diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d2281a5d..b5759b09 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -898,11 +898,11 @@ checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.55"
+version = "0.10.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "345df152bc43501c5eb9e4654ff05f794effb78d4efe3d53abc158baddc0703d"
+checksum = "79a4c6c3a2b158f7f8f2a2fc5a969fa3a068df6fc9dbb4a43845436e3af7c800"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
@@ -924,18 +924,18 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-src"
-version = "111.27.0+1.1.1v"
+version = "300.1.6+3.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06e8f197c82d7511c5b014030c9b1efeda40d7d5f99d23b4ceed3524a5e63f02"
+checksum = "439fac53e092cd7442a3660c85dde4643ab3b5bd39040912388dcdabf6b88085"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.91"
+version = "0.9.97"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "866b5f16f90776b9bb8dc1e1802ac6f0513de3a7a7465867bfbc563dc737faac"
+checksum = "c3eaad34cdd97d81de97964fc7f29e2d104f483840d906ef56daa1912338460b"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8e1d7957..117132b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ bls12_381 = { version = "=0.8.0", features = ["experimental"] }
 # the newer sha2 crate doesn't implement the digest traits required by HKDF
 group = "=0.13.0"
 sha2 = "=0.9.9"
-openssl = { version = "=0.10.55", features = ["vendored"], optional = true }
+openssl = { version = "=0.10.60", features = ["vendored"], optional = true }
 getrandom = { version = "=0.2.9", features = ["js" ]}
 # for secp sigs
 k256 = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["ecdsa"] }