diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index 69bce23a5..4f930f52d 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -1183,6 +1183,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("openssl-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "openssl/1.1.1zb/linux-arm64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "openssl",
+				Version:   "1.1.1zb",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/openssl@1.1.1zb",
+				Locations: locations("openssl"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("openssl-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "gcc/12.3.0/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index b680c2c2a..f7df60222 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []binutils.Classifier {
 			EvidenceMatcher: m.FileContentsVersionMatcher(
 				// [NUL]OpenSSL 3.1.4'
 				// [NUL]OpenSSL 1.1.1w'
-				`\x00OpenSSL (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([a-z]|-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)`,
+				`\x00OpenSSL (?P<version>[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([a-z]+|-alpha[0-9]|-beta[0-9]|-rc[0-9])?)`,
 			),
 			Package: "openssl",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/openssl@version"),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/openssl/1.1.1zb/linux-arm64/openssl b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/openssl/1.1.1zb/linux-arm64/openssl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2361e4478
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/openssl/1.1.1zb/linux-arm64/openssl differ