diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index c55d23aeb0..5a1f17aa7a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ (define-public mysql
            libaio
            libtirpc
            ncurses
-           openssl
+           openssl-1.1
            procps
            rpcsvc-proto ; rpcgen
            sed