diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac490d64ab..5a56659b2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- 🐛(y-provider) send X-Forwarded-Proto on internal backend calls #2541
 - 🐛(frontend) redirect homepage to login when homepage feat is disabled #2521
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/__tests__/collaborationBackend.test.ts b/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/__tests__/collaborationBackend.test.ts
index 17c88cf0be..411167df27 100644
--- a/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/__tests__/collaborationBackend.test.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/__tests__/collaborationBackend.test.ts
@@ -63,4 +63,29 @@ describe('CollaborationBackend', () => {
 
     axiosGetSpy.mockRestore();
   });
+
+  test('always sends X-Forwarded-Proto: https regardless of the incoming header', async () => {
+    const axiosGetSpy = vi.spyOn(axios, 'get').mockResolvedValue({
+      status: 200,
+      data: { id: 'test-user-id', email: 'test@example.com' },
+    });
+
+    const { fetchCurrentUser } = await import('@/api/collaborationBackend');
+
+    await fetchCurrentUser({
+      cookie: 'test-cookie',
+      'x-forwarded-proto': 'http',
+    });
+
+    expect(axiosGetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'http://app-dev:8000/api/v1.0/users/me/',
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        headers: expect.objectContaining({
+          'X-Forwarded-Proto': 'https',
+        }),
+      }),
+    );
+
+    axiosGetSpy.mockRestore();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/src/api/collaborationBackend.ts b/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/src/api/collaborationBackend.ts
index a9ae76b247..b10bb754ca 100644
--- a/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/src/api/collaborationBackend.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/servers/y-provider/src/api/collaborationBackend.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ interface Doc {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * In production the backend sets SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT and only trusts
+ * X-Forwarded-Proto to tell whether TLS was terminated upstream. This call is
+ * internal, so when COLLABORATION_BACKEND_BASE_URL points at the backend
+ * directly it never crosses the reverse proxy: nothing sets the header, Django
+ * answers a 301 to https://<host>:<port>, and the client then speaks TLS to a
+ * port that serves plain HTTP.
+ *
+ * Always send https: it is the safe default given the current Production
+ * settings. Relaying the client's own X-Forwarded-Proto would let a client
+ * that sends X-Forwarded-Proto: http on its WebSocket upgrade force a 301 and
+ * break its own connection — a vector this fix has no reason to introduce.
+ */
 async function fetch<T>(
   path: string,
   requestHeaders: IncomingHttpHeaders,
@@ -63,6 +76,7 @@ async function fetch<T>(
         cookie: requestHeaders['cookie'],
         origin: requestHeaders['origin'],
         'X-Y-Provider-Key': Y_PROVIDER_API_KEY,
+        'X-Forwarded-Proto': 'https',
       },
     },
   );