diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-openssl.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-openssl.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d29ceaeb0a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-resty-openssl.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+message: "Bumped lua-resty-openssl from 1.4.0 to 1.5.0"
+type: dependency
diff --git a/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec b/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec
index e60441ef32d..4b718378a32 100644
--- a/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "lua-resty-healthcheck == 3.1.0",
   "lua-messagepack == 0.5.4",
   "lua-resty-aws == 1.5.0",
-  "lua-resty-openssl == 1.4.0",
+  "lua-resty-openssl == 1.5.0",
   "lua-resty-gcp == 0.0.13",
   "lua-resty-counter == 0.2.1",
   "lua-resty-ipmatcher == 0.6.1",