diff --git a/docs/news/20190913.bugfix b/docs/news/20190913.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d96f0390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/news/20190913.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Handled the case when the openssl major version is greater than 1 and the minor version is greater than 0
diff --git a/src/mbed_cloud/sdk/sdk.py b/src/mbed_cloud/sdk/sdk.py
index 23c98ac5..1aef56f8 100644
--- a/src/mbed_cloud/sdk/sdk.py
+++ b/src/mbed_cloud/sdk/sdk.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def check_openssl_version():
     minor = int(match.group(3))
     patch = int(match.group(4))
 
-    if major >= 1 and minor >= 0 and patch >= 2:
+    if (major, minor, patch) >= (1, 0, 2):
         return  # all ok
 
     warnings.warn("""