diff --git a/buildscripts/fetch_and_build_openssl.sh b/buildscripts/fetch_and_build_openssl.sh
index 9479727b694..c1a213744f6 100755
--- a/buildscripts/fetch_and_build_openssl.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/fetch_and_build_openssl.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PYTHON="$1"   # not needed anymore
 OPENSSL_MAKE_FLAGS="$2"
 OPENSSL_CONFIG_FLAGS="$3"
 
-OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1d
+OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1e
 OPENSSL_NAME=openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
 OPENSSL_TARBALL=${OPENSSL_NAME}.tar.gz
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ curl -L -o ${OPENSSL_TARBALL} \
 
 # To regenerate: shasum -a 256 -b $OPENSSL_TARBALL
 shasum -c /dev/fd/0 <<EOF || exit 3
-1e3a91bc1f9dfce01af26026f856e064eab4c8ee0a8f457b5ae30b40b8b711f2 *$OPENSSL_TARBALL
+694f61ac11cb51c9bf73f54e771ff6022b0327a43bbdfa1b2f19de1662a6dcbe *$OPENSSL_TARBALL
 EOF
 
 tar -xzf ${OPENSSL_TARBALL}