diff --git a/appveyor.sh b/appveyor.sh
index a69fae7742..56bfc8848d 100644
--- a/appveyor.sh
+++ b/appveyor.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if [ -n "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-}" ]; then
   esac
 
   if [ "${APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE}" = 'Visual Studio 2022' ]; then
-    openssl_root_win="C:/OpenSSL-v35${openssl_suffix}"
+    openssl_root_win="C:/OpenSSL-v36${openssl_suffix}"
     openssl_root="$(cygpath "${openssl_root_win}")"
   elif [ "${APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE}" = 'Visual Studio 2019' ]; then
     openssl_root_win="C:/OpenSSL-v30${openssl_suffix}"
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c33717c4e9..817d54737f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ environment:
   matrix:
     # CMake Visual Studio builds
 
-    - job_name: 'CM VS2022, Release, x64, OpenSSL 3.5, Shared, Build-tests'
+    - job_name: 'CM VS2022, Release, x64, OpenSSL 3.6, Shared, Build-tests'
       APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2022'
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: 'Visual Studio 17 2022'
       CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A x64 -DCURL_USE_SCHANNEL=OFF -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON'
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ environment:
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: 'Visual Studio 16 2019'
       CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A x64 -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON -DCURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS=ON'
 
-    - job_name: 'CM VS2022, Debug, x64, OpenSSL 3.5 + Schannel, Static, Unicode, Build-tests & examples, clang-cl'
+    - job_name: 'CM VS2022, Debug, x64, OpenSSL 3.6 + Schannel, Static, Unicode, Build-tests & examples, clang-cl'
       APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE: 'Visual Studio 2022'
       CMAKE_GENERATOR: 'Visual Studio 17 2022'
       CMAKE_GENERATE: '-A x64 -T ClangCl -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON -DENABLE_UNICODE=ON'