diff --git a/gRPC.podspec b/gRPC.podspec
index d5de27c909fc96d01fb3c5d29ec5c3afaa1217f7..67aa32f2ad7054768ca14a814a9ac0758e2f72c2 100644
--- a/gRPC.podspec
+++ b/gRPC.podspec
@@ -575,9 +575,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
 
     ss.requires_arc = false
     ss.libraries = 'z'
-    ss.dependency 'BoringSSL'
-    # ss.dependency 'OpenSSL', '~> 1.0.200'
-    # ss.dependency 'OpenSSL-for-iOS', '~> 1.0.2.d.1'
+    ss.dependency 'BoringSSL', '~> 1.0'
 
     # ss.compiler_flags = '-GCC_WARN_INHIBIT_ALL_WARNINGS', '-w'
   end
diff --git a/templates/gRPC.podspec.template b/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
index de5ed7cd8c3f9da8df49c0ac083836a0d91452dd..67fc8f66025747484c12796e90c85f5d245f799f 100644
--- a/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
+++ b/templates/gRPC.podspec.template
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
       ss.requires_arc = false
       ss.libraries = 'z'
-      ss.dependency 'OpenSSL', '~> 1.0.204.1'
+      ss.dependency 'BoringSSL', '~> 1.0'
 
       # ss.compiler_flags = '-GCC_WARN_INHIBIT_ALL_WARNINGS', '-w'
     end