diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index ebdf2b3..f9213f2 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
     conf.check_osx_frameworks()
     conf.check_sqlite3()
-    conf.check_openssl(lib='crypto', atleast_version='1.0.2')
+    conf.check_openssl(lib='crypto', atleast_version='1.1.1')
 
     boost_libs = ['system', 'program_options', 'chrono', 'date_time', 'filesystem', 'thread', 'log']