diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0ab31ef19..c258af394 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1668,9 +1668,9 @@ checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.60"
+version = "0.10.61"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "79a4c6c3a2b158f7f8f2a2fc5a969fa3a068df6fc9dbb4a43845436e3af7c800"
+checksum = "6b8419dc8cc6d866deb801274bba2e6f8f6108c1bb7fcc10ee5ab864931dbb45"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cfg-if",
@@ -1709,9 +1709,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.96"
+version = "0.9.97"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3812c071ba60da8b5677cc12bcb1d42989a65553772897a7e0355545a819838f"
+checksum = "c3eaad34cdd97d81de97964fc7f29e2d104f483840d906ef56daa1912338460b"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
diff --git a/policy-controller/Cargo.toml b/policy-controller/Cargo.toml
index 267699142..487855eab 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 = "0.10.60", optional = true }
+openssl = { version = "0.10.61", optional = true }
 linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-index = { path = "./k8s/index" }
 linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-status = { path = "./k8s/status" }
 parking_lot = "0.12"