diff --git a/lib/std/http/Client.zig b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
index 77f4c6c6c3190d660deb8b0678ded70a139337e1..023bdd28bcdcf04bdab3197c1fa07a12ac9c6668 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Client.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Client.zig
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ pub const Connection = struct {
 
 /// A buffered (and peekable) Connection.
 pub const BufferedConnection = struct {
-    pub const buffer_size = 0x2000;
+    pub const buffer_size = std.crypto.tls.max_ciphertext_record_len;
 
     conn: Connection,
     read_buf: [buffer_size]u8 = undefined,
diff --git a/lib/std/http/Server.zig b/lib/std/http/Server.zig
index 2d3032bcdbea6d45b03d1c63fc4219932a403b9d..6b5db6725f76e9ec62a1527eba6b84a589f73c9e 100644
--- a/lib/std/http/Server.zig
+++ b/lib/std/http/Server.zig
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pub const Connection = struct {
 
 /// A buffered (and peekable) Connection.
 pub const BufferedConnection = struct {
-    pub const buffer_size = 0x2000;
+    pub const buffer_size = std.crypto.tls.max_ciphertext_record_len;
 
     conn: Connection,
     read_buf: [buffer_size]u8 = undefined,