diff --git a/test/open-uri/test_ssl.rb b/test/open-uri/test_ssl.rb
index a4e20b553fb88e..2d6149e6543fc4 100644
--- a/test/open-uri/test_ssl.rb
+++ b/test/open-uri/test_ssl.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,26 @@ def test_validation_noverify
     }
   end
 
+  def test_validation_ssl_version
+    with_https {|srv, dr, url|
+      setup_validation(srv, dr)
+      URI.open("#{url}/data", :ssl_verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE, :ssl_version => :TLSv1_2) {|f|
+        assert_equal("200", f.status[0])
+        assert_equal("ddd", f.read)
+      }
+    }
+  end
+
+  def test_validate_bad_ssl_version_silently
+    with_https {|srv, dr, url|
+      setup_validation(srv, dr)
+      URI.open("#{url}/data", :ssl_verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE, :ssl_version => :TLS_no_such_version) {|f|
+        assert_equal("200", f.status[0])
+        assert_equal("ddd", f.read)
+      }
+    }
+  end
+
   def test_validation_failure
     unless /mswin|mingw/ =~ RUBY_PLATFORM
       # on Windows, Errno::ECONNRESET will be raised, and it'll be eaten by
@@ -107,16 +127,6 @@ def test_validation_failure
     }
   end
 
-  def test_validation_ssl_version
-    with_https {|srv, dr, url|
-      setup_validation(srv, dr)
-      URI.open("#{url}/data", :ssl_verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE, :ssl_version => :TLSv1_2) {|f|
-        assert_equal("200", f.status[0])
-        assert_equal("ddd", f.read)
-      }
-    }
-  end
-
   def with_https_proxy(proxy_log_tester=lambda {|proxy_log, proxy_access_log| assert_equal([], proxy_log) })
     proxy_log = []
     proxy_logger = WEBrick::Log.new(proxy_log, WEBrick::BasicLog::WARN)