diff --git a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
index 62868a2d42..32f40dd585 100644
--- a/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/NEXT_CHANGELOG.md
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ By [@garypen](https://github.com/garypen) in https://github.com/apollographql/ro
 
 ## 🐛 Fixes
 
+### ca-certificates issue on the 1.4.0 version's docker image ([Issue #2145](https://github.com/apollographql/router/issues/2145))
+
+A regression has been fixed which caused the router to panic when running on Uplink mode from the docker image
+
+By [@eole1712](https://github.com/eole1712) in https://github.com/apollographql/router/pull/2146
+
 ### Improve errors when subgraph returns non-GraphQL response with a non-2xx status code ([Issue #2117](https://github.com/apollographql/router/issues/2117))
 
 The error response will now contain the status code and status name. Example: `HTTP fetch failed from 'my-service': 401 Unauthorized`
diff --git a/dockerfiles/diy/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.repo b/dockerfiles/diy/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.repo
index 3e0a5b9664..d71fe3c871 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/diy/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.repo
+++ b/dockerfiles/diy/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.repo
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/router
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get -y install \
     npm \
-    nodejs
+    nodejs \
+    ca-certificates
 
 # Add rustfmt since build requires it
 RUN rustup component add rustfmt
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/apollographql/router"
 
 # Copy in the required files from our build image
 COPY --from=build --chown=root:root /dist /dist
+COPY --from=build --chown=root:root /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
 WORKDIR /dist