diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ffd9ad0e..5656fa51 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "backon"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "49fef586913a57ff189f25c9b3d034356a5bf6b3fa9a7f067588fe1698ba1f5d"
+checksum = "970d91570c01a8a5959b36ad7dd1c30642df24b6b3068710066f6809f7033bb7"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "gloo-timers",
@@ -728,9 +728,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
-version = "0.3.11"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
+checksum = "9c9e6a11ca8224451684bc0d7d5a7adbf8f2fd6887261a1cfc3c0432f9d4068e"
 dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
 ]
@@ -1112,14 +1112,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43a49c392881ce6d5c3b8cb70f98717b7c07aabbdff06687b9030dbfbe2725f8"
+checksum = "73fea8450eea4bac3940448fb7ae50d91f034f941199fcd9d909a5a07aa455f0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "wasi 0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2",
- "windows-targets",
+ "r-efi",
+ "wasi 0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2535,6 +2535,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "r-efi"
+version = "5.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74765f6d916ee2faa39bc8e68e4f3ed8949b48cccdac59983d287a7cb71ce9c5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -2592,7 +2598,7 @@ version = "0.9.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "99d9a13982dcf210057a8a78572b2217b667c3beacbf3a0d8b454f6f82837d38"
 dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.3.1",
+ "getrandom 0.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2776,9 +2782,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f7178faa4b75a30e269c71e61c353ce2748cf3d76f0c44c393f4e60abf49b825"
+checksum = "e56a18552996ac8d29ecc3b190b4fdbb2d91ca4ec396de7bbffaf43f3d637e96"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "errno",
@@ -2789,13 +2795,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls"
-version = "0.23.24"
+version = "0.23.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96bf61953b1bc045820a2b947e6e9771c58c8c4b15242425b03f783ede1b34fe"
+checksum = "822ee9188ac4ec04a2f0531e55d035fb2de73f18b41a63c70c2712503b6fb13c"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-lc-rs",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
+ "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "rustls-webpki",
  "subtle",
@@ -3486,9 +3493,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "488960f40a3fd53d72c2a29a58722561dee8afdd175bd88e3db4677d7b2ba600"
 dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
- "getrandom 0.3.1",
+ "getrandom 0.3.2",
  "once_cell",
- "rustix 1.0.2",
+ "rustix 1.0.3",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
@@ -3575,9 +3582,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.3.39"
+version = "0.3.40"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dad298b01a40a23aac4580b67e3dbedb7cc8402f3592d7f49469de2ea4aecdd8"
+checksum = "9d9c75b47bdff86fa3334a3db91356b8d7d86a9b839dab7d0bdc5c3d3a077618"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa",
@@ -3590,15 +3597,15 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-core"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "765c97a5b985b7c11d7bc27fa927dc4fe6af3a6dfb021d28deb60d3bf51e76ef"
+checksum = "c9e9a38711f559d9e3ce1cdb06dd7c5b8ea546bc90052da6d06bb76da74bb07c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.20"
+version = "0.2.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8093bc3e81c3bc5f7879de09619d06c9a5a5e45ca44dfeeb7225bae38005c5c"
+checksum = "29aa485584182073ed57fd5004aa09c371f021325014694e432313345865fd04"
 dependencies = [
  "num-conv",
  "time-core",
@@ -4074,9 +4081,9 @@ checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
-version = "0.13.3+wasi-0.2.2"
+version = "0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26816d2e1a4a36a2940b96c5296ce403917633dff8f3440e9b236ed6f6bacad2"
+checksum = "9683f9a5a998d873c0d21fcbe3c083009670149a8fab228644b8bd36b2c48cb3"
 dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rt",
 ]
@@ -4304,9 +4311,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen-rt"
-version = "0.33.0"
+version = "0.39.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
+checksum = "6f42320e61fe2cfd34354ecb597f86f413484a798ba44a8ca1165c58d42da6c1"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f6e4ca39..4cea8ca8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ itertools = "0.14.0"
 json-patch = "4.0.0"
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.24.0", default-features = false, features = ["schemars", "v1_32"] }
 # We use rustls instead of openssl for easier portability, e.g. so that we can build stackablectl without the need to vendor (build from source) openssl
-kube = { version = "0.99.0", default-features = false, features = ["client", "jsonpatch", "runtime", "derive", "rustls-tls"] }
+kube = { version = "0.99.0", default-features = false, features = ["client", "jsonpatch", "runtime", "derive", "rustls-tls", "ring"] }
 opentelemetry = "0.23.0"
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }
 opentelemetry-appender-tracing = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
index ff1f5790..e9980cea 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Enable the `kube/ring` feature to use ring as the crypto provider for `rustls`. This will
+  otherwise cause runtime errors which result in panics ([#988]).
+
+[#988]: https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs/pull/988
+
 ## [0.87.4] - 2025-03-17
 
 ## [0.87.3] - 2025-03-14