diff --git a/app/services/verify_link_service.rb b/app/services/verify_link_service.rb
index c65578761..878a2188d 100644
--- a/app/services/verify_link_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/verify_link_service.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ class VerifyLinkService < BaseService
     return unless link_back_present?
 
     field.mark_verified!
-  rescue HTTP::Error, Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError, Mastodon::HostValidationError, Mastodon::LengthValidationError => e
+  rescue OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError, HTTP::Error, Addressable::URI::InvalidURIError, Mastodon::HostValidationError, Mastodon::LengthValidationError => e
     Rails.logger.debug "Error fetching link #{@url}: #{e}"
     nil
   end