diff --git a/.github/actions/linux-before-install.sh b/.github/actions/linux-before-install.sh
index 396059ad..6e1ac2d0 100755
--- a/.github/actions/linux-before-install.sh
+++ b/.github/actions/linux-before-install.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ else
     tar xf openssl-$BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION.tar.gz
     cd openssl-$BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION
     echo "Compiling OpenSSL $BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION..."
-    ./config shared --prefix=$HOME/ssl
+    ./Configure --libdir=lib --prefix=$HOME/ssl
     echo "Running make for OpenSSL..."
     make -j$cpucount -s
     echo "Running make install for OpenSSL..."
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ else
     cd Python-$BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION
     echo "Compiling Python $BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION..."
     safe_flags="--with-openssl=$HOME/ssl --enable-shared --prefix=$HOME/python --with-ensurepip=upgrade"
-    unsafe_flags="--enable-optimizations --with-lto"
+    unsafe_flags="--enable-optimizations --with-lto --with-openssl=~/ssl --with-openssl-rpath=~~/ssl/lib"
     if [ ! -e Makefile ]; then
       echo "running configure with safe and unsafe"
       ./configure $safe_flags $unsafe_flags > /dev/null
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3d80ef9e..2cbec922 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ defaults:
 env:
   BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10.0"
   MIN_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10.0"
-  BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION: "1.1.1l"
+  BUILD_OPENSSL_VERSION: "3.0.0"
   MIN_OPENSSL_VERSION: "1.1.1l"
   PATCHELF_VERSION: "0.13"
   # PYINSTALLER_VERSION can be full commit hash or version like v4.20
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           path: |
             ~/python
             ~/ssl
-          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.jid }}-20211029
+          key: ${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.jid }}-20211030
 
       - name: Set env variables
         env: