following exception seen after upgrading to 8u261 (from 8u251)

javax.net.ssl|SEVERE|34|event-queue-vcn-rgn-api:10.241.21.139:9|2020-09-02 02:20:14.290 UTC|TransportContext.java:319|Fatal (INTERNAL_ERROR): closing inbound before receiving peer's close_notify (
"throwable" : {
  javax.net.ssl.SSLException: closing inbound before receiving peer's close_notify
   at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:133)
   at sun.security.ssl.Alert.createSSLException(Alert.java:117)
   at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:314)
   at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:270)
   at sun.security.ssl.TransportContext.fatal(TransportContext.java:261)
   at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.shutdownInput(SSLSocketImpl.java:656)
   at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.shutdownInput(SSLSocketImpl.java:635)
   at org.apache.http.impl.BHttpConnectionBase.close(BHttpConnectionBase.java:325)
   at org.apache.http.impl.conn.CPoolEntry.closeConnection(CPoolEntry.java:70)
   at org.apache.http.impl.conn.CPoolProxy.close(CPoolProxy.java:86)
   at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ConnectionHolder.releaseConnection(ConnectionHolder.java:103)
   at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.ConnectionHolder.close(ConnectionHolder.java:156)
   at org.apache.http.impl.execchain.HttpResponseProxy.close(HttpResponseProxy.java:62)
   at com.oracle.pic.commons.client.http.OracleApacheConnector$2.close(OracleApacheConnector.java:482)
   at java.io.FilterInputStream.close(FilterInputStream.java:181)