping[str, Mapping[str, str]] = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        url: str,
+        credentials: Mapping[str, Mapping[str, str]] = None,
+        verify: bool | str = True,
+    ):
         """Create a new Service instance.
 
         Args:
-            url: of the bucketfs service, e.g. `http(s)://127.0.0.1:2580`.
-            credentials: a mapping containing credentials (username and password) for buckets.
+            url:
+                Url of the bucketfs service, e.g. `http(s)://127.0.0.1:2580`.
+            credentials:
+                A mapping containing credentials (username and password) for buckets.
                 E.g. {"bucket1": { "username": "foo", "password": "bar" }}
+            verify:
+                Either a boolean, in which case it controls whether we verify
+                the server's TLS certificate, or a string, in which case it must be a path
+                to a CA bundle to use. Defaults to ``True``.
         """
         self._url = _parse_service_url(url)
         self._authenticator = defaultdict(
             lambda: {"username": "r", "password": "read"},
             credentials if credentials is not None else {},
         )
+        self._verify = verify
 
     @property
-    def buckets(self) -> MutableMapping[str, "Bucket"]:
+    def buckets(self) -> MutableMapping[str, Bucket]:
         """List all available buckets."""
         url = _build_url(service_url=self._url)
-        response = requests.get(url)
+        response = requests.get(url, verify=self._verify)
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError as ex:
@@ -155,28 +169,44 @@ def buckets(self) -> MutableMapping[str, "Bucket"]:
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return f"Service<{self._url}>"
 
-    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator["Bucket"]:
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Bucket]:
         yield from self.buckets
 
-    def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> "Bucket":
+    def __getitem__(self, item: str) -> Bucket:
         return self.buckets[item]
 
 
 class Bucket:
-    def __init__(self, name: str, service: str, username: str, password: str):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        service: str,
+        username: str,
+        password: str,
+        verify: bool | str = True,
+    ):
         """
         Create a new bucket instance.
 
         Args:
-            name: of the bucket.
-            service: url where this bucket is hosted on.
-            username: used for authentication.
-            password: used for authentication.
+            name:
+                Name of the bucket.
+            service:
+                Url where this bucket is hosted on.
+            username:
+                Username used for authentication.
+            password:
+                Password used for authentication.
+            verify:
+                Either a boolean, in which case it controls whether we verify
+                the server's TLS certificate, or a string, in which case it must be a path
+                to a CA bundle to use. Defaults to ``True``.
         """
         self._name = name
         self._service = _parse_service_url(service)
         self._username = username
         self._password = password
+        self._verify = verify
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"Bucket<{self.name} | on: {self._service}>"
@@ -192,7 +222,7 @@ def _auth(self) -> HTTPBasicAuth:
     @property
     def files(self) -> Iterable[str]:
         url = _build_url(service_url=self._service, bucket=self.name)
-        response = requests.get(url, auth=self._auth)
+        response = requests.get(url, auth=self._auth, verify=self._verify)
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError as ex:
@@ -205,7 +235,7 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[str]:
         yield from self.files
 
     def upload(
-        self, path: str, data: Union[ByteString, BinaryIO, Iterable[ByteString]]
+        self, path: str, data: ByteString | BinaryIO | Iterable[ByteString]
     ) -> None:
         """
         Uploads a file onto this bucket
@@ -215,7 +245,7 @@ def upload(
             data: raw content of the file.
         """
         url = _build_url(service_url=self._service, bucket=self.name, path=path)
-        response = requests.put(url, data=data, auth=self._auth)
+        response = requests.put(url, data=data, auth=self._auth, verify=self._verify)
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError as ex:
@@ -232,7 +262,7 @@ def delete(self, path) -> None:
             A BucketFsError if the operation couldn't be executed successfully.
         """
         url = _build_url(service_url=self._service, bucket=self.name, path=path)
-        response = requests.delete(url, auth=self._auth)
+        response = requests.delete(url, auth=self._auth, verify=self._verify)
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError as ex:
@@ -250,7 +280,9 @@ def download(self, path: str, chunk_size: int = 8192) -> Iterable[ByteString]:
             An iterable of binary chunks representing the downloaded file.
         """
         url = _build_url(service_url=self._service, bucket=self.name, path=path)
-        with requests.get(url, stream=True, auth=self._auth) as response:
+        with requests.get(
+            url, stream=True, auth=self._auth, verify=self._verify
+        ) as response:
             try:
                 response.raise_for_status()
             except HTTPError as ex:
@@ -296,7 +328,7 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterable[str]:
         yield from self._bucket.files
 
