diff --git a/main/libevent/APKBUILD b/main/libevent/APKBUILD
index a1205eeb1f9..76a5a1dd8ca 100644
--- a/main/libevent/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/libevent/APKBUILD
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 pkgname=libevent
 pkgver=2.1.8
 _pkgver=$pkgver-stable
-pkgrel=5
+pkgrel=6
 pkgdesc="An event notification library"
 url="http://libevent.org/"
 arch="all"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 options="!check" # regression tests failed
 depends_dev="python2"
-makedepends="$depends_dev libressl-dev"
+makedepends="$depends_dev openssl-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev"
 source="https://github.com/$pkgname/$pkgname/releases/download/release-$_pkgver/$pkgname-$_pkgver.tar.gz
 	libressl-2.7.patch