diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ File `install-dependencies` and the relevant subdirectories in `deps-packaging`
 | [libyaml](https://pyyaml.org/wiki/LibYAML)                                        | 0.2.5  | 0.2.5  | 0.2.5  |                          |
 | [LMDB](https://github.com/LMDB/lmdb/)                                             | 0.9.33 | 0.9.33 | 0.9.33 |                          |
 | [OpenLDAP](https://www.openldap.org/software/download/OpenLDAP/openldap-release/) | 2.6.10 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.10 | Enterprise agent only    |
-| [OpenSSL](https://openssl.org/)                                                   | 3.0.18 | 3.6.0  | 3.6.0  |                          |
+| [OpenSSL](https://openssl.org/)                                                   | 3.0.18 | 3.6.0  | 3.6.0  | See **note** below       |
 | [PCRE](https://www.pcre.org/)                                                     | 8.45   | -      | -      |                          |
 | [PCRE2](https://github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2/releases/)                          | -      | 10.47  | 10.47  |                          |
 | [pthreads-w32](https://sourceware.org/pub/pthreads-win32/)                        | 2-9-1  | 2-9-1  | 2-9-1  | Windows Enterprise agent |
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ File `install-dependencies` and the relevant subdirectories in `deps-packaging`
 | [librsync](https://github.com/librsync/librsync/releases)                         | -      | -      | 2.3.4  |                          |
 | [leech](https://github.com/larsewi/leech/releases)                                | -      | -      | 0.2.0  |                          |
 
+**Note:** We don't package OpenSSL for RHEL >= 8 and SuSE >= 15.
+We use the systems bundled SSL for these platforms.
+
 ### Enterprise Hub dependencies
 
 | CFEngine version                                    | 3.21.x | 3.24.x | master |