diff --git a/builders/macos-python-builder.psm1 b/builders/macos-python-builder.psm1
index 6b36fddc..72549a72 100644
--- a/builders/macos-python-builder.psm1
+++ b/builders/macos-python-builder.psm1
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ class macOSPythonBuilder : NixPythonBuilder {
         ### and then add the appropriate paths for the header and library files to configure command.
         ### Link to documentation (https://cpython-devguide.readthedocs.io/setup/#build-dependencies)
         if ($this.Version -lt "3.7.0") {
-            $env:LDFLAGS = "-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib -L/usr/local/opt/zlib/lib"
-            $env:CFLAGS = "-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include -I/usr/local/opt/zlib/include"
+            $env:LDFLAGS = "-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib -L/usr/local/opt/zlib/lib"
+            $env:CFLAGS = "-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/include -I/usr/local/opt/zlib/include"
         } else {
-            $configureString += " --with-openssl=/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1"
+            $configureString += " --with-openssl=/usr/local/opt/openssl@3"
 
             # For Python 3.7.2 and 3.7.3 we need to provide PATH for zlib to pack it properly. Otherwise the build will fail
             # with the error: zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available
diff --git a/tests/sources/python-config-test.py b/tests/sources/python-config-test.py
index ea40a8ae..14e63aa9 100644
--- a/tests/sources/python-config-test.py
+++ b/tests/sources/python-config-test.py
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@
 if os_type == 'Darwin':
     ### Validate openssl links
     if version_major == 3 and version_minor < 7:
-        expected_ldflags = '-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib'
+        expected_ldflags = '-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib'
         ldflags = sysconfig.get_config_var('LDFLAGS')
 
         if not expected_ldflags in ldflags:
             print('Invalid ldflags: %s; Expected: %s' % (ldflags, expected_ldflags))
             exit(1)
     else:
-        expected_openssl_includes = '-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/include'
-        expected_openssl_ldflags ='-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1/lib'
+        expected_openssl_includes = '-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/include'
+        expected_openssl_ldflags ='-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib'
 
         openssl_includes = sysconfig.get_config_var('OPENSSL_INCLUDES')
         openssl_ldflags = sysconfig.get_config_var('OPENSSL_LDFLAGS')