diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index e2720be078..0f4df0e23c 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -333,14 +333,18 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.log('Upgrading connection to TLS');
     }
-    const secureContext = Tls.createSecureContext({
-      ca: this.config.ssl.ca,
-      cert: this.config.ssl.cert,
-      ciphers: this.config.ssl.ciphers,
-      key: this.config.ssl.key,
-      passphrase: this.config.ssl.passphrase,
-      minVersion: this.config.ssl.minVersion
-    });
+    let secureContext
+    try {
+      secureContext = Tls.createSecureContext({
+        ca: this.config.ssl.ca,
+        cert: this.config.ssl.cert,
+        ciphers: this.config.ssl.ciphers,
+        key: this.config.ssl.key,
+        passphrase: this.config.ssl.passphrase,
+        minVersion: this.config.ssl.minVersion
+      })
+    } catch (error) {
+    }
     const rejectUnauthorized = this.config.ssl.rejectUnauthorized;
     let secureEstablished = false;
     const secureSocket = new Tls.TLSSocket(this.stream, {