diff --git a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl
index c97d1ab4..82504a4a 100644
--- a/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl
+++ b/releases/portage/stages-qemu/package.mask/releng/openssl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # this version barfs on lots of minor arches, let's not try
 # to update to it
 =dev-libs/openssl-3.0.7-r1
+=dev-libs/openssl-3.2.1*
diff --git a/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/openssl b/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/openssl
index c97d1ab4..82504a4a 100644
--- a/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/openssl
+++ b/releases/portage/stages/package.mask/releng/openssl
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # this version barfs on lots of minor arches, let's not try
 # to update to it
 =dev-libs/openssl-3.0.7-r1
+=dev-libs/openssl-3.2.1*