     def __setitem__(
-        self, key: str, value: Union[ByteString, BinaryIO, Iterable[ByteString]]
+        self, key: str, value: ByteString | BinaryIO | Iterable[ByteString]
     ) -> None:
         """
         Uploads a file onto this bucket.
@@ -325,7 +357,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         return f"MappedBucket<{self._bucket}>"
 
 
-def _chunk_as_bytes(chunk: Union[int, ByteString]) -> ByteString:
+def _chunk_as_bytes(chunk: int | ByteString) -> ByteString:
     """
     In some scenarios python converts single bytes to integers:
     >>> chunks = [type(chunk) for chunk in b"abc"]
@@ -373,7 +405,7 @@ def as_string(chunks: Iterable[ByteString], encoding: str = "utf-8") -> str:
     return _bytes(chunks).decode(encoding)
 
 
-def as_file(chunks: Iterable[ByteString], filename: Union[str, Path]) -> Path:
+def as_file(chunks: Iterable[ByteString], filename: str | Path) -> Path:
     """
     Transforms a set of byte chunks into a string.
 
diff --git a/exasol/bucketfs/version.py b/exasol/bucketfs/version.py
index 7ab25474..647d463f 100644
--- a/exasol/bucketfs/version.py
+++ b/exasol/bucketfs/version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # ATTENTION:
-# This file is generated, do not edit it manually!
+# This file is generated by exasol/toolbox/pre_commit_hooks/package_version.py when using:
+#   * either "poetry run nox -s fix"
+#   * or "poetry run version-check <path/version.py> --fix"
+# Do not edit this file manually!
 # If you need to change the version, do so in the project.toml, e.g. by using `poetry version X.Y.Z`.
 MAJOR = 0
 MINOR = 9
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 32697558..36d9f4c2 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "alabaster"
 version = "0.7.13"
 description = "A configurable sidebar-enabled Sphinx theme"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "2.1.2"
 description = "Bash tab completion for argparse"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ test = ["coverage", "flake8", "mypy", "pexpect", "wheel"]
 name = "astroid"
 version = "3.0.1"
 description = "An abstract syntax tree for Python with inference support."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
 files = [
@@ -47,7 +44,6 @@ typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.0.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
 name = "babel"
 version = "2.13.1"
 description = "Internationalization utilities"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -66,7 +62,6 @@ dev = ["freezegun (>=1.0,<2.0)", "pytest (>=6.0)", "pytest-cov"]
 name = "beautifulsoup4"
 version = "4.12.2"
 description = "Screen-scraping library"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6.0"
 files = [
@@ -85,7 +80,6 @@ lxml = ["lxml"]
 name = "black"
 version = "23.11.0"
 description = "The uncompromising code formatter."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -128,7 +122,6 @@ uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
 name = "certifi"
 version = "2023.11.17"
 description = "Python package for providing Mozilla's CA Bundle."
-category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -140,7 +133,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "1.16.0"
 description = "Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -205,7 +197,6 @@ pycparser = "*"
 name = "cfgv"
 version = "3.4.0"
 description = "Validate configuration and produce human readable error messages."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -217,7 +208,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "3.3.2"
 description = "The Real First Universal Charset Detector. Open, modern and actively maintained alternative to Chardet."
-category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7.0"
 files = [
@@ -317,7 +307,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "8.1.7"
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-category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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@@ -332,7 +321,6 @@ colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
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 version = "0.4.6"
 description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
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 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
 files = [
@@ -344,7 +332,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "6.7.0"
 description = "Add colours to the output of Python's logging module."
-category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 files = [
@@ -362,7 +349,6 @@ development = ["black", "flake8", "mypy", "pytest", "types-colorama"]
 name = "coverage"
 version = "7.3.2"
 description = "Code coverage measurement for Python"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -427,7 +413,6 @@ toml = ["tomli"]
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 version = "41.0.5"
 description = "cryptography is a package which provides cryptographic recipes and primitives to Python developers."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -473,7 +458,6 @@ test-randomorder = ["pytest-randomly"]
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 version = "0.3.7"
 description = "serialize all of Python"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -488,7 +472,6 @@ graph = ["objgraph (>=1.7.2)"]
 name = "distlib"
 version = "0.3.7"
 description = "Distribution utilities"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
@@ -500,7 +483,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "0.19"
 description = "Docutils -- Python Documentation Utilities"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -512,7 +494,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "0.6.2"
 description = ""
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<4.0"
 files = [
@@ -541,7 +522,6 @@ typer = {version = ">=0.7.0", extras = ["all"]}
