diff --git a/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py b/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
index 914a943da56..cdf9de10141 100644
--- a/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/ssl_servers.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def stop(self):
 
 def make_https_server(case, certfile=CERTFILE, host=HOST, handler_class=None):
     # we assume the certfile contains both private key and certificate
-    context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+    context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
     context.load_cert_chain(certfile)
     server = HTTPSServerThread(context, host, handler_class)
     flag = threading.Event()