diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3375a3c71b60b..5fb6dbdc37d91 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1448,9 +1448,9 @@ checksum = "1261fe7e33c73b354eab43b1273a57c8f967d0391e80353e51f764ac02cf6775"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.67"
+version = "0.10.68"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b8cefcf97f41316955f9294cd61f639bdcfa9f2f230faac6cb896aa8ab64704"
+checksum = "6174bc48f102d208783c2c84bf931bb75927a617866870de8a4ea85597f871f5"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.5.0",
  "cfg-if",
diff --git a/policy-controller/Cargo.toml b/policy-controller/Cargo.toml
index 280f6eb1dea65..f00eeed06e907 100644
--- a/policy-controller/Cargo.toml
+++ b/policy-controller/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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 = "0.10.67", optional = true }
+openssl = { version = "0.10.68", optional = true }
 linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-index = { path = "./k8s/index" }
 linkerd-policy-controller-k8s-status = { path = "./k8s/status" }
 parking_lot = "0.12"