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SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE after upgrading to v1.25.x

See original GitHub issue

SSL handshake failure after upgrading from 1.24.2 to 1.25 or 1.25.1. Travis link: https://travis-ci.org/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/jobs/524114951 Downgrading to version 1.24.2 fixes the problem. Travis link: https://travis-ci.org/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/builds/524029312

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 603, in urlopen
    chunked=chunked)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 344, in _make_request
    self._validate_conn(conn)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 843, in _validate_conn
    conn.connect()
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/urllib3/connection.py", line 350, in connect
    ssl_context=context)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/urllib3/util/ssl_.py", line 369, in ssl_wrap_socket
    return context.wrap_socket(sock)
  File "/opt/python/3.6.3/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 407, in wrap_socket
    _context=self, _session=session)
  File "/opt/python/3.6.3/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 814, in __init__
    self.do_handshake()
  File "/opt/python/3.6.3/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 1068, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
  File "/opt/python/3.6.3/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 689, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLError: [SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:777)
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/requests/adapters.py", line 449, in send
    timeout=timeout
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 641, in urlopen
    _stacktrace=sys.exc_info()[2])
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/urllib3/util/retry.py", line 399, in increment
    raise MaxRetryError(_pool, url, error or ResponseError(cause))
urllib3.exceptions.MaxRetryError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='v2.sg.media-imdb.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /suggests/s/Southpaw.json (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:777)'),))
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/autosubliminal/indexer.py", line 351, in get_imdb_id_and_year
    api_obj = self._search(title, year)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/autosubliminal/indexer.py", line 273, in _search
    search_results = ImdbFacade().search_for_title(title)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/imdbpie/facade.py", line 87, in search_for_title
    for result in self._client.search_for_title(query):
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/imdbpie/imdbpie.py", line 182, in search_for_title
    search_results = self._suggest_search(title)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/imdbpie/imdbpie.py", line 160, in _suggest_search
    search_results = self._get(url=url, query=query_encoded)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/imdbpie/imdbpie.py", line 308, in _get
    resp = self.session.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/requests/sessions.py", line 546, in get
    return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/requests/sessions.py", line 533, in request
    resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/requests/sessions.py", line 646, in send
    r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
  File "/home/travis/build/h3llrais3r/Auto-Subliminal/lib/requests/adapters.py", line 514, in send
    raise SSLError(e, request=request)
requests.exceptions.SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='v2.sg.media-imdb.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /suggests/s/Southpaw.json (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE] sslv3 alert handshake failure (_ssl.c:777)'),))