diff --git a/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py b/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py
index 93d7328..feb4f33 100644
--- a/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py
+++ b/backend/services/scraper_backends/playwright_hotel_page.py
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ class PlaywrightHotelPageBackend(ScraperBackend):
                     '--disable-infobars',
                     '--disable-extensions',
                     '--blink-settings=imagesEnabled=false',
+                    # Some DataImpulse residential IPs drop Chromium's TLS 1.3
+                    # GREASE/key_share extensions mid-handshake. Force TLS 1.2
+                    # to use a simpler handshake those IPs can handle.
+                    '--ssl-version-max=tls1.2',
                 ],
             )