Atlassian Marketplace server not reachable due to "javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: protocol_version"

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Summary

Confluence is unable to reach the Atlassian Marketplace over HTTPS. 

Diagnosis

After Confluence tries to reach the Marketplace, an error like the following appears in the application logs:

1 2 2021-01-11 17:17:12,457 WARN [https-jsse-nio-443-exec-64] [atlassian.upm.pac.PacClientImpl] fetchMpacAppInfo Error when querying application info from MPAC: com.atlassian.marketplace.client.MpacException: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Received fatal alert: protocol_version -- referer: https://my.confluence.com/plugins/servlet/upm/marketplace/featured?source=side_nav_find_new_addons | url: /plugins/servlet/upm | traceId: 31a652053a96ebbe | userName: BBunny

Cause

Check the Java options used to start up Confluence for an incorrect TLS  client protocol.  For example:

1 -Djdk.tls.client.protocols=TLSv1

Solution

Remove the offending TLS client protocol entry using Configuring System Properties as a guide and restart Confluence.

Updated on March 21, 2025

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