 name = "exasol-udf-mock-python"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Mocking framework for Exasol Python UDFs"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = []
@@ -562,7 +542,6 @@ resolved_reference = "81abae735e2d44f8a3ae5e7559eeb942b327d76a"
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 version = "1.1.3"
 description = "Backport of PEP 654 (exception groups)"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -577,7 +556,6 @@ test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
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 version = "3.13.1"
 description = "A platform independent file lock."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -594,7 +572,6 @@ typing = ["typing-extensions (>=4.8)"]
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 version = "2022.12.7"
 description = "A clean customisable Sphinx documentation theme."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -612,7 +589,6 @@ sphinx-basic-ng = "*"
 name = "identify"
 version = "2.5.32"
 description = "File identification library for Python"
-category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=3.8"
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@@ -627,7 +603,6 @@ license = ["ukkonen"]
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 version = "3.4"
 description = "Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)"
-category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.5"
 files = [
@@ -639,7 +614,6 @@ files = [
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 version = "6.8.0"
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-category = "dev"
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-category = "dev"
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 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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@@ -702,7 +673,6 @@ files = [
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-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8.0"
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@@ -720,7 +690,6 @@ requirements-deprecated-finder = ["pip-api", "pipreqs"]
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@@ -738,7 +707,6 @@ i18n = ["Babel (>=2.7)"]
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-category = "main"
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 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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@@ -927,7 +899,6 @@ reports = ["lxml"]
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@@ -966,7 +936,6 @@ testing = ["beautifulsoup4", "coverage[toml]", "pytest (>=6,<7)", "pytest-cov",
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 python-versions = ">=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*"
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@@ -981,7 +950,6 @@ setuptools = "*"
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 description = "Flexible test automation."
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
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@@ -1002,7 +970,6 @@ tox-to-nox = ["jinja2", "tox"]
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 version = "1.24.4"
 description = "Fundamental package for array computing in Python"
-category = "dev"
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@@ -1823,7 +1774,6 @@ zstd = ["zstandard (>=0.18.0)"]
 name = "virtualenv"
 version = "20.24.6"
 description = "Virtual Python Environment builder"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -1844,7 +1794,6 @@ test = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.2.7)", "coverage-enable-subprocess
 name = "websocket-client"
 version = "1.6.4"
 description = "WebSocket client for Python with low level API options"
-category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -1857,11 +1806,27 @@ docs = ["Sphinx (>=6.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=1.1.0)"]
 optional = ["python-socks", "wsaccel"]
 test = ["websockets"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "werkzeug"
+version = "3.0.1"
+description = "The comprehensive WSGI web application library."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "werkzeug-3.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:90a285dc0e42ad56b34e696398b8122ee4c681833fb35b8334a095d82c56da10"},
+    {file = "werkzeug-3.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:507e811ecea72b18a404947aded4b3390e1db8f826b494d76550ef45bb3b1dcc"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+MarkupSafe = ">=2.1.1"
+
+[package.extras]
+watchdog = ["watchdog (>=2.3)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zipp"
 version = "3.17.0"
 description = "Backport of pathlib-compatible object wrapper for zip files"
-category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
@@ -1876,4 +1841,4 @@ testing = ["big-O", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools", "more-itertools", "p
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<4.0"
-content-hash = "9dbe985d23f2d8a1e31755e3cb3548e72127dbbecc9a9bff9297cee1285ac002"
+content-hash = "ad16e5777318a0c9b115013433edeeac93764e97296f11be16343a495e82cfc0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9da4f100..ba938836 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ toml = ">=0.10.2"
 sphinx-copybutton = "^0.5.0"
 myst-parser = "^0.18.1"
 exasol-toolbox = ">=0.3.0"
+pytest-localserver = "^0.8.1"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = [
diff --git a/test/integration/bucketfs_test.py b/test/integration/bucketfs_test.py
index 9e39bd8f..07c44dcb 100644
--- a/test/integration/bucketfs_test.py
+++ b/test/integration/bucketfs_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import random
 import string
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from inspect import cleandoc
 from typing import (
     ByteString,
     Iterable,
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@
 )
 
