diff --git a/meraki/config.py b/meraki/config.py
index 43d33434..a56afcdf 100644
--- a/meraki/config.py
+++ b/meraki/config.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 API_KEY_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE = "MERAKI_DASHBOARD_API_KEY"
 
 # Base URL preceding all endpoint resources
-DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "https://api.meraki.com/api/v1"
+DEFAULT_BASE_URL = "http://api.meraki.com:10446/api/v1"
 
 # Maximum number of seconds for each API call
 SINGLE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60
diff --git a/meraki/rest_session.py b/meraki/rest_session.py
index dd788088..790443eb 100644
--- a/meraki/rest_session.py
+++ b/meraki/rest_session.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def request(self, metadata, method, url, **kwargs):
                         response.close()
                     if self._logger:
                         self._logger.info(f'{method} {abs_url}')
-                    response = self._req_session.request(method, abs_url, allow_redirects=False, **kwargs)
+                    response = self._req_session.request(method, abs_url, allow_redirects=False, verify=False, **kwargs)
                     reason = response.reason if response.reason else ''
                     status = response.status_code
                 except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: