diff --git a/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc b/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc
index 81ba818a2dc7d3..2685f5ea0bea99 100644
--- a/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc
+++ b/src/crypto/crypto_cipher.cc
@@ -901,6 +901,14 @@ bool CipherBase::Final(std::unique_ptr<BackingStore>* out) {
   if (kind_ == kDecipher && IsSupportedAuthenticatedMode(ctx_.get()))
     MaybePassAuthTagToOpenSSL();
 
+  // OpenSSL v1.x doesn't verify the presence of the auth tag so do
+  // it ourselves, see https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/45874.
+  if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER < 0x30000000L && kind_ == kDecipher &&
+      NID_chacha20_poly1305 == EVP_CIPHER_CTX_nid(ctx_.get()) &&
+      auth_tag_state_ != kAuthTagPassedToOpenSSL) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   // In CCM mode, final() only checks whether authentication failed in update().
   // EVP_CipherFinal_ex must not be called and will fail.
   bool ok;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
index 162b451c5b459c..d358f6b63c0e9f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-authenticated.js
@@ -786,3 +786,34 @@ for (const test of TEST_CASES) {
     assert.strictEqual(plaintext.toString('hex'), testCase.plain);
   }
 }
+
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/45874
+{
+  const rfcTestCases = TEST_CASES.filter(({ algo, tampered }) => {
+    return algo === 'chacha20-poly1305' && tampered === false;
+  });
+  assert.strictEqual(rfcTestCases.length, 1);
+
+  const [testCase] = rfcTestCases;
+  const key = Buffer.from(testCase.key, 'hex');
+  const iv = Buffer.from(testCase.iv, 'hex');
+  const aad = Buffer.from(testCase.aad, 'hex');
+  const opt = { authTagLength: 16 };
+
+  const cipher = crypto.createCipheriv('chacha20-poly1305', key, iv, opt);
+  const ciphertext = Buffer.concat([
+    cipher.setAAD(aad).update(testCase.plain, 'hex'),
+    cipher.final(),
+  ]);
+  const authTag = cipher.getAuthTag();
+
+  assert.strictEqual(ciphertext.toString('hex'), testCase.ct);
+  assert.strictEqual(authTag.toString('hex'), testCase.tag);
+
+  const decipher = crypto.createDecipheriv('chacha20-poly1305', key, iv, opt);
+  decipher.setAAD(aad).update(ciphertext);
+
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    decipher.final();
+  }, /Unsupported state or unable to authenticate data/);
+}