diff --git a/awx/main/utils/encryption.py b/awx/main/utils/encryption.py
index d23685d33456..5ece1997ab7c 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils/encryption.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils/encryption.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet, InvalidToken
 from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
+from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.ciphers import algorithms
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, smart_bytes
 
 __all__ = ['get_encryption_key', 'encrypt_field', 'decrypt_field', 'encrypt_value', 'decrypt_value', 'encrypt_dict']
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ def __init__(self, key, backend=None):
         self._signing_key = key[:32]
         self._encryption_key = key[32:]
         self._backend = backend
+        # Required for compatibility with cryptography >= 50.0.0
+        self._aes = algorithms.AES(self._encryption_key)
 
 
 def get_encryption_key(field_name, pk=None, secret_key=None):