diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSSL/OpenSSL-1.1.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSSL/OpenSSL-1.1.eb
index 001713087da..b4c7bcbd94e 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSSL/OpenSSL-1.1.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/o/OpenSSL/OpenSSL-1.1.eb
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ builddependencies = [('pkgconf', '1.8.0')]
 # component list, which will be build and installed as usual.
 
 components = [
-    (name, '1.1.1u', {
+    (name, '1.1.1w', {
         'easyblock': 'EB_OpenSSL',
         'source_urls': ['https://www.openssl.org/source/'],
         'sources': [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ],
-        'checksums': ['e2f8d84b523eecd06c7be7626830370300fbcc15386bf5142d72758f6963ebc6'],
+        'checksums': ['cf3098950cb4d853ad95c0841f1f9c6d3dc102dccfcacd521d93925208b76ac8'],
         'start_dir': '%(namelower)s-%(version)s',
     }),
 ]