 import pytest
+import requests
 from integration.conftest import (
     File,
     TestConfig,
@@ -18,9 +21,22 @@
     Bucket,
     Service,
     as_bytes,
+    as_string,
 )
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def does_not_raise(exception_type: Exception = Exception):
+    try:
+        yield
+
+    except exception_type as ex:
+        raise AssertionError(f"Raised exception {ex} when it should not!") from ex
+
+    except Exception as ex:
+        raise AssertionError(f"An unexpected exception {ex} raised.") from ex
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "expected",
     [
@@ -125,3 +141,154 @@ def test_list_files_in_bucket(
     expected = {file.name for file in files}
     actual = {file for file in bucket}
     assert expected.issubset(actual)
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucketfs_service_fails(httpsserver):
+    bucketfs_service_response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(bucketfs_service_response, 200)
+    CREDENTIALS = {"default": {"username": "w", "password": "write"}}
+    service = Service(httpsserver.url, CREDENTIALS)
+
+    with pytest.raises(requests.exceptions.SSLError) as execinfo:
+        _ = [bucket for bucket in service]
+    assert "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" in str(execinfo)
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucketfs_service_can_be_bypassed(httpsserver):
+    bucketfs_service_response = cleandoc(
+        """
+        default
+        demo_foo
+        demo_bar
+        """
+    )
+    httpsserver.serve_content(bucketfs_service_response, 200)
+
+    CREDENTAILS = {"default": {"username": "w", "password": "write"}}
+    bucketfs = Service(httpsserver.url, CREDENTAILS, verify=False)
+
+    expected = ["default", "demo_foo", "demo_bar"]
+    actual = [bucket for bucket in bucketfs]
+    assert expected == actual
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_files_fails(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(requests.exceptions.SSLError) as execinfo:
+        _ = {file for file in bucket}
+    assert "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" in str(execinfo)
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_files_can_be_bypassed(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+        verify=False,
+    )
+
+    with does_not_raise(requests.exceptions.SSLError):
+        _ = {file for file in bucket}
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_upload_fails(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(requests.exceptions.SSLError) as execinfo:
+        data = bytes([65, 65, 65, 65])
+        bucket.upload("some/other/path/file2.bin", data)
+    assert "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" in str(execinfo)
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_upload_can_be_bypassed(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+        verify=False,
+    )
+
+    with does_not_raise(requests.exceptions.SSLError):
+        data = bytes([65, 65, 65, 65])
+        bucket.upload("some/other/path/file2.bin", data)
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_delete_fails(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(requests.exceptions.SSLError) as execinfo:
+        bucket.delete("some/other/path/file2.bin")
+    assert "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" in str(execinfo)
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_delete_can_be_bypassed(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+        verify=False,
+    )
+
+    with does_not_raise(requests.exceptions.SSLError):
+        bucket.delete("some/other/path/file2.bin")
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_download_fails(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+    )
+
+    with pytest.raises(requests.exceptions.SSLError) as execinfo:
+        _ = as_string(bucket.download("some/other/path/file2.bin"))
+    assert "CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED" in str(execinfo)
+
+
+def test_ssl_verification_for_bucket_download_can_be_bypassed(httpsserver):
+    response = "Client should not be able to retrieve this!"
+    httpsserver.serve_content(response, 200)
+    bucket = Bucket(
+        name="foo",
+        service=httpsserver.url,
+        username="user",
+        password="pw",
+        verify=False,
+    )
+
+    with does_not_raise(requests.exceptions.SSLError):
+        _ = as_string(bucket.download("some/other/path/file2.bin"))