diff --git a/bundle/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties b/bundle/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties
index c2b3de8823..d9212dc339 100644
--- a/bundle/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties
+++ b/bundle/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ Args = -H:ReflectionConfigurationResources=${.}/reflection-config.json \
        --initialize-at-run-time=org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.handler.ssl.util.ThreadLocalInsecureRandom \
        --initialize-at-run-time=org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.util.AbstractReferenceCounted \
        --initialize-at-run-time=org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.util.internal.logging.Log4JLogger \
+       --initialize-at-run-time=org.neo4j.driver.internal.shaded.io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSL \
        -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true \
        -Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=DISABLED
diff --git a/driver/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties b/driver/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties
index 9d2171e945..b8cbad48c0 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties
+++ b/driver/src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/org.neo4j.driver/neo4j-java-driver/native-image.properties
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ Args = -H:ReflectionConfigurationResources=${.}/reflection-config.json \
        --initialize-at-run-time=io.netty.handler.ssl.util.ThreadLocalInsecureRandom \
        --initialize-at-run-time=io.netty.util.AbstractReferenceCounted \
        --initialize-at-run-time=io.netty.util.internal.logging.Log4JLogger \
+       --initialize-at-run-time=io.netty.internal.tcnative.SSL \
        -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true \
        -Dio.netty.leakDetection.level=DISABLED