diff --git a/library/ssl_tls.c b/library/ssl_tls.c
index fb943dc..73aefc8 100644
--- a/library/ssl_tls.c
+++ b/library/ssl_tls.c
@@ -4953,8 +4953,8 @@
     /*
      * Sane defaults
      */
-    ssl->min_major_ver = SSL_MIN_MAJOR_VERSION;
-    ssl->min_minor_ver = SSL_MIN_MINOR_VERSION;
+    ssl->min_major_ver = SSL_MAJOR_VERSION_3;
+    ssl->min_minor_ver = SSL_MINOR_VERSION_1; /* TLS 1.0 */
     ssl->max_major_ver = SSL_MAX_MAJOR_VERSION;
     ssl->max_minor_ver = SSL_MAX_MINOR_VERSION;