diff --git a/libssh-rs-sys/Cargo.toml b/libssh-rs-sys/Cargo.toml
index fd13fc4..287e26f 100644
--- a/libssh-rs-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libssh-rs-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ cc = "1.0"
 
 [dependencies]
 libz-sys = { optional=true, version = "1.1", default-features = false, features = ["libc"] }
-# Pinned on this last version with openssl-src-300 until a newer release
-# is made that unblocks it.
-# <https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/1578>
-openssl-sys = "=0.9.71"
+openssl-sys = "~0.9"
 
 [features]
 vendored = ["libz-sys"]
diff --git a/libssh-rs/Cargo.toml b/libssh-rs/Cargo.toml
index daca785..aae2a41 100644
--- a/libssh-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libssh-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 bitflags = "1.3"
 libssh-rs-sys = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../libssh-rs-sys" }
 thiserror = "1.0"
-# Pinned on this last version with openssl-src-300 until a newer release
-# is made that unblocks it.
-# <https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/pull/1578>
-openssl-sys = "=0.9.71"
+openssl-sys = "~0.9"
 
 [features]
 vendored = ["libssh-rs-sys/vendored"]