diff --git a/configs/sites/tier1/hercules/packages.yaml b/configs/sites/tier1/hercules/packages.yaml
index 823efda8e..f9d7e1569 100644
--- a/configs/sites/tier1/hercules/packages.yaml
+++ b/configs/sites/tier1/hercules/packages.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ packages:
       prefix: /apps/spack-managed/gcc-11.3.1/zlib-1.2.13-ltp4c3zzde3zi3gf7x4b7c7nj5ww4i4g
       modules:
       - zlib/1.2.13
+ 
+  # https://github.com/JCSDA/spack-stack/issues/1892
+  openssl:
+    require:
+    - +shared
+    - '@3.0.16'
+
   autoconf:
     externals:
     - spec: autoconf@2.69
diff --git a/configs/sites/tier1/orion/packages.yaml b/configs/sites/tier1/orion/packages.yaml
index f588f1b78..15590a261 100644
--- a/configs/sites/tier1/orion/packages.yaml
+++ b/configs/sites/tier1/orion/packages.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ packages:
       prefix: /apps/spack-managed/gcc-11.3.1/zlib-1.2.13-ltp4c3zzde3zi3gf7x4b7c7nj5ww4i4g
       modules:
       - zlib/1.2.13
+
+  # https://github.com/JCSDA/spack-stack/issues/1892
+  openssl:
+    require:
+    - +shared
+    - '@3.0.16'
+
   autoconf:
     externals:
     - spec: autoconf@2.69