diff --git a/crates/buzz-push-gateway/Cargo.toml b/crates/buzz-push-gateway/Cargo.toml
index aec3c43b02..9c092f7d1d 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-push-gateway/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/buzz-push-gateway/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ metrics-exporter-prometheus = { workspace = true }
 nostr = { workspace = true }
 p256 = { version = "0.14", features = ["ecdsa", "pem", "pkcs8"] }
 rand = { workspace = true }
-reqwest = { workspace = true }
+reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["http2"] }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/buzz-push-gateway/src/apns.rs b/crates/buzz-push-gateway/src/apns.rs
index 8f6f182000..e6d96b2866 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-push-gateway/src/apns.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-push-gateway/src/apns.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,9 @@ impl ApnsTransport {
     /// Build a reusable APNs client from an Apple `.p8` private key.
     pub fn token(p8: &[u8], key_id: &str, team_id: &str, topic: String) -> Result<Self, ApnsError> {
         let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
+            // APNs requires HTTP/2. This no-op method reference is intentionally
+            // feature-gated so removing reqwest's `http2` feature fails the build.
+            .http2_keep_alive_while_idle(false)
             .timeout(Duration::from_secs(15))
             .build()
             .map_err(|_| ApnsError::Client)?;