diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6986222..cf10f44 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "hyper-rustls"
-version = "0.27.6"
+version = "0.27.7"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.71"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR ISC OR MIT"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ hyper-util = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = ["client-le
 log = { version = "0.4.4", optional = true }
 pki-types = { package = "rustls-pki-types", version = "1" }
 rustls-native-certs = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
-rustls-platform-verifier = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
+rustls-platform-verifier = { version = "0.6", optional = true }
 rustls = { version = "0.23", default-features = false }
 tokio = "1.0"
 tokio-rustls = { version = "0.26", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 2179d5b..3838261 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "rustls-native-certs")]
 use std::io;
-#[cfg(feature = "rustls-platform-verifier")]
-use std::sync::Arc;
 
 #[cfg(any(
     feature = "rustls-platform-verifier",
@@ -12,20 +10,38 @@ use rustls::client::WantsClientCert;
 use rustls::{ClientConfig, ConfigBuilder, WantsVerifier};
 #[cfg(feature = "rustls-native-certs")]
 use rustls_native_certs::CertificateResult;
+#[cfg(feature = "rustls-platform-verifier")]
+use rustls_platform_verifier::BuilderVerifierExt;
 
 /// Methods for configuring roots
 ///
 /// This adds methods (gated by crate features) for easily configuring
 /// TLS server roots a rustls ClientConfig will trust.
-pub trait ConfigBuilderExt {
+pub trait ConfigBuilderExt: sealed::Sealed {
     /// Use the platform's native verifier to verify server certificates.
     ///
     /// See the documentation for [rustls-platform-verifier] for more details.
     ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// Since 0.27.7, this method will panic if the platform verifier cannot be initialized.
+    /// Use `try_with_platform_verifier()` instead to handle errors gracefully.
+    ///
     /// [rustls-platform-verifier]: https://docs.rs/rustls-platform-verifier
+    #[deprecated(since = "0.27.7", note = "use `try_with_platform_verifier` instead")]
     #[cfg(feature = "rustls-platform-verifier")]
     fn with_platform_verifier(self) -> ConfigBuilder<ClientConfig, WantsClientCert>;
 
+    /// Use the platform's native verifier to verify server certificates.
+    ///
+    /// See the documentation for [rustls-platform-verifier] for more details.
+    ///
+    /// [rustls-platform-verifier]: https://docs.rs/rustls-platform-verifier
+    #[cfg(feature = "rustls-platform-verifier")]
+    fn try_with_platform_verifier(
+        self,
+    ) -> Result<ConfigBuilder<ClientConfig, WantsClientCert>, rustls::Error>;
+
     /// This configures the platform's trusted certs, as implemented by
     /// rustls-native-certs
     ///
@@ -43,11 +59,15 @@ pub trait ConfigBuilderExt {
 impl ConfigBuilderExt for ConfigBuilder<ClientConfig, WantsVerifier> {
     #[cfg(feature = "rustls-platform-verifier")]
     fn with_platform_verifier(self) -> ConfigBuilder<ClientConfig, WantsClientCert> {
-        let provider = self.crypto_provider().clone();
-        self.dangerous()
-            .with_custom_certificate_verifier(Arc::new(
-                rustls_platform_verifier::Verifier::new().with_provider(provider),
-            ))
+        self.try_with_platform_verifier()
+            .expect("failure to initialize platform verifier")
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "rustls-platform-verifier")]
+    fn try_with_platform_verifier(
+        self,
+    ) -> Result<ConfigBuilder<ClientConfig, WantsClientCert>, rustls::Error> {
+        BuilderVerifierExt::with_platform_verifier(self)
     }
 
     #[cfg(feature = "rustls-native-certs")]
@@ -106,3 +126,11 @@ impl ConfigBuilderExt for ConfigBuilder<ClientConfig, WantsVerifier> {
         self.with_root_certificates(roots)
     }
 }
+
+mod sealed {
+    use super::*;
+
+    pub trait Sealed {}
+
+    impl Sealed for ConfigBuilder<ClientConfig, WantsVerifier> {}
+}
diff --git a/src/connector.rs b/src/connector.rs
index 0ca5c5e..f8abe45 100644
--- a/src/connector.rs
+++ b/src/connector.rs
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ mod tests {
         let config_builder = rustls::ClientConfig::builder();
         cfg_if::cfg_if! {
             if #[cfg(feature = "rustls-platform-verifier")] {
-                let config_builder = config_builder.with_platform_verifier();
+                let config_builder = config_builder.try_with_platform_verifier()?;
             } else if #[cfg(feature = "rustls-native-certs")] {
                 let config_builder = config_builder.with_native_roots().unwrap();
             } else if #[cfg(feature = "webpki-roots")] {
diff --git a/src/connector/builder.rs b/src/connector/builder.rs
index 2e47df8..417d130 100644
--- a/src/connector/builder.rs
+++ b/src/connector/builder.rs
@@ -74,11 +74,26 @@ impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsTlsConfig> {
         feature = "rustls-platform-verifier"
     ))]
     pub fn with_platform_verifier(self) -> ConnectorBuilder<WantsSchemes> {
-        self.with_tls_config(
+        self.try_with_platform_verifier()
+            .expect("failure to initialize platform verifier")
+    }
+
+    /// Shorthand for using rustls' default crypto provider and other defaults, and
+    /// the platform verifier.
+    ///
+    /// See [`ConfigBuilderExt::with_platform_verifier()`].
+    #[cfg(all(
+        any(feature = "ring", feature = "aws-lc-rs"),
+        feature = "rustls-platform-verifier"
+    ))]
+    pub fn try_with_platform_verifier(
+        self,
+    ) -> Result<ConnectorBuilder<WantsSchemes>, rustls::Error> {
+        Ok(self.with_tls_config(
             ClientConfig::builder()
-                .with_platform_verifier()
+                .try_with_platform_verifier()?
                 .with_no_client_auth(),
-        )
+        ))
     }
 
     /// Shorthand for using a custom [`CryptoProvider`] and the platform verifier.
@@ -92,8 +107,8 @@ impl ConnectorBuilder<WantsTlsConfig> {
         Ok(self.with_tls_config(
             ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(provider.into())
                 .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
+                .and_then(|builder| builder.try_with_platform_verifier())
                 .map_err(|e| std::io::Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?
-                .with_platform_verifier()
                 .with_no_client_auth(),
         ))
     }