diff --git a/cmake/macros/TargetOpenSSL.cmake b/cmake/macros/TargetOpenSSL.cmake
index f74015201d..faf5116a25 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/TargetOpenSSL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/TargetOpenSSL.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ macro(TARGET_OPENSSL)
         set(OPENSSL_LIBRARIES "${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libcrypto.a;${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libssl.a" CACHE STRING INTERNAL)
     else()
     	# using VCPKG for OpenSSL
-        find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+        find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.0 REQUIRED)
     endif()
 
     include_directories(SYSTEM "${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
diff --git a/ice-server/CMakeLists.txt b/ice-server/CMakeLists.txt
index 9234d68faf..eed795ca39 100644
--- a/ice-server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ice-server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ link_hifi_libraries(embedded-webserver networking shared)
 package_libraries_for_deployment()
 
 # find OpenSSL
-find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.0 REQUIRED)
 
 if (APPLE AND ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR} STREQUAL "/usr/include")
   # this is a user on OS X using system OpenSSL, which is going to throw warnings since they're deprecating for their common crypto
diff --git a/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 400615be90..a472c670bb 100644
--- a/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/launchers/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if (WIN32)
   set(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR ${SSL_DIR})
   message("SSL dir is ${SSL_DIR}")
   set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
-  find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.0 REQUIRED)
 
   message("-- Found OpenSSL Libs ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (APPLE)
   set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
-  find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+  find_package(OpenSSL 1.1.0 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Core Gui Qml Quick QuickControls2 Network REQUIRED)