diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1601e31..4730469 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+- Unnecessary dependency in setup.py [#171](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore-viz/issues/171)
+
 ## [1.10.1] - 2023-06-12
 ### Added
 - Google Analytics to the documentation site [#164](https://github.com/IN-CORE/pyincore-viz/issues/164)
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 8a52593..559f94a 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@ dependencies:
   - pytest>=3.9.0
   - python-jose>=3.0
   - rasterio>=1.3.9
-  - openssl<=3.2.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2722b3e..65dbdc5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
         'pillow',
         'pyincore>=1.11.0',
         'rasterio>=1.3.9',
-        'openssl<=3.2.0'
     ],
 
     extras_require={