diff --git a/src/core/api.js b/src/core/api.js
index c90f78f7..a366ad09 100644
--- a/src/core/api.js
+++ b/src/core/api.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import loc from "../localization/manager.js";
 
 import { createResponse, normalizeRequest, getIP } from "../modules/processing/request.js";
 import { verifyStream, getInternalStream } from "../modules/stream/manage.js";
+import { randomizeCiphers } from '../modules/sub/randomize-ciphers.js';
 import { extract } from "../modules/processing/url.js";
 import match from "../modules/processing/match.js";
 import stream from "../modules/stream/stream.js";
@@ -215,6 +216,9 @@ export function runAPI(express, app, gitCommit, gitBranch, __dirname) {
         res.redirect('/api/serverInfo')
     })
 
+    randomizeCiphers();
+    setInterval(randomizeCiphers, 1000 * 60 * 30); // shuffle ciphers every 30 minutes
+
     app.listen(env.apiPort, env.listenAddress, () => {
         console.log(`\n` +
             `${Cyan("cobalt")} API ${Bright(`v.${version}-${gitCommit} (${gitBranch})`)}\n` +
diff --git a/src/modules/sub/randomize-ciphers.js b/src/modules/sub/randomize-ciphers.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e11e1ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/sub/randomize-ciphers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import tls from 'node:tls';
+import { randomBytes } from 'node:crypto';
+
+const ORIGINAL_CIPHERS = tls.DEFAULT_CIPHERS;
+
+// How many ciphers from the top of the list to shuffle.
+// The remaining ciphers are left in the original order.
+const TOP_N_SHUFFLE = 8;
+
+// Modified variation of https://stackoverflow.com/a/12646864
+const shuffleArray = (array) => {
+    for (let i = array.length - 1; i > 0; i--) {
+        const j = randomBytes(4).readUint32LE() % array.length;
+        [array[i], array[j]] = [array[j], array[i]];
+    }
+
+    return array;
+}
+
+export const randomizeCiphers = () => {
+    do {
+        const cipherList = ORIGINAL_CIPHERS.split(':');
+        const shuffled = shuffleArray(cipherList.slice(0, TOP_N_SHUFFLE));
+        const retained = cipherList.slice(TOP_N_SHUFFLE);
+
+        tls.DEFAULT_CIPHERS = [ ...shuffled, ...retained ].join(':');
+    } while (tls.DEFAULT_CIPHERS === ORIGINAL_CIPHERS);
+}