diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 46d588c056f..795a568cc62 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ nullabilityPluginVersion=0.0.11
 snakeYamlVersion=2.5
 springFrameworkVersion=7.0.4-SNAPSHOT
 springFramework60xVersion=6.0.23
-tomcatVersion=11.0.15
+tomcatVersion=11.0.18
 
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizer.java b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizer.java
index 9b5afd1e6ee..590d3924c60 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizer.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizer.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.tomcat;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.catalina.connector.Connector;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Protocol;
 import org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLHostConfig;
 import org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLHostConfigCertificate;
 import org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLHostConfigCertificate.Type;
+import org.apache.tomcat.util.net.openssl.ciphers.OpenSSLCipherConfigurationParser;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.ssl.SslBundle;
@@ -113,14 +116,24 @@ public class SslConnectorCustomizer {
 			certificate.setCertificateKeyAlias(key.getAlias());
 		}
 		sslHostConfig.addCertificate(certificate);
-		if (options.getCiphers() != null) {
-			String ciphers = StringUtils.arrayToCommaDelimitedString(options.getCiphers());
-			sslHostConfig.setCiphers(ciphers);
-		}
+		configureCiphers(options, sslHostConfig);
 		configureSslStores(sslHostConfig, certificate, stores);
 		configureEnabledProtocols(sslHostConfig, options);
 	}
 
+	private void configureCiphers(SslOptions options, SSLHostConfig sslHostConfig) {
+		CipherConfiguration cipherConfiguration = CipherConfiguration.from(options);
+		if (cipherConfiguration != null) {
+			sslHostConfig.setCiphers(cipherConfiguration.tls12Ciphers);
+			try {
+				sslHostConfig.setCipherSuites(cipherConfiguration.tls13Ciphers);
+			}
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				// Tomcat version without setCipherSuites method. Continue.
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	private void configureEnabledProtocols(SSLHostConfig sslHostConfig, SslOptions options) {
 		if (options.getEnabledProtocols() != null) {
 			String enabledProtocols = StringUtils.arrayToDelimitedString(options.getEnabledProtocols(), "+");
@@ -147,4 +160,47 @@ public class SslConnectorCustomizer {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static class CipherConfiguration {
+
+		private final String tls12Ciphers;
+
+		private final String tls13Ciphers;
+
+		CipherConfiguration(String tls12Ciphers, String tls13Ciphers) {
+			this.tls12Ciphers = tls12Ciphers;
+			this.tls13Ciphers = tls13Ciphers;
+		}
+
+		static @Nullable CipherConfiguration from(SslOptions options) {
+			List<String> tls12Ciphers = new ArrayList<>();
+			List<String> tls13Ciphers = new ArrayList<>();
+			String[] ciphers = options.getCiphers();
+			if (ciphers == null || ciphers.length == 0) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			for (String cipher : ciphers) {
+				if (isTls13(cipher)) {
+					tls13Ciphers.add(cipher);
+				}
+				else {
+					tls12Ciphers.add(cipher);
+				}
+			}
+			return new CipherConfiguration(StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(tls12Ciphers),
+					StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(tls13Ciphers));
+		}
+
+		private static boolean isTls13(String cipher) {
+			try {
+				return OpenSSLCipherConfigurationParser.isTls13Cipher(cipher);
+			}
+			catch (Exception ex) {
+				// Tomcat version without isTls13Cipher method. Continue, treating all
+				// ciphers as TLSv1.2
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizerTests.java b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizerTests.java
index 69b49538ce0..af81da18728 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizerTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-tomcat/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/tomcat/SslConnectorCustomizerTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.catalina.startup.Tomcat;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SSLHostConfig;
+import org.apache.tomcat.util.net.openssl.ciphers.Cipher;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class SslConnectorCustomizerTests {
 
 	@Test
 	@WithPackageResources("test.jks")
-	void sslCiphersConfiguration() throws Exception {
+	void tls12CiphersConfiguration() throws Exception {
 		Ssl ssl = new Ssl();
 		ssl.setKeyStore("classpath:test.jks");
 		ssl.setKeyStorePassword("secret");
@@ -84,6 +85,42 @@ class SslConnectorCustomizerTests {
 		this.tomcat.start();
 		SSLHostConfig[] sslHostConfigs = connector.getProtocolHandler().findSslHostConfigs();
 		assertThat(sslHostConfigs[0].getCiphers()).isEqualTo("ALPHA:BRAVO:CHARLIE");
+		assertThat(sslHostConfigs[0].getCipherSuites()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@WithPackageResources("test.jks")
+	void tls13CiphersConfiguration() throws Exception {
+		Ssl ssl = new Ssl();
+		ssl.setKeyStore("classpath:test.jks");
+		ssl.setKeyStorePassword("secret");
+		ssl.setCiphers(new String[] { Cipher.TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256.getOpenSSLAlias(),
+				Cipher.TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384.getOpenSSLAlias() });
+		Connector connector = this.tomcat.getConnector();
+		SslConnectorCustomizer customizer = new SslConnectorCustomizer(this.logger, connector, ssl.getClientAuth());
+		customizer.customize(WebServerSslBundle.get(ssl), Collections.emptyMap());
+		this.tomcat.start();
+		SSLHostConfig[] sslHostConfigs = connector.getProtocolHandler().findSslHostConfigs();
+		assertThat(sslHostConfigs[0].getCiphers()).isEmpty();
+		assertThat(sslHostConfigs[0].getCipherSuites()).isEqualTo("TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@WithPackageResources("test.jks")
+	void mixedTls12AndTls13CiphersConfiguration() throws Exception {
+		Ssl ssl = new Ssl();
+		ssl.setKeyStore("classpath:test.jks");
+		ssl.setKeyStorePassword("secret");
+		ssl.setCiphers(new String[] { Cipher.TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256.getOpenSSLAlias(),
+				Cipher.TLS_DH_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256.getOpenSSLAlias(),
+				Cipher.TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384.getOpenSSLAlias() });
+		Connector connector = this.tomcat.getConnector();
+		SslConnectorCustomizer customizer = new SslConnectorCustomizer(this.logger, connector, ssl.getClientAuth());
+		customizer.customize(WebServerSslBundle.get(ssl), Collections.emptyMap());
+		this.tomcat.start();
+		SSLHostConfig[] sslHostConfigs = connector.getProtocolHandler().findSslHostConfigs();
+		assertThat(sslHostConfigs[0].getCiphers()).isEqualTo("DH-DSS-AES128-SHA256");
+		assertThat(sslHostConfigs[0].getCipherSuites()).isEqualTo("TLS_AES_128_CCM_SHA256:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384");
 	}
 
 	@Test