diff --git a/t/139-ssl-cert-by.t b/t/139-ssl-cert-by.t
index 82ae791787..d905cb3f16 100644
--- a/t/139-ssl-cert-by.t
+++ b/t/139-ssl-cert-by.t
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if ($openssl_version =~ m/BoringSSL/) {
 }
 
 if ($openssl_version =~ m/built with OpenSSL (0|1\.0\.(?:0|1[^\d]|2[a-d]).*)/) {
-    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need 1.0.2e, was $1");
+    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need >= 1.0.2e, was $1");
 } else {
     plan tests => repeat_each() * (blocks() * 6 + 4);
 }
diff --git a/t/140-ssl-c-api.t b/t/140-ssl-c-api.t
index ca04a87528..9f647c41bc 100644
--- a/t/140-ssl-c-api.t
+++ b/t/140-ssl-c-api.t
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ my $NginxBinary = $ENV{'TEST_NGINX_BINARY'} || 'nginx';
 my $openssl_version = eval { `$NginxBinary -V 2>&1` };
 
 if ($openssl_version =~ m/built with OpenSSL (0|1\.0\.(?:0|1[^\d]|2[a-d]).*)/) {
-    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need 1.0.2e, was $1");
+    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need >= 1.0.2e, was $1");
 } elsif ($openssl_version =~ m/BoringSSL/) {
     $ENV{TEST_NGINX_USE_BORINGSSL} = 1;
     plan tests => repeat_each() * (blocks() * 6 - 6);
diff --git a/t/155-tls13.t b/t/155-tls13.t
index 4e684cd335..54379e4412 100644
--- a/t/155-tls13.t
+++ b/t/155-tls13.t
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ my $NginxBinary = $ENV{'TEST_NGINX_BINARY'} || 'nginx';
 my $openssl_version = eval { `$NginxBinary -V 2>&1` };
 
 if ($openssl_version =~ m/built with OpenSSL (0\S*|1\.0\S*|1\.1\.0\S*)/) {
-    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need 1.1.1, was $1");
+    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need >= 1.1.1, was $1");
 } else {
     plan tests => repeat_each() * (blocks() * 5);
 }
diff --git a/t/166-ssl-client-hello.t b/t/166-ssl-client-hello.t
index 53109ac3df..4372d0d1f8 100644
--- a/t/166-ssl-client-hello.t
+++ b/t/166-ssl-client-hello.t
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ my $NginxBinary = $ENV{'TEST_NGINX_BINARY'} || 'nginx';
 my $openssl_version = eval { `$NginxBinary -V 2>&1` };
 
 if ($openssl_version =~ m/built with OpenSSL (0\S*|1\.0\S*|1\.1\.0\S*)/) {
-    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need 1.1.1, was $1");
+    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need >= 1.1.1, was $1");
 } elsif ($openssl_version =~ m/running with BoringSSL/) {
     plan(skip_all => "does not support BoringSSL");
 } elsif ($ENV{TEST_NGINX_USE_HTTP3}) {
diff --git a/t/187-ssl-two-verification.t b/t/187-ssl-two-verification.t
index 312847252c..bea4aaee0f 100644
--- a/t/187-ssl-two-verification.t
+++ b/t/187-ssl-two-verification.t
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ my $NginxBinary = $ENV{'TEST_NGINX_BINARY'} || 'nginx';
 my $openssl_version = eval { `$NginxBinary -V 2>&1` };
 
 if ($openssl_version =~ m/built with OpenSSL (0\S*|1\.0\S*|1\.1\.0\S*)/) {
-    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need 1.1.1, was $1");
+    plan(skip_all => "too old OpenSSL, need >= 1.1.1, was $1");
 } elsif ($openssl_version =~ m/running with BoringSSL/) {
     plan(skip_all => "does not support BoringSSL");
 } else {