diff --git a/python.changes b/python.changes
index 54715be..7d8a116 100644
--- a/python.changes
+++ b/python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Dec  6 13:48:27 UTC 2021 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- build against openssl 1.1.x (incompatible with openssl 3.0x) for now 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 15 08:17:46 UTC 2021 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index df2da47..909d195 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ BuildRequires:  libbz2-devel
 %if %{suse_version} >= 1500
 BuildRequires:  libnsl-devel
 %endif
-BuildRequires:  libopenssl-devel
+BuildRequires:  libopenssl-1_1-devel
 BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  readline-devel
 BuildRequires:  sqlite-devel