diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc
index 7d9294d65a53b6..97a2956b2ee631 100644
--- a/src/node_crypto.cc
+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc
@@ -5733,9 +5733,9 @@ std::string GetOpenSSLVersion() {
   // for reference: "OpenSSL 1.1.0i 14 Aug 2018"
   char buf[128];
   const int start = search(OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT, 0, ' ') + 1;
-  const int end = search(OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT + start, start, ' ') + 1;
+  const int end = search(OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT + start, start, ' ');
   const int len = end - start;
-  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*s\n", len, &OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT[start]);
+  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.*s", len, &OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT[start]);
   return std::string(buf);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
index 8f706c6954cd2c..9a211286770586 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-versions.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ assert(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?-node\.\d+(?: \(candidate\))?$/
   .test(process.versions.v8));
 assert(/^\d+$/.test(process.versions.modules));
 
+if (common.hasCrypto) {
+  assert(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+[a-z]?$/.test(process.versions.openssl));
+}
+
 for (let i = 0; i < expected_keys.length; i++) {
   const key = expected_keys[i];
   const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(process.versions, key);