diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fb1cdfcdaaf..d772d3d977b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2807,7 +2807,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quick-protobuf",
  "quickcheck-ext",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.17.2",
  "rmp-serde",
  "sec1 0.7.3",
  "serde",
@@ -3266,7 +3266,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p-swarm",
  "libp2p-yamux",
  "rcgen 0.10.0",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.17.2",
  "rustls 0.21.6",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -4376,7 +4376,7 @@ checksum = "f8c8bb234e70c863204303507d841e7fa2295e95c822b2bb4ca8ebf57f17b1cb"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls 0.21.6",
  "slab",
@@ -4507,7 +4507,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6413f3de1edee53342e6138e75b56d32e7bc6e332b3bd62d497b1929d4cfbcdd"
 dependencies = [
  "pem",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "time",
  "yasna",
 ]
@@ -4519,7 +4519,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ffbe84efe2f38dea12e9bfc1f65377fdf03e53a18cb3b995faedf7934c7e785b"
 dependencies = [
  "pem",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "time",
  "x509-parser 0.14.0",
  "yasna",
@@ -4699,12 +4699,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "spin",
- "untrusted",
+ "spin 0.5.2",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
  "web-sys",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ring"
+version = "0.17.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "911b295d2d302948838c8ac142da1ee09fa7863163b44e6715bc9357905878b8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "getrandom 0.2.10",
+ "libc",
+ "spin 0.9.8",
+ "untrusted 0.9.0",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ringbuf"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -4875,7 +4889,7 @@ checksum = "35edb675feee39aec9c99fa5ff985081995a06d594114ae14cbe797ad7b7a6d7"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.13.1",
  "log",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "sct 0.6.1",
  "webpki 0.21.4",
 ]
@@ -4887,7 +4901,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fff78fc74d175294f4e83b28343315ffcfb114b156f0185e9741cb5570f50e2f"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "sct 0.7.0",
  "webpki 0.22.0",
 ]
@@ -4899,7 +4913,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1d1feddffcfcc0b33f5c6ce9a29e341e4cd59c3f78e7ee45f4a40c038b1d6cbb"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "rustls-webpki",
  "sct 0.7.0",
 ]
@@ -4931,8 +4945,8 @@ version = "0.101.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "513722fd73ad80a71f72b61009ea1b584bcfa1483ca93949c8f290298837fa59"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5002,8 +5016,8 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b362b83898e0e69f38515b82ee15aa80636befe47c3b6d3d89a911e78fc228ce"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5012,8 +5026,8 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d53dcdb7c9f8158937a7981b48accfd39a43af418591a5d008c7b22b5e1b7ca4"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5323,7 +5337,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chacha20poly1305",
  "curve25519-dalek 4.0.0",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "rustc_version",
  "sha2 0.10.7",
  "subtle",
@@ -5370,6 +5384,12 @@ version = "0.5.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "spin"
+version = "0.9.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6980e8d7511241f8acf4aebddbb1ff938df5eebe98691418c4468d0b72a96a67"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spki"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -5422,7 +5442,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "md-5",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "subtle",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -5935,7 +5955,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "md-5",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "stun",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
@@ -6038,6 +6058,12 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a156c684c91ea7d62626509bce3cb4e1d9ed5c4d978f7b4352658f96a4c26b4a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "untrusted"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
 version = "2.4.0"
@@ -6276,8 +6302,8 @@ version = "0.21.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b8e38c0608262c46d4a56202ebabdeb094cef7e560ca7a226c6bf055188aa4ea"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6286,8 +6312,8 @@ version = "0.22.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f095d78192e208183081cc07bc5515ef55216397af48b873e5edcd72637fa1bd"
 dependencies = [
- "ring",
- "untrusted",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
+ "untrusted 0.7.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6323,7 +6349,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rcgen 0.10.0",
  "regex",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "rtcp",
  "rtp",
  "rustls 0.19.1",
@@ -6390,7 +6416,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "rcgen 0.9.3",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "rustls 0.19.1",
  "sec1 0.3.0",
  "serde",
@@ -6753,7 +6779,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "nom",
  "oid-registry 0.6.1",
- "ring",
+ "ring 0.16.20",
  "rusticata-macros",
  "thiserror",
  "time",
diff --git a/identity/Cargo.toml b/identity/Cargo.toml
index ed74c5e9836..e7f9ba00f65 100644
--- a/identity/Cargo.toml
+++ b/identity/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 zeroize = { version = "1.6", optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-ring = { version = "0.16.9", features = ["alloc", "std"], default-features = false, optional = true}
+ring = { version = "0.17.2", features = ["alloc", "std"], default-features = false, optional = true}
 
 [features]
 secp256k1 = [ "dep:libsecp256k1", "dep:asn1_der", "dep:rand", "dep:sha2", "dep:zeroize" ]
diff --git a/transports/tls/Cargo.toml b/transports/tls/Cargo.toml
index 81da6858388..30149716232 100644
--- a/transports/tls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/transports/tls/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ futures-rustls = "0.24.0"
 libp2p-core = { workspace = true }
 libp2p-identity = { workspace = true }
 rcgen = "0.10.0"
-ring = "0.16.20"
+ring = "0.17.2"
 thiserror = "1.0.44"
 webpki = { version = "0.22.0", features = ["std"] }
 x509-parser = "0.15.1"