diff --git a/Gemfile.jruby-3.1.lock.release b/Gemfile.jruby-3.1.lock.release
index 80187e329a..b6082719a1 100644
--- a/Gemfile.jruby-3.1.lock.release
+++ b/Gemfile.jruby-3.1.lock.release
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PATH
       i18n (~> 1)
       jar-dependencies (= 0.4.1)
       jrjackson (= 0.4.20)
-      jruby-openssl (~> 0.15.4)
+      jruby-openssl (~> 0.16.0)
       manticore (~> 0.6)
       minitar (~> 1)
       pry (~> 0.12)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ GEM
     jruby-jms (1.3.0-java)
       gene_pool
       semantic_logger
-    jruby-openssl (0.15.7-java)
+    jruby-openssl (0.16.0-java)
     jruby-stdin-channel (0.2.0-java)
     json (2.12.2-java)
     json-schema (2.8.1)
diff --git a/logstash-core/logstash-core.gemspec b/logstash-core/logstash-core.gemspec
index 4eeefc8750..b0d44be000 100644
--- a/logstash-core/logstash-core.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-core/logstash-core.gemspec
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'puma', '~> 6.3', '>= 6.4.2'
   gem.add_runtime_dependency 'ruby-maven-libs', '~> 3', '>= 3.8.9'
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "jar-dependencies",'= 0.4.1' # Pin to `0.4.1` until https://github.com/jruby/jruby/issues/7262 is resolved
-  gem.add_runtime_dependency "jruby-openssl", "~> 0.15.4" # Pin until upgrade to jruby 9.4.12.0 https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/17007 
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency "jruby-openssl", "~> 0.16.0"
 
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "treetop", "~> 1" #(MIT license)