diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 449d4967c20..e1bc77361e1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mariadb_dep = dependency('mariadb', required: false)
 mysql_dep = dependency('mysql', required: false)
 postgresql_dep = dependency('postgresql', required: get_option('POSTGRESQL'))
 zlib_dep = dependency('zlib', version: '>=1.2.13', static: true, fallback: ['zlib', 'zlib_dep'], required: true)
-openssl_dep = dependency('openssl', version: '>=1.1.1', static: true, fallback: ['openssl'], required: true)
+openssl_dep = dependency('openssl', version: ['>=1.1.1', '<3.0.0'], static: true, fallback: ['openssl'], required: true)
 utfcpp_dep = dependency('utf8cpp', static: true, required: false)
 if not utfcpp_dep.found()
   utfcpp_dep = dependency('utfcpp', static: true, fallback: ['utfcpp'], required: true)