diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.1.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.1.bb
index b849f9ca79..432ab4032b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssl/openssl_3.1.1.bb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ do_configure () {
 	fi
 	# WARNING: do not set compiler/linker flags (-I/-D etc.) in EXTRA_OECONF, as they will fully replace the
 	# environment variables set by bitbake. Adjust the environment variables instead.
-	PERLEXTERNAL="${S}/external/perl/Text-Template-1.46/lib"
+	PERLEXTERNAL="$(realpath ${S}/external/perl/Text-Template-*/lib)"
 	test -d "$PERLEXTERNAL" || bberror "PERLEXTERNAL '$PERLEXTERNAL' not found!"
 	HASHBANGPERL="/usr/bin/env perl" PERL=perl PERL5LIB="$PERLEXTERNAL" \
 	perl ${S}/Configure ${EXTRA_OECONF} ${PACKAGECONFIG_CONFARGS} ${DEPRECATED_CRYPTO_FLAGS} --prefix=$useprefix --openssldir=${libdir}/ssl-3 --libdir=${libdir} $target