diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-resty-openssl-1.0.2.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-resty-openssl-1.0.2.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 05ba386d707..00000000000
--- a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-resty-openssl-1.0.2.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-message: Bump resty-openssl from 0.8.25 to 1.0.2
-type: dependency
-scope: Core
diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-resty-openssl.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-resty-openssl.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d682ab6735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-resty-openssl.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: Bump resty-openssl from 0.8.25 to 1.2.0
+type: dependency
+scope: Core
diff --git a/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec b/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec
index 127ec878673..3b0e10e449d 100644
--- a/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "lua-resty-healthcheck == 3.0.1",
   "lua-messagepack == 0.5.4",
   "lua-resty-aws == 1.3.5",
-  "lua-resty-openssl == 1.0.2",
+  "lua-resty-openssl == 1.2.0",
   "lua-resty-counter == 0.2.1",
   "lua-resty-ipmatcher == 0.6.1",
   "lua-resty-acme == 0.12.0",