diff --git a/sbin/prepareWorkspace.sh b/sbin/prepareWorkspace.sh
index 886f2c00e..30ad58f46 100644
--- a/sbin/prepareWorkspace.sh
+++ b/sbin/prepareWorkspace.sh
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ updateOpenj9Sources() {
   if [ "${BUILD_CONFIG[BUILD_VARIANT]}" == "${BUILD_VARIANT_OPENJ9}" ]; then
     cd "${BUILD_CONFIG[WORKSPACE_DIR]}/${BUILD_CONFIG[WORKING_DIR]}/${BUILD_CONFIG[OPENJDK_SOURCE_DIR]}" || return
     # NOTE: fetched openssl will NOT be used in the RISC-V cross-compile situation
-    bash get_source.sh --openssl-version=3.0.14
+    bash get_source.sh -openssl-branch=openssl-3.0.15
     cd "${BUILD_CONFIG[WORKSPACE_DIR]}"
   fi
 }