diff --git a/utils/lxc-searx.env b/utils/lxc-searx.env
index 6d9a48a43..f02f919ee 100644
--- a/utils/lxc-searx.env
+++ b/utils/lxc-searx.env
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ lxc_set_suite_env() {
         "$LINUXCONTAINERS_ORG_NAME:ubuntu/20.10"  "ubu2010" # July 2021
 
         # EOL see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases
-        "$LINUXCONTAINERS_ORG_NAME:fedora/33"     "fedora33"
+        "$LINUXCONTAINERS_ORG_NAME:fedora/35"     "fedora35"
 
         # rolling releases see https://www.archlinux.org/releng/releases/
         "$LINUXCONTAINERS_ORG_NAME:archlinux"     "archlinux"
diff --git a/utils/lxc.sh b/utils/lxc.sh
index ab96a99ce..0b4e246df 100755
--- a/utils/lxc.sh
+++ b/utils/lxc.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ echo 'Set disable_coredump false' >> /etc/sudo.conf
 "
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-fedora33_boilerplate="
+fedora35_boilerplate="
 dnf update -y
 dnf install -y git curl wget hostname
 echo 'Set disable_coredump false' >> /etc/sudo.conf
diff --git a/utils/searx.sh b/utils/searx.sh
index 5ae9a6ade..ce118ed77 100755
--- a/utils/searx.sh
+++ b/utils/searx.sh
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ texlive-core texlive-latexextra ttf-dejavu"
 
 # dnf packages
 SEARX_PACKAGES_fedora="\
-python python-pip python-lxml python-babel
+python python-pip python-lxml python-babel python3-devel
 uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python3
-git @development-tools libxml2
+git @development-tools libxml2 openssl
 ShellCheck"
 
 BUILD_PACKAGES_fedora="\