diff --git a/libevent.spec b/libevent.spec
index 62f60cb274bf4c9eda91339d2b6f5ff58b2dbf60..8a99c1526075adcb6acfbaec212928b8c992c5d1 100644
--- a/libevent.spec
+++ b/libevent.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ License:        BSD
 URL:            http://libevent.org/
 Source0:        https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-%{version}-stable/libevent-%{version}-stable.tar.gz
 
-BuildRequires: gcc doxygen openssl-devel
+BuildRequires: gcc doxygen compat-openssl11-devel
 
 Patch0: libevent-nonettests.patch
 Patch1: http-add-callback-to-allow-server-to-decline-and-the.patch
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/*.la
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 8 2023 dillon chen <dillon.chen@gmail.com> - 2.1.12-7
+- upstream still openssl 1.x so compat-openssl11
+
 * Fri Jun 24 2022 dillon chen <dillon.chen@gmail.com> - 2.1.12-6
 - add patch3