diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
index 442ae4d15ec9..70fa18ceddb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/git-series/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, rustPlatform, openssl, cmake, perl, pkgconfig, zlib }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, rustPlatform, openssl_1_0_2, cmake, perl, pkgconfig, zlib }:
 
 with rustPlatform;
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ buildRustPackage rec {
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig perl ];
-  buildInputs = [ openssl zlib ];
+  buildInputs = [ openssl_1_0_2 zlib ];
 
   postBuild = ''
     install -D "$src/git-series.1" "$out/man/man1/git-series.1"