diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
index 8758daf9c3ab..2c5cade6b69c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp/default.nix
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     abseil-cpp
     c-ares
     crc32c
-    curl
+    (curl.override { inherit openssl; })
     grpc
     nlohmann_json
     openssl
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e743e092191a..3005b5150cfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6955,6 +6955,7 @@ with pkgs;
   google-guest-oslogin = callPackage ../tools/virtualization/google-guest-oslogin { };
 
   google-cloud-cpp = callPackage ../development/libraries/google-cloud-cpp {
+    openssl = openssl_1_1;
     abseil-cpp = abseil-cpp.override {
       cxxStandard = "14";
     };