diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/34-api-ciphers.yml b/changelogs/fragments/34-api-ciphers.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf722b33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/34-api-ciphers.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "api - when using TLS/SSL, remove explicit cipher configuration to insecure values, which also makes it impossible to connect to newer RouterOS versions (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.routeros/pull/34)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/api.py b/plugins/modules/api.py
index bb5d7a86..9ad6031f 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/api.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/api.py
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@ def ros_api_connect(self, username, password, host, port, use_ssl):
                     conn_status["connection"]["port"] = port
                 ctx = ssl.create_default_context()
                 ctx.check_hostname = False
-                ctx.set_ciphers('ADH:@SECLEVEL=0')
                 api = connect(username=username,
                               password=password,
                               host=host,