diff --git a/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile b/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile
index 5a7d7a909bbe..03848e7701dd 100644
--- a/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile
+++ b/security/R-cran-openssl/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	openssl
-PORTVERSION=	2.0.6
+DISTVERSION=	2.1.0
 CATEGORIES=	security
-DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
+DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${DISTVERSION}
 
-MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
+MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Toolkit for Encryption, Signatures and Certificates Based on OpenSSL
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/openssl/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-askpass>0:security/R-cran-askpass
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	bash:shells/bash \
 		${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
+TEST_DEPENDS=	R-cran-sodium>0:security/R-cran-sodium \
+		R-cran-testthat>0:devel/R-cran-testthat
+# Test fails with OpenSSL3: https://github.com/jeroen/openssl/issues/119
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles shebangfix ssl
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	${WRKSRC}/tests/google.dk/generate.bash
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo b/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo
index 5e4bb0e58967..442850da51a1 100644
--- a/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo
+++ b/security/R-cran-openssl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1682485393
-SHA256 (openssl_2.0.6.tar.gz) = 77f3032a16270f0d1734f269b8d348eedc75b277812854386091143082c1b3f3
-SIZE (openssl_2.0.6.tar.gz) = 1206602
+TIMESTAMP = 1691489946
+SHA256 (openssl_2.1.0.tar.gz) = 625a2e06ba4197ab7527af377afb39594a2e8d4fe1ae9fcdd6c74a99d956e539
+SIZE (openssl_2.1.0.tar.gz) = 1203157