diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutorTests.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutorTests.cs
index 7227dd6311..4fa8e44023 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutorTests.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions.UnitTests/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutorTests.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class OpenSslExecutorTests
     {
         private DependencyFixture fixture;
         private DependencyPath mockPackage;
+        private string mockOpensslVersion = "OpenSSL 3.5.0 8 Apr 2025 (Library: OpenSSL 3.5.0 8 Apr 2025)\n";
 
         [Test]
         [TestCase(PlatformID.Unix, Architecture.X64, "linux-x64/bin/openssl")]
@@ -287,6 +288,24 @@ await executor.ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken.None)
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public async Task OpenSslExecutorExecutesGetOpensslVersion()
+        {
+            this.SetupDefaultBehaviors();
+            this.SetupOpensslVersionBehavior();
+
+             using (TestOpenSslExecutor executor = new TestOpenSslExecutor(this.fixture))
+            {
+
+                await executor.ExecuteAsync(CancellationToken.None)
+                  .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                var messages = this.fixture.Logger.MessagesLogged($"{nameof(OpenSslExecutor)}.GetOpenSslVersion");
+                Assert.IsNotEmpty(messages);
+                Assert.IsTrue(messages.All(msg => (msg.Item3 as EventContext).Properties["opensslVersion"].ToString() == "OpenSSL 3.5.0 8 Apr 2025 (Library: OpenSSL 3.5.0 8 Apr 2025)"));
+            }
+        }
+
         private void SetupDefaultBehaviors(PlatformID platform = PlatformID.Unix, Architecture architecture = Architecture.X64)
         {
             // Setup the default behaviors given all expected dependencies are in place such that the
@@ -329,8 +348,20 @@ private void SetupDefaultBehaviors(PlatformID platform = PlatformID.Unix, Archit
                     process.StandardOutput.Append(TestResources.Results_OpenSSL_speed);
                 }
             };
+            
         }
 
+        private void SetupOpensslVersionBehavior()
+        {
+            this.fixture.ProcessManager.OnProcessCreated = (process) =>
+            {
+                // mock openssl version command result
+                if (process.IsMatch("openssl(.exe)* version"))
+                {
+                    process.StandardOutput.Append(this.mockOpensslVersion);
+                }
+            };
+        }
         private class TestOpenSslExecutor : OpenSslExecutor
         {
             public TestOpenSslExecutor(DependencyFixture mockFixture)
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutor.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutor.cs
index 829beb2db5..c676fc4913 100644
--- a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/OpenSSL/OpenSslExecutor.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace VirtualClient.Actions
     using VirtualClient.Common.Telemetry;
     using VirtualClient.Contracts;
     using VirtualClient.Contracts.Metadata;
+    using YamlDotNet.Serialization;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Executes the OpenSSL workload.
@@ -90,17 +91,50 @@ await this.InitializeWorkloadToolsetsAsync(cancellationToken)
                 .ConfigureAwait(false);
         }
 
-        private void CaptureMetrics(IProcessProxy workloadProcess, string commandArguments, EventContext telemetryContext)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets openssl version by running openssl version command.
+        /// </summary>
+        private async Task GetOpenSslVersion(CancellationToken cancellationToken, string toolCommand)
         {
-            if (workloadProcess.ExitCode == 0)
+            // The OpenSSL version is not available in the workload output. We need to run a separate command to get the version.   
+            // The command 'openssl version' will return the version of OpenSSL installed on the system.
+            string opensslVersion = "Unknown";
+            if (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
             {
-                try
+                this.Logger.LogTraceMessage($"Executing process 'openssl version' at directory '{this.ExecutablePath}'.");
+                using (IProcessProxy process = this.systemManagement.ProcessManager.CreateProcess(this.ExecutablePath, "version"))
                 {
+                    this.SetEnvironmentVariables(process);
+                    await process.StartAndWaitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    process.ThrowIfWorkloadFailed();
+
+                    opensslVersion = process.StandardOutput?.ToString().Trim() ?? "Unknown";
+                    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(opensslVersion))
+                    {
+                        opensslVersion = "Unknown";
+                    }
+
+                    this.MetadataContract.Add("OpenSSLVersion", opensslVersion, MetadataContractCategory.Dependencies);
+                    this.Logger.LogMessage($"{nameof(OpenSslExecutor)}.GetOpenSslVersion", LogLevel.Information, EventContext.Persisted().AddContext("opensslVersion", opensslVersion));
+
                     this.MetadataContract.AddForScenario(
                        "OpenSSL Speed",
-                       workloadProcess.FullCommand(),
-                       toolVersion: null);
+                       toolCommand,
+                       toolVersion: opensslVersion);
+                }
+            }
+            
+        }
 
+        private void CaptureMetrics(IProcessProxy workloadProcess, string commandArguments, EventContext telemetryContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (workloadProcess.ExitCode == 0)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    // Retrieve OpenSSL version
+                    this.GetOpenSslVersion(cancellationToken, workloadProcess.FullCommand());
+                
                     this.MetadataContract.Apply(telemetryContext);
 
                     OpenSslMetricsParser resultsParser = new OpenSslMetricsParser(workloadProcess.StandardOutput.ToString(), commandArguments);
@@ -133,7 +167,7 @@ private Task ExecuteWorkloadAsync(EventContext telemetryContext, CancellationTok
 
             EventContext relatedContext = telemetryContext.Clone()
                 .AddContext("executable", this.ExecutablePath)
-                .AddContext("commandArguments", commandArguments);
+                .AddContext("commandArguments", commandArguments);       
 
             return this.Logger.LogMessageAsync($"{nameof(OpenSslExecutor)}.ExecuteWorkload", relatedContext, async () =>
             {
@@ -153,7 +187,7 @@ private Task ExecuteWorkloadAsync(EventContext telemetryContext, CancellationTok
                                 await this.LogProcessDetailsAsync(process, telemetryContext, "OpenSSL", logToFile: true);
 
                                 process.ThrowIfWorkloadFailed();
-                                this.CaptureMetrics(process, commandArguments, telemetryContext);
+                                this.CaptureMetrics(process, commandArguments, telemetryContext, cancellationToken);
                             }
                         }
                         finally