diff --git a/deps/libssl/openssl b/deps/libssl/openssl
index 82b8b21b7d..75c1d8f45b 120000
--- a/deps/libssl/openssl
+++ b/deps/libssl/openssl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-openssl-openssl-3.0.7
\ No newline at end of file
+openssl-3.0.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/libssl/openssl-3.0.7.tar.gz b/deps/libssl/openssl-3.0.8.tar.gz
similarity index 63%
rename from deps/libssl/openssl-3.0.7.tar.gz
rename to deps/libssl/openssl-3.0.8.tar.gz
index f05cd8c4ca..6a01626a84 100644
Binary files a/deps/libssl/openssl-3.0.7.tar.gz and b/deps/libssl/openssl-3.0.8.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh b/deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a31e5f4fc9..93b35e3c75
--- a/deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh
+++ b/deps/libssl/verify-bio_st-match.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 pushd $(dirname $0) &>/dev/null
 trap 'popd &>/dev/null' EXIT
 
+echo "checking for './deps/libssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bio_local.h'"
+if [[ ! -e './openssl/crypto/bio/bio_local.h' ]]; then
+	echo "extracting 'openssl-*.tar.gz'"
+	tar -zxf openssl-*.tar.gz
+fi
+
 echo "extracting 'struct bio_st' from './deps/libssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bio_local.h'"
 DEPBIOST=$(cd ../../; cat ./deps/libssl/openssl/crypto/bio/bio_local.h | sed -n '/^struct bio_st {/,/}/p')