diff --git a/src/shared/crypto-util.c b/src/shared/crypto-util.c
index 9a3766d28c..03ca4d6e80 100644
--- a/src/shared/crypto-util.c
+++ b/src/shared/crypto-util.c
@@ -339,8 +339,7 @@ int dlopen_libcrypto(int log_level) {
 
         LIBCRYPTO_NOTE(SD_ELF_NOTE_DLOPEN_PRIORITY_SUGGESTED);
 
-        // FIXME: switch order to prefer libcrypto.so.4 in a future version once it has stabilized
-        FOREACH_STRING(soname, "libcrypto.so.3", "libcrypto.so.4") {
+        FOREACH_STRING(soname, "libcrypto.so.4", "libcrypto.so.3") {
                 r = dlopen_many_sym_or_warn(
                         &libcrypto_dl,
                         soname,
diff --git a/src/shared/crypto-util.h b/src/shared/crypto-util.h
index 980c1c60a2..bd0cb7b67b 100644
--- a/src/shared/crypto-util.h
+++ b/src/shared/crypto-util.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int dlopen_libcrypto(int log_level);
         SD_ELF_NOTE_DLOPEN("libcrypto",                                 \
                            "Support for cryptographic operations",      \
                            priority,                                    \
-                           "libcrypto.so.3", "libcrypto.so.4")
+                           "libcrypto.so.4", "libcrypto.so.3")
 
 #define DLOPEN_LIBCRYPTO(log_level, priority)                           \
         ({                                                              \