diff --git a/components/ip_net2-6.9/common.vxconfig b/components/ip_net2-6.9/common.vxconfig
index 886bf044..6e838fd8 100644
--- a/components/ip_net2-6.9/common.vxconfig
+++ b/components/ip_net2-6.9/common.vxconfig
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ config  COMPONENT_IPCRYPTO
 choice
       prompt "Select openssl version to be built"
 	  depends on COMPONENT_IPCRYPTO
-      default COMPONENT_IPCRYPTO_OPENSSL_0_9_8
+      default COMPONENT_IPCRYPTO_OPENSSL_1_0_2
 
 config  COMPONENT_IPCRYPTO_OPENSSL_0_9_8
     	bool "Build openssl-0_9_8"