diff --git a/modern/.env b/modern/.env
index 078dce23..489985ba 100644
--- a/modern/.env
+++ b/modern/.env
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LIBSTDCPP_PATCH_VERSION=28
 LIBSTDCPP_MAJOR_VERSION=10
 JENKINS_AGENT_VERSION=3248.v65ecb_254c298
 JAVA_JDK_VERSION=17
+OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1w
 
 GCC_VERSIONS=11.4.0
 GCC11_VERSION=11.4.0
diff --git a/modern/base/Dockerfile b/modern/base/Dockerfile
index 0d20cb50..5b408b3a 100644
--- a/modern/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/modern/base/Dockerfile
@@ -75,6 +75,21 @@ RUN groupadd -f conan-1001 -g 1001 \
     && adduser conan sudo \
     && printf "conan ALL= NOPASSWD: ALL\\n" >> /etc/sudoers
 
+ARG OPENSSL_VERSION
+
+RUN wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    && tar -xzf openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz \
+    && cd openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} \
+    && ./config --prefix=/usr/custom-ssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} --openssldir=/usr/custom-ssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} shared \
+    && make \
+    && make install \
+    && rm /usr/bin/openssl \
+    && ln -s /usr/local/bin/openssl /usr/bin/openssl \
+    && ldconfig \
+    && rm -rf openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
+
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/custom-ssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
 ARG PYTHON_VERSION
 
 RUN wget --no-check-certificate --quiet -O /tmp/pyenv-installer https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer/56d708c8bda56370c4bc1e2fce68087cfcd007eb/bin/pyenv-installer \
@@ -82,7 +97,9 @@ RUN wget --no-check-certificate --quiet -O /tmp/pyenv-installer https://raw.gith
     && /tmp/pyenv-installer \
     && rm /tmp/pyenv-installer \
     && update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/pyenv pyenv /opt/pyenv/bin/pyenv 100 \
-    && PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared" pyenv install ${PYTHON_VERSION} \
+    && LDFLAGS="-L/usr/custom-ssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}/lib" \
+    && CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/custom-ssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}/include" \
+    && PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared --with-openssl=/usr/custom-ssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}" pyenv install ${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     && pyenv global ${PYTHON_VERSION} \
     && find /opt/pyenv -iname __pycache__ -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf \
     && update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 /opt/pyenv/shims/python3 100 \
diff --git a/modern/compose.yml b/modern/compose.yml
index 29bf4ec9..59444de9 100644
--- a/modern/compose.yml
+++ b/modern/compose.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ x-common-args: &common-args
     LIBSTDCPP_VERSION: ${LIBSTDCPP_VERSION}
     LIBSTDCPP_PATCH_VERSION: ${LIBSTDCPP_PATCH_VERSION}
     LIBSTDCPP_MAJOR_VERSION: ${LIBSTDCPP_MAJOR_VERSION}
+    OPENSSL_VERSION: ${OPENSSL_VERSION}
     DOCKER_USERNAME: ${DOCKER_USERNAME}
     DOCKER_TAG: ${DOCKER_TAG}
     DISTRO: ${DISTRO}