diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index dc3ac0d4..77cab369 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "mockall",
  "num-bigint",
  "once_cell",
- "openssl-src 111.28.1+1.1.1w",
+ "openssl-src",
  "r2d2",
  "r2d2_sqlite",
  "rand 0.8.5",
@@ -2855,15 +2855,6 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-src"
-version = "111.28.1+1.1.1w"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4bf7e82ffd6d3d6e6524216a0bfd85509f68b5b28354e8e7800057e44cefa9b4"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-src"
 version = "300.2.2+3.2.1"
@@ -2881,7 +2872,7 @@ checksum = "22e1bf214306098e4832460f797824c05d25aacdf896f64a985fb0fd992454ae"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
- "openssl-src 300.2.2+3.2.1",
+ "openssl-src",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
 ]
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 2a689961..501488e9 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ rust-version = "1.64"
 [build-dependencies]
 tauri-build = { version = "1.4", features = [] }
 # this is required to allow rdkafka to compile in windows
-openssl-src = { version = "111", features = ["force-engine"] }
+openssl-src = { version = "300", features = ["force-engine"] }
 
 [dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0"