diff --git a/packages/Tethering/AndroidManifestBase.xml b/packages/Tethering/AndroidManifestBase.xml
index fa85f66489d7e..97c3988829fe1 100644
--- a/packages/Tethering/AndroidManifestBase.xml
+++ b/packages/Tethering/AndroidManifestBase.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <application
         android:label="Tethering"
         android:defaultToDeviceProtectedStorage="true"
-        android:directBootAware="true">
+        android:directBootAware="true"
+        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true">
     </application>
 </manifest>