diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8b8330f2..f1d07eea2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ if(BUILD_CLIENT)
     endif()
     find_package(Sphinx)
     find_package(PdfLatex)
-    find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED VERSION 1.1)
+    find_package(OpenSSL 1.1 REQUIRED )
 
    find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
    find_package(GLib2)