diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 56b75bd2c76..7d106e320cd 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ LABEL maintainer="Microsoft" \
 # pip wheel - required for CLI packaging
 # jmespath-terminal - we include jpterm as a useful tool
 # libintl and icu-libs - required by azure devops artifact (az extension add --name azure-devops)
-RUN apk add --no-cache bash openssh ca-certificates jq curl openssl1.1-compat perl git zip \
+
+# We don't use openssl (3.0) for now. We only install it so that users can use it.
+# Once cryptography is bumped to the latest version, openssl1.1-compat should be removed and openssl1.1-compat-dev
+# should be replaced by openssl-dev.
+RUN apk add --no-cache bash openssh ca-certificates jq curl openssl openssl1.1-compat perl git zip \
  && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps gcc make openssl1.1-compat-dev libffi-dev musl-dev linux-headers \
  && apk add --no-cache libintl icu-libs libc6-compat \
  && apk add --no-cache bash-completion \