diff --git a/src/iocore/net/SSLUtils.cc b/src/iocore/net/SSLUtils.cc
index b519a0778fc..b3f932d32d9 100644
--- a/src/iocore/net/SSLUtils.cc
+++ b/src/iocore/net/SSLUtils.cc
@@ -1231,6 +1231,7 @@ SSLMultiCertConfigLoader::init_server_ssl_ctx(CertLoadData const &data, const SS
     Dbg(dbg_ctl_ssl_load, "Creating new context %p cert_count=%ld initial: %s", ctx, cert_names_list.size(),
         cert_names_list[0].c_str());
 
+    SSL_CTX_set_min_proto_version(ctx, TLS1_VERSION);
     SSL_CTX_set_options(ctx, _params->ssl_ctx_options);
 
     if (_params->server_tls_ver_min >= 0 || _params->server_tls_ver_max >= 0) {