diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
index 776a8da00ad..74fa1847b55 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/deps-win32.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ packages:
 reference_datetime: "2011-01-30 00:00:00"
 remotes: []
 files:
-- "openssl-1.0.0e.tar.gz"
+- "openssl-1.0.1b.tar.gz"
 - "db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz"
 - "miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz"
 - "zlib-1.2.6.tar.gz"
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ script: |
   export FAKETIME=$REFERENCE_DATETIME
   export TZ=UTC
   #
-  tar xzf openssl-1.0.0e.tar.gz
-  cd openssl-1.0.0e
+  tar xzf openssl-1.0.1b.tar.gz
+  cd openssl-1.0.1b
   ./Configure --cross-compile-prefix=i586-mingw32msvc- mingw
   make
   cd ..
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
index 49bc9c7a578..252031739ef 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win32.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ script: |
   export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/faketime/libfaketime.so.1
   export FAKETIME=$REFERENCE_DATETIME
   export TZ=UTC
-  $HOME/qt/src/bin/qmake -spec unsupported/win32-g++-cross MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/miniupnpc MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/ BDB_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BOOST_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0/stage/lib BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0 BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt-s BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-mt-s OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.0e/include QRENCODE_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/qrencode-3.2.0/.libs QRENCODE_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/qrencode-3.2.0 USE_QRCODE=1 INCLUDEPATH=$HOME/build DEFINES=BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS=1 QMAKE_LRELEASE=lrelease QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin QMAKE_LFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin USE_BUILD_INFO=1
+  $HOME/qt/src/bin/qmake -spec unsupported/win32-g++-cross MINIUPNPC_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/miniupnpc MINIUPNPC_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/ BDB_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BDB_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/db-4.8.30.NC/build_unix BOOST_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0/stage/lib BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/boost_1_47_0 BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX=-mt-s BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX=_win32-mt-s OPENSSL_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.1b OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/openssl-1.0.1b/include QRENCODE_LIB_PATH=$HOME/build/qrencode-3.2.0/.libs QRENCODE_INCLUDE_PATH=$HOME/build/qrencode-3.2.0 USE_QRCODE=1 INCLUDEPATH=$HOME/build DEFINES=BOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB BITCOIN_NEED_QT_PLUGINS=1 QMAKE_LRELEASE=lrelease QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin QMAKE_LFLAGS=-frandom-seed=bitcoin USE_BUILD_INFO=1
   make $MAKEOPTS
   cp release/bitcoin-qt.exe $OUTDIR/
   #
diff --git a/doc/build-msw.txt b/doc/build-msw.txt
index 7e3d1a7cbf0..b1805154e10 100644
--- a/doc/build-msw.txt
+++ b/doc/build-msw.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Dependencies
 Libraries you need to download separately and build:
 
                 default path               download
-OpenSSL         \openssl-1.0.0d-mgw        http://www.openssl.org/source/
+OpenSSL         \openssl-1.0.1b-mgw        http://www.openssl.org/source/
 Berkeley DB     \db-4.8.30.NC-mgw          http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/berkeley-db/index.html
 Boost           \boost-1.47.0-mgw          http://www.boost.org/users/download/
 miniupnpc       \miniupnpc-1.6-mgw         http://miniupnp.tuxfamily.org/files/
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Boost          MIT-like license
 miniupnpc      New (3-clause) BSD license
 
 Versions used in this release:
-OpenSSL      1.0.0e
+OpenSSL      1.0.1b
 Berkeley DB  4.8.30.NC
 Boost        1.47.0
 miniupnpc    1.6
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ MSYS shell:
 un-tar sources with MSYS 'tar xfz' to avoid issue with symlinks (OpenSSL ticket 2377)
 change 'MAKE' env. variable from 'C:\MinGW32\bin\mingw32-make.exe' to '/c/MinGW32/bin/mingw32-make.exe'
 
-cd /c/openssl-1.0.0e-mgw
+cd /c/openssl-1.0.1b-mgw
 ./config
 make
 
diff --git a/doc/release-process.txt b/doc/release-process.txt
index a1b0250acfb..00fafa48185 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.txt
+++ b/doc/release-process.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   * Fetch and build inputs:
    mkdir -p inputs; cd inputs/
    wget 'http://miniupnp.free.fr/files/download.php?file=miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz' -O miniupnpc-1.6.tar.gz
-   wget 'http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.0e.tar.gz'
+   wget 'http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1b.tar.gz'
    wget 'http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.8.30.NC.tar.gz'
    wget 'http://zlib.net/zlib-1.2.6.tar.gz'
    wget 'ftp://ftp.simplesystems.org/pub/libpng/png/src/libpng-1.5.9.tar.gz'