--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
     omemo_dep = dependency('libomemo-c', version: '>= 0.5.1', required: true)
     conf_data.set('HAVE_LIBOMEMO_C', 1)
   endif
-  gcrypt_dep = dependency('libgcrypt', version: '>= 1.7.0', required: true)
+  gcrypt_dep = dependency('openssl', version: '>= 1.1.0', required: true)
   build_omemo = true
   conf_data.set('HAVE_OMEMO', 1)
 endif