diff --git a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
index 6e7bf2b7f04c37abf981bb795ed5d30f5048c95a..d94170616d6301cb8a3a16fb325b21df205a59b0 100755
--- a/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
+++ b/ShellB3/shallbethree.sh
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@ export OPENSSL300VER=3.0.0
 export OPENSSL300FILESUFFIX=.so.3
 export OPENSSL300ALTFILESUFFIX=""
 
-export OPENSSLBUNDLEDVER=3.4.1 #this is actually the latest stable version. used if explicitly bundled. not considered secure long-term
+export OPENSSLBUNDLEDVER=3.5.0 #this is actually the latest stable version. used if explicitly bundled. not considered secure long-term
 
 export M4VER=1.4.19
 export AUTOCONFVER=2.71
diff --git a/ShellB3/src/sys/openssl-3.5.0.tar.gz b/ShellB3/src/sys/openssl-3.5.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4c4e5448009799d34b6a8ad0e76e257021ae8137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ShellB3/src/sys/openssl-3.5.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:344d0a79f1a9b08029b0744e2cc401a43f9c90acd1044d09a530b4885a8e9fc0
+size 53136912