diff --git a/homeassistant/components/smtp/notify.py b/homeassistant/components/smtp/notify.py
index e86b22690a4..943be229ec3 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/smtp/notify.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/smtp/notify.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers import config_validation as cv
 from homeassistant.helpers.reload import setup_reload_service
 from homeassistant.helpers.typing import ConfigType, DiscoveryInfoType
 from homeassistant.util import dt as dt_util
-from homeassistant.util.ssl import client_context
+from homeassistant.util.ssl import create_client_context
 
 from .const import (
     ATTR_HTML,
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def get_service(
 ) -> MailNotificationService | None:
     """Get the mail notification service."""
     setup_reload_service(hass, DOMAIN, PLATFORMS)
+    ssl_context = create_client_context() if config[CONF_VERIFY_SSL] else None
     mail_service = MailNotificationService(
         config[CONF_SERVER],
         config[CONF_PORT],
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ def get_service(
         config.get(CONF_SENDER_NAME),
         config[CONF_DEBUG],
         config[CONF_VERIFY_SSL],
+        ssl_context,
     )
 
     if mail_service.connection_is_valid():
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ class MailNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
         sender_name,
         debug,
         verify_ssl,
+        ssl_context,
     ):
         """Initialize the SMTP service."""
         self._server = server
@@ -136,23 +139,23 @@ class MailNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
         self.debug = debug
         self._verify_ssl = verify_ssl
         self.tries = 2
+        self._ssl_context = ssl_context
 
     def connect(self):
         """Connect/authenticate to SMTP Server."""
-        ssl_context = client_context() if self._verify_ssl else None
         if self.encryption == "tls":
             mail = smtplib.SMTP_SSL(
                 self._server,
                 self._port,
                 timeout=self._timeout,
-                context=ssl_context,
+                context=self._ssl_context,
             )
         else:
             mail = smtplib.SMTP(self._server, self._port, timeout=self._timeout)
         mail.set_debuglevel(self.debug)
         mail.ehlo_or_helo_if_needed()
         if self.encryption == "starttls":
-            mail.starttls(context=ssl_context)
+            mail.starttls(context=self._ssl_context)
             mail.ehlo()
         if self.username and self.password:
             mail.login(self.username, self.password)
diff --git a/tests/components/smtp/test_notify.py b/tests/components/smtp/test_notify.py
index 901d7e547fe..0eb8fda09c5 100644
--- a/tests/components/smtp/test_notify.py
+++ b/tests/components/smtp/test_notify.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from homeassistant.const import SERVICE_RELOAD
 from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant
 from homeassistant.exceptions import ServiceValidationError
 from homeassistant.setup import async_setup_component
+from homeassistant.util.ssl import create_client_context
 
 from tests.common import get_fixture_path
 
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ def message():
         "Home Assistant",
         0,
         True,
+        create_client_context(),
     )