diff --git a/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh b/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh
index ae868115756..f44933b9700 100755
--- a/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh
+++ b/pulp_certguard/tests/functional/artifacts/x509/gensrv.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ then
     -CA certificates/ca.pem \
     -CAkey keys/ca.pem \
     -CAcreateserial \
-    -set_serial $RANDOM
+    -set_serial $RANDOM \
     -subj "/CN=$HOSTNAME" &> /dev/null
 else
   openssl x509 \
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ else
     -CA certificates/ca.pem \
     -CAkey keys/ca.pem \
     -CAcreateserial \
-    -set_serial $RANDOM
+    -set_serial $RANDOM \
     -subj "/CN=$HOSTNAME" &> /dev/null
 fi
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c648cfd27cf..05ed3002cc1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "async-timeout>=4.0.3,<4.0.4;python_version<'3.11'",
   "backoff>=2.1.2,<2.2.2",
   "click>=8.1.0,<=8.1.8",
-  "cryptography>=38.0.1,<44.0.1",
+  "cryptography>=38.0.1,<44.0.3",
   "Django~=4.2.0",  # LTS version, switch only if we have a compelling reason to",
   "django-filter>=23.1,<=24.3",
   "django-guid>=3.3,<=3.5.0",