diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8b09bf94..3b676e2a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2134,12 +2134,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-probe"
-version = "0.1.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d05e27ee213611ffe7d6348b942e8f942b37114c00cc03cec254295a4a17852e"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -2890,7 +2884,7 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "612460d5f7bea540c490b2b6395d8e34a953e52b491accd6c86c8164c5932a63"
 dependencies = [
- "openssl-probe 0.2.0",
+ "openssl-probe",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "schannel",
  "security-framework",
@@ -3184,7 +3178,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num_enum",
  "oid-registry",
  "openssl",
- "openssl-probe 0.1.6",
+ "openssl-probe",
  "openssl-sys",
  "page_size",
  "parking_lot",
diff --git a/crates/stdlib/Cargo.toml b/crates/stdlib/Cargo.toml
index d39f0ab43..4af890b8e 100644
--- a/crates/stdlib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stdlib/Cargo.toml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dns-lookup = "3.0"
 # OpenSSL dependencies (optional, for ssl-openssl feature)
 openssl = { version = "0.10.72", optional = true }
 openssl-sys = { version = "0.9.110", optional = true }
-openssl-probe = { version = "0.1.5", optional = true }
+openssl-probe = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 foreign-types-shared = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
 
 # Rustls dependencies (optional, for ssl-rustls feature)
diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/openssl.rs b/crates/stdlib/src/openssl.rs
index 38103a9ab..df153459f 100644
--- a/crates/stdlib/src/openssl.rs
+++ b/crates/stdlib/src/openssl.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ cfg_if::cfg_if! {
 
 use crate::vm::{PyRef, VirtualMachine, builtins::PyModule};
 use openssl_probe::ProbeResult;
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 pub(crate) fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyRef<PyModule> {
     // if openssl is vendored, it doesn't know the locations
@@ -38,12 +39,12 @@ pub(crate) fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyRef<PyModule> {
 // easily, without having to have a bunch of cfgs
 cfg_if::cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(openssl_vendored)] {
-        use std::sync::LazyLock;
         static PROBE: LazyLock<ProbeResult> = LazyLock::new(openssl_probe::probe);
         fn probe() -> &'static ProbeResult { &PROBE }
     } else {
+        static EMPTY_PROBE: LazyLock<ProbeResult> = LazyLock::new(|| ProbeResult { cert_file: None, cert_dir: vec![] });
         fn probe() -> &'static ProbeResult {
-            &ProbeResult { cert_file: None, cert_dir: None }
+            &EMPTY_PROBE
         }
     }
 }
@@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ mod _ssl {
             });
         let cert_dir = probe
             .cert_dir
-            .as_ref()
+            .first()
             .map(PathBuf::from)
             .unwrap_or_else(|| {
                 path_from_cstr(unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(sys::X509_get_default_cert_dir()) })