diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18c9b6c27..c55a1d3f5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1669,9 +1669,9 @@ checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.59"
+version = "0.10.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a257ad03cd8fb16ad4172fedf8094451e1af1c4b70097636ef2eac9a5f0cc33"
+checksum = "79a4c6c3a2b158f7f8f2a2fc5a969fa3a068df6fc9dbb4a43845436e3af7c800"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -1710,9 +1710,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.95"
+version = "0.9.96"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40a4130519a360279579c2053038317e40eff64d13fd3f004f9e1b72b8a6aaf9"
+checksum = "3812c071ba60da8b5677cc12bcb1d42989a65553772897a7e0355545a819838f"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
diff --git a/policy-controller/Cargo.toml b/policy-controller/Cargo.toml
index 64e8e0927..a92cbefd6 100644
--- a/policy-controller/Cargo.toml
+++ b/policy-controller/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ipnet = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 linkerd-policy-controller-core = { path = "./core" }
 linkerd-policy-controller-grpc = { path = "./grpc" }
 linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-api = { path = "./k8s/api" }
-openssl = { version = "0.10.55", optional = true }
+openssl = { version = "0.10.60", optional = true }
 linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-index = { path = "./k8s/index" }
 linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-status = { path = "./k8s/status" }
 parking_lot = "0.12"