diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
index 4fd8d55f35ad57..c3d182dbd705b9 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ def library_recipes():
 
     result.extend([
           dict(
-              name="OpenSSL 3.0.18",
-              url="https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/openssl-3.0.18/openssl-3.0.18.tar.gz",
-              checksum='d80c34f5cf902dccf1f1b5df5ebb86d0392e37049e5d73df1b3abae72e4ffe8b',
+              name="OpenSSL 3.5.4",
+              url="https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/download/openssl-3.5.4/openssl-3.5.4.tar.gz",
+              checksum="967311f84955316969bdb1d8d4b983718ef42338639c621ec4c34fddef355e99",
               buildrecipe=build_universal_openssl,
               configure=None,
               install=None,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2025-10-04-12-29-31.gh-issue-139573.vVpHaP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2025-10-04-12-29-31.gh-issue-139573.vVpHaP.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 02a3bfb41ce5ed..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2025-10-04-12-29-31.gh-issue-139573.vVpHaP.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Updated bundled version of OpenSSL to 3.0.18.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2025-10-13-23-46-12.gh-issue-132339.kAp603.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2025-10-13-23-46-12.gh-issue-132339.kAp603.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4526c97fdc0d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2025-10-13-23-46-12.gh-issue-132339.kAp603.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update macOS installer version of OpenSSL to 3.5.4.