diff --git a/src/node_metadata.cc b/src/node_metadata.cc
index 22546e9de25bdf..361b3596b4a65c 100644
--- a/src/node_metadata.cc
+++ b/src/node_metadata.cc
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "zlib.h"
 
 #if HAVE_OPENSSL
-#include <openssl/opensslv.h>
+#include <openssl/crypto.h>
 #if NODE_OPENSSL_HAS_QUIC
 #include <openssl/quic.h>
 #endif
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ static constexpr size_t search(const char* s, char c, size_t n = 0) {
 static inline std::string GetOpenSSLVersion() {
   // sample openssl version string format
   // for reference: "OpenSSL 1.1.0i 14 Aug 2018"
-  constexpr size_t start = search(OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT, ' ') + 1;
-  constexpr size_t len = search(&OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT[start], ' ');
-  return std::string(OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT, start, len);
+  const char* version = OpenSSL_version(OPENSSL_VERSION);
+  const size_t start = search(version, ' ') + 1;
+  const size_t len = search(&version[start], ' ');
+  return std::string(version, start, len);
 }
 #endif  // HAVE_OPENSSL