I am trying to install packages within a OSGEO4w(QGIS 3.36.2) shell, but it fails with OPENSSL_Uplink(00007FF939F55C88,08): no OPENSSL_Applink. This is preventing me from installing any packages. How do I fix this error?

Version information:

C:OSGeo4W>pip --version
pip 24.0 from C:OSGeo4WappsPython312Libsite-packagespip (python 3.12)

Here is an example:

C:OSGeo4W>pip install D:AppsPythonpycellmech-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl
Processing d:appspythonpycellmech-2.1.8-py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied: matplotlib in c:osgeo4wappspython312libsite-packages (from pycellmech==2.1.8) (3.8.4)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:osgeo4wappspython312libsite-packages (from pycellmech==2.1.8) (1.26.4)
OPENSSL_Uplink(00007FF939F55C88,08): no OPENSSL_Applink