diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 455c7b6..0fca4c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Fixed:
 - Consolidated duplicate `OUTPUT_MUTEX` definitions — MSVC backend now uses the shared mutex from `common.rs`.
 - Registry cache root directory is created if missing (prevents cryptic errors when `~/.dcr/` does not exist).
 
+Changed:
+
+- `openssl` dependency is now conditional (`cfg(not(windows))`) — no longer pulled in on Windows, fixing Windows CI builds that lack Perl `Locale::Maketext::Simple`. On Linux (including musl cross-compilation) the vendored OpenSSL build is unchanged.
+
 ## [0.6.6] - 2026-05-18
 
 Fixed:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dceb3b6..78b8f24 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -779,9 +779,9 @@ checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-src"
-version = "300.5.4+3.5.4"
+version = "300.6.0+3.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a507b3792995dae9b0df8a1c1e3771e8418b7c2d9f0baeba32e6fe8b06c7cb72"
+checksum = "a8e8cbfd3a4a8c8f089147fd7aaa33cf8c7450c4d09f8f80698a0cf093abeff4"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4f705cc..95de956 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@ toml = "1.0.3"
 git2 = "0.20.4"
 serde_json = "1"
 ctrlc = "3"
-openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+
+[target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
+openssl = { version = "0.10", features = ["vendored"] }