diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-openssl.yml b/.github/workflows/update-openssl.yml
index c2f919c60f6dcb..f79ea550b42818 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-openssl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-openssl.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           NEW_VERSION=$(gh api repos/quictls/openssl/releases -q '.[].tag_name|select(contains("openssl-3"))|ltrimstr("openssl-")' | head -n1)
           NEW_VERSION_NO_RELEASE_1=$(case $NEW_VERSION in *quic1) echo ${NEW_VERSION%1};; *) echo $NEW_VERSION;; esac)
           VERSION_H="./deps/openssl/config/archs/linux-x86_64/asm/include/openssl/opensslv.h"
-          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep "OPENSSL_FULL_VERSION_STR" $VERSION_H | sed -n "s/^.*VERSION_STR \"\(.*\)\"/\1/p")
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(grep "OPENSSL_FULL_VERSION_STR" $VERSION_H | sed -n "s/^.*VERSION_STR \"\(.*\)\"/\1/p" | sed 's/+/-/g')
+          echo "comparing current version: $CURRENT_VERSION with $NEW_VERSION_NO_RELEASE_1"
           if [ "$NEW_VERSION_NO_RELEASE_1" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]; then
             echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
             echo "HAS_UPDATE=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV