diff --git a/.requirements b/.requirements
index a8fd76b06332..43b242843c1e 100644
--- a/.requirements
+++ b/.requirements
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ KONG_LICENSE="ASL 2.0"
 
 RESTY_VERSION=1.19.9.1
 RESTY_LUAROCKS_VERSION=3.8.0
-RESTY_OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1m
+RESTY_OPENSSL_VERSION=1.1.1n
 RESTY_PCRE_VERSION=8.45
 LIBYAML_VERSION=0.2.5
 KONG_GO_PLUGINSERVER_VERSION=v0.6.1
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15277a382849..9c793c67b71b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 
 - Bumped pgmoon from 1.13.0 to 1.14.0
   [#8429](https://github.com/Kong/kong/pull/8429)
+- OpenSSL bumped to 1.1.1n
+  [#8544](https://github.com/Kong/kong/pull/8544)
 
 
 ## [2.8.0]