diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp
index b132aec038..ac4336afcc 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp
@@ -588,7 +588,10 @@ long QSslSocketPrivate::sslLibraryBuildVersionNumber()
 
 QString QSslSocketPrivate::sslLibraryBuildVersionString()
 {
-    return QLatin1String(OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT);
+    // Using QStringLiteral to store the version string as unicode and
+    // avoid false positives from Google searching the playstore for old
+    // SSL versions. See QTBUG-46265
+    return QStringLiteral(OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT);
 }
 
 /*!