Commit e948be9a6b for openssl.org
commit e948be9a6ba85d7378ab334b44c1a21f44514d1c
Author: kovan <xaum.io@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Feb 2 11:26:52 2026 +0100
doc: add OpenSSL 3.6 to README documentation links
Update README.md to include OpenSSL 3.6 in the documentation links.
Update README-FIPS.md examples to use 3.6.0 as the latest release.
Fixes #29876
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederik Wedel-Heinen <fwh.openssl@gmail.com>
MergeDate: Fri Feb 13 14:55:19 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29884)
diff --git a/README-FIPS.md b/README-FIPS.md
index 160234518d..7010500cab 100644
--- a/README-FIPS.md
+++ b/README-FIPS.md
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ which versions are FIPS validated. For this example we use OpenSSL 3.1.2.
Download and build the latest release of OpenSSL
------------------------------------------------
-We use OpenSSL 3.5.0 here, (but you could also use the latest 3.5.X)
+We use OpenSSL 3.6.0 here, (but you could also use the latest 3.6.X)
- $ wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.5.0.tar.gz
- $ tar -xf openssl-3.5.0.tar.gz
- $ cd openssl-3.5.0
+ $ wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.6.0.tar.gz
+ $ tar -xf openssl-3.6.0.tar.gz
+ $ cd openssl-3.6.0
$ ./Configure enable-fips
$ make
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Copy the FIPS provider artifacts (`fips.so` & `fipsmodule.cnf`) to known locatio
Check that the correct FIPS provider is being used
--------------------------------------------------
- $ cd ../openssl-3.5.0
+ $ cd ../openssl-3.6.0
$./util/wrap.pl -fips apps/openssl list -provider-path providers \
-provider fips -providers
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Check that the correct FIPS provider is being used
Providers:
base
name: OpenSSL Base Provider
- version: 3.5.0
+ version: 3.6.0
status: active
fips
name: OpenSSL FIPS Provider
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d84f5ab1b..adc709b5a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ The manual pages for the master branch and all current stable releases are
available online.
- [OpenSSL master](https://docs.openssl.org/master/)
+- [OpenSSL 3.6](https://docs.openssl.org/3.6/)
- [OpenSSL 3.5](https://docs.openssl.org/3.5/)
- [OpenSSL 3.4](https://docs.openssl.org/3.4/)
- [OpenSSL 3.3](https://docs.openssl.org/3.3/)