diff --git a/dev-libs/jose/jose-11.ebuild b/dev-libs/jose/jose-11.ebuild
index e20249556f..759d25b8f9 100644
--- a/dev-libs/jose/jose-11.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/jose/jose-11.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
 DEPEND="dev-libs/jansson"
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	dev-libs/openssl:=
+"
 BDEPEND=""