diff --git a/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.33-r1.ebuild b/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.33-r1.ebuild
index 4104af8..cea583f 100644
--- a/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.33-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/php/php-7.4.33-r1.ebuild
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="
 	sodium? ( dev-libs/libsodium:=[-minimal] )
 	spell? ( >=app-text/aspell-0.50 )
 	sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.7.6.3 )
-	ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-1.0.1:0= <dev-libs/openssl-3.0 )
+	ssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-3.0 )
 	tidy? ( app-text/htmltidy )
 	tokyocabinet? ( dev-db/tokyocabinet )
 	truetype? ( =media-libs/freetype-2* )