diff --git a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
index 9767802e88..99fa5cc825 100644
--- a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   (our $osslprefix_q = platform->osslprefix()) =~ s/\$/\\\$/;
 
   our $sover_dirname = platform->shlib_version_as_filename();
-  our $osslver = sprintf "%02d%02d", split(/\./, $config{version});
+  our $osslver = sprintf "%02d", split(/\./, $config{version});
 
   our $sourcedir = $config{sourcedir};
   our $builddir = $config{builddir};
diff --git a/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in b/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in
index 825a699c4f..d1b1e7adbf 100644
--- a/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in
+++ b/VMS/openssl_ivp.com.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ $	INSTALLTOP_ = F$PARSE("A.;",INSTALLTOP,,,"NO_CONCEAL") -
 $	OPENSSLDIR_ = F$PARSE("A.;",OPENSSLDIR,,,"NO_CONCEAL") -
 		     - ".][000000" - "[000000." - "][" - "]A.;" + "."
 $
-$	v    := {- sprintf "%02d%02d", split(/\./, $config{version}) -}
+$	v    := {- sprintf "%02d", split(/\./, $config{version}) -}
 $	pz   := {- $config{pointer_size} -}
 $	
 $	@'INSTALLTOP_'SYS$STARTUP]openssl_startup'v'
diff --git a/VMS/openssl_utils.com.in b/VMS/openssl_utils.com.in
index edd733d7bb..900d0462c5 100644
--- a/VMS/openssl_utils.com.in
+++ b/VMS/openssl_utils.com.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 $	! OpenSSL utilities
 $	!
 $
-$	v    := {- sprintf "%02d%02d", split(/\./, $config{version}) -}
+$	v    := {- sprintf "%02d", split(/\./, $config{version}) -}
 $
 $	OPENSSL'v'	:== $OSSL$EXE:OPENSSL'v'
 $	OPENSSL		:== $OSSL$EXE:OPENSSL'v'