diff --git a/shard.yml b/shard.yml
index 2687138..9065082 100644
--- a/shard.yml
+++ b/shard.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: spectator
-version: 0.8.1
+version: 0.8.2
 description: |
   A feature-rich spec testing framework for Crystal with similarities to RSpec.
 
diff --git a/src/spectator.cr b/src/spectator.cr
index 671fadd..5f17921 100644
--- a/src/spectator.cr
+++ b/src/spectator.cr
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Spectator
   extend self
 
   # Current version of the Spectator library.
-  VERSION = "0.5.0"
+  VERSION = "0.8.2"
 
   # Top-level describe method.
   # All specs in a file must be wrapped in this call.
diff --git a/src/spectator/includes.cr b/src/spectator/includes.cr
index bc97463..9861c89 100644
--- a/src/spectator/includes.cr
+++ b/src/spectator/includes.cr
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 # Including all files with a wildcard would accidentally enable should-syntax.
 # Unfortunately, that leads to the existence of this file to include everything but that file.
 
+# FIXME: Temporary (hopefully) require statement to workaround Crystal issue #7060.
+# https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/7060
+# The primary issue seems to be around OpenSSL.
+# By explicitly including it before Spectator functionality, we workaround the issue.
+require "openssl"
+
 # First the sub-modules.
 require "./internals"
 require "./dsl"