diff --git a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport.rb b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport.rb
index 804f1d23e..3c824ca70 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/lib/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport.rb
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ def on_error
       @failed += 1
     end
 
-    # Similar to HTTPTransport connection, but does not support Proxy and SSL
+    # Similar to HTTPTransport connection, but does not support Proxy
     def conn
       sidecar = URI(@sidecar_url)
       connection = ::Net::HTTP.new(sidecar.hostname, sidecar.port, nil)
-      connection.use_ssl = false
+      connection.use_ssl = sidecar.scheme == "https"
       connection
     end
   end
diff --git a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport_spec.rb b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport_spec.rb
index d6ae7bf95..8349f03d9 100644
--- a/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport_spec.rb
+++ b/sentry-ruby/spec/sentry/transport/spotlight_transport_spec.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,24 @@
       expect(subject.conn.port).to eq(80)
       expect(subject.conn.use_ssl?).to eq(false)
     end
+
+    it 'returns an SSL connection with the default HTTPS port' do
+      configuration.spotlight = 'https://foobar@test.com'
+      connection = described_class.new(configuration).conn
+
+      expect(connection.address).to eq('test.com')
+      expect(connection.port).to eq(443)
+      expect(connection.use_ssl?).to eq(true)
+    end
+
+    it 'preserves an explicitly specified HTTPS port' do
+      configuration.spotlight = 'https://foobar@test.com:8443'
+      connection = described_class.new(configuration).conn
+
+      expect(connection.address).to eq('test.com')
+      expect(connection.port).to eq(8443)
+      expect(connection.use_ssl?).to eq(true)
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#send_data' do