diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index 6da07fb8..13c619f6 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ int ssl_connect(int sock, SSL ** ssl_con)
    SSL_library_init();
    SSL_load_error_strings();
 
-   meth = (SSL_METHOD *) SSLv23_method();
+   meth = (SSL_METHOD *) TLSv1_method();
    ctx = SSL_CTX_new(meth);
 
    *ssl_con = SSL_new(ctx);