diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
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@@ -1586,6 +1586,8 @@ Build Changes
   :file:`!configure`.
   (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :gh:`89886`.)
 
+* Windows builds and macOS installers from python.org now use OpenSSL 3.0.
+
 
 C API Changes
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