diff --git a/parsedmarc/syslog.py b/parsedmarc/syslog.py
index 2d1c4c0..d96e56b 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/syslog.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/syslog.py
@@ -108,9 +108,12 @@ class SyslogClient(object):
                         return handler
                     else:
                         # TLS protocol
-                        # Create SSL context
+                        # Create SSL context with secure defaults
                         ssl_context = ssl.create_default_context()
 
+                        # Explicitly set minimum TLS version to 1.2 for security
+                        ssl_context.minimum_version = ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_2
+
                         # Configure server certificate verification
                         if cafile_path:
                             ssl_context.load_verify_locations(cafile=cafile_path)