diff --git a/cmake/RippledCompiler.cmake b/cmake/RippledCompiler.cmake
index 4d16222cbe..bc3a62a48c 100644
--- a/cmake/RippledCompiler.cmake
+++ b/cmake/RippledCompiler.cmake
@@ -16,16 +16,13 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 target_compile_definitions (common
   INTERFACE
     $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:DEBUG _DEBUG>
-    #[===[
-    NOTE: CMAKE release builds already have NDEBUG defined, so no need to add it
-    explicitly except for the special case of (profile ON) and (assert OFF).
-    Presumably this is because we don't want profile builds asserting unless
-    asserts were specifically requested.
-    ]===]
-    $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${profile}>,$<NOT:$<BOOL:${assert}>>>:NDEBUG>
-    # TODO: Remove once we have migrated functions from OpenSSL 1.x to 3.x.
-    OPENSSL_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED
-)
+    $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${profile}>,$<NOT:$<BOOL:${assert}>>>:NDEBUG>)
+    # ^^^^ NOTE: CMAKE release builds already have NDEBUG
+    # defined, so no need to add it explicitly except for
+    # this special case of (profile ON) and (assert OFF)
+    # -- presumably this is because we don't want profile
+    # builds asserting unless asserts were specifically
+    # requested
 
 if (MSVC)
   # remove existing exception flag since we set it to -EHa
diff --git a/conan.lock b/conan.lock
index 0f11f086b4..ec790e16ce 100644
--- a/conan.lock
+++ b/conan.lock
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "rocksdb/10.0.1#85537f46e538974d67da0c3977de48ac%1756234304.347",
         "re2/20230301#dfd6e2bf050eb90ddd8729cfb4c844a4%1756234257.976",
         "protobuf/3.21.12#d927114e28de9f4691a6bbcdd9a529d1%1756234251.614",
-        "openssl/3.5.2#0c5a5e15ae569f45dff57adcf1770cf7%1756234259.61",
+        "openssl/1.1.1w#a8f0792d7c5121b954578a7149d23e03%1756223730.729",
         "nudb/2.0.9#c62cfd501e57055a7e0d8ee3d5e5427d%1756234237.107",
         "lz4/1.10.0#59fc63cac7f10fbe8e05c7e62c2f3504%1756234228.999",
         "libiconv/1.17#1e65319e945f2d31941a9d28cc13c058%1756223727.64",
diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 01f61c5d4e..3146b887e0 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Xrpl(ConanFile):
         'grpc/1.50.1',
         'libarchive/3.8.1',
         'nudb/2.0.9',
-        'openssl/3.5.2',
+        'openssl/1.1.1w',
         'soci/4.0.3',
         'zlib/1.3.1',
     ]