diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 0b0e6ecbf4..98b259f17f 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ version 8.0:
 - Whisper filter
 - Drop support for OpenSSL < 1.1.0
 - Enable TLS peer certificate verification by default (on next major version bump)
+- Drop support for OpenSSL < 1.1.1
 - yasm support dropped, users need to use nasm
 - VVC VAAPI decoder
 - RealVideo 6.0 decoder
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6c1d6868ea..e1809a3e58 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7260,10 +7260,10 @@ enabled omx               && require_headers OMX_Core.h && \
 enabled openssl           && { { check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 3.0.0" openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl &&
                                  { enabled gplv3 || ! enabled gpl || enabled nonfree || die "ERROR: OpenSSL >=3.0.0 requires --enable-version3"; }; } ||
                                { enabled gpl && ! enabled nonfree && die "ERROR: OpenSSL <3.0.0 is incompatible with the gpl"; } ||
-                               check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 1.1.0" openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl ||
+                               check_pkg_config openssl "openssl >= 1.1.1" openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl ||
                                check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl -lssl -lcrypto ||
                                check_lib openssl openssl/ssl.h OPENSSL_init_ssl -lssl -lcrypto -lws2_32 -lgdi32 ||
-                               die "ERROR: openssl (>= 1.1.0) not found"; }
+                               die "ERROR: openssl (>= 1.1.1) not found"; }
 enabled pocketsphinx      && require_pkg_config pocketsphinx pocketsphinx pocketsphinx/pocketsphinx.h ps_init
 enabled rkmpp             && { require_pkg_config rkmpp rockchip_mpp  rockchip/rk_mpi.h mpp_create &&
                                require_pkg_config rockchip_mpp "rockchip_mpp >= 1.3.7" rockchip/rk_mpi.h mpp_create &&