diff --git a/aiosocks/__init__.py b/aiosocks/__init__.py
index a1246d1..67b7866 100644
--- a/aiosocks/__init__.py
+++ b/aiosocks/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 )
 from .protocols import Socks4Protocol, Socks5Protocol, DEFAULT_LIMIT
 
-__version__ = '0.2.5'
+__version__ = '0.2.6'
 
 __all__ = ('Socks4Protocol', 'Socks5Protocol', 'Socks4Auth',
            'Socks5Auth', 'Socks4Addr', 'Socks5Addr', 'SocksError',
diff --git a/aiosocks/protocols.py b/aiosocks/protocols.py
index a1fa4ff..0488756 100644
--- a/aiosocks/protocols.py
+++ b/aiosocks/protocols.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import asyncio
 import socket
 import struct
+from asyncio import sslproto
+
 from . import constants as c
 from .helpers import (
     Socks4Addr, Socks5Addr, Socks5Auth, Socks4Auth
@@ -67,20 +69,20 @@ async def negotiate(self, reader, writer):
             if self._ssl:
                 # Creating a ssl transport needs to be reworked.
                 # See details: http://bugs.python.org/issue23749
-                sock = self._transport.get_extra_info('socket')
-
-                # temporary fix:
-                self._transport.pause_reading()
-                self._transport._closing = True
-                self._transport._sock = None
-                self._transport._protocol = None
-                self._transport._loop = None
-
-                self._transport = self._loop._make_ssl_transport(
-                    rawsock=sock, protocol=self._app_protocol,
-                    sslcontext=self._ssl, server_side=False,
-                    server_hostname=self._server_hostname,
-                    waiter=self._waiter)
+                self._tls_protocol = sslproto.SSLProtocol(
+                    app_protocol=self, sslcontext=self._ssl, server_side=False,
+                    server_hostname=self._server_hostname, waiter=self._waiter,
+                    loop=self._loop, call_connection_made=False)
+
+                # starttls
+                original_transport = self._transport
+                self._transport.set_protocol(self._tls_protocol)
+                self._transport = self._tls_protocol._app_transport
+
+                self._tls_protocol.connection_made(original_transport)
+
+                self._loop.call_soon(self._app_protocol.connection_made,
+                                     self._transport)
             else:
                 self._loop.call_soon(self._app_protocol.connection_made,
                                      self._transport)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 62dea31..279db07 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
         raise RuntimeError('Unable to determine version.')
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 5, 0):
-    raise RuntimeError("aiosocks requires Python 3.5+")
+if sys.version_info < (3, 5, 3):
+    raise RuntimeError("aiosocks requires Python 3.5.3+")
 
 
 setup(
diff --git a/tests/test_functional.py b/tests/test_functional.py
index 798de9b..dcd56da 100644
--- a/tests/test_functional.py
+++ b/tests/test_functional.py
@@ -265,8 +265,12 @@ async def handler(request):
     ws = RawTestServer(handler, scheme='https', host='127.0.0.1', loop=loop)
     await ws.start_server(loop=loop, ssl=sslcontext)
 
-    v_fp = b's\x93\xfd:\xed\x08\x1do\xa9\xaeq9\x1a\xe3\xc5\x7f\x89\xe7l\xf9'
-    inv_fp = b's\x93\xfd:\xed\x08\x1do\xa9\xaeq9\x1a\xe3\xc5\x7f\x89\xe7l\x10'
+    v_fp = (b'0\x9a\xc9D\x83\xdc\x91\'\x88\x91\x11\xa1d\x97\xfd'
+            b'\xcb~7U\x14D@L'
+            b'\x11\xab\x99\xa8\xae\xb7\x14\xee\x8b')
+    inv_fp = (b'0\x9d\xc9D\x83\xdc\x91\'\x88\x91\x11\xa1d\x97\xfd'
+              b'\xcb~7U\x14D@L'
+              b'\x11\xab\x99\xa8\xae\xb7\x14\xee\x9e')
 
     async with FakeSocks4Srv(loop) as srv:
         v_conn = ProxyConnector(loop=loop, remote_resolve=False,
diff --git a/tests/test_protocols.py b/tests/test_protocols.py
index ee529f7..d242be6 100644
--- a/tests/test_protocols.py
+++ b/tests/test_protocols.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import socket
 import ssl as ssllib
 from unittest import mock
-from asyncio import coroutine as coro
+from asyncio import coroutine as coro, sslproto
 from aiohttp.test_utils import make_mocked_coro
 import aiosocks.constants as c
 from aiosocks.protocols import BaseSocksProtocol
@@ -272,10 +272,7 @@ async def test_base_make_ssl_proto():
     proto._transport = mock.Mock()
     await proto.negotiate(None, None)
 
-    mtr = loop_mock._make_ssl_transport
-
-    assert mtr.called
-    assert mtr.call_args[1]['sslcontext'] is ssl_context
+    assert isinstance(proto._transport, sslproto._SSLProtocolTransport)
 
 
 async def test_base_func_negotiate_cb_call():