diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.0a1 b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.0a1
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+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13.0a1
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+prefer_openssl3
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+install_package "openssl-3.1.2" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.1.2.tar.gz#a0ce69b8b97ea6a35b96875235aa453b966ba3cba8af2de23657d8b6767d6539" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.2" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.2.tar.gz#3feb7171f16a84ee82ca18a36d7b9be109a52c04f492a053331d7d1095007c35" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+if has_tar_xz_support; then
+    install_package "Python-3.13.0a1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.13.0/Python-3.13.0a1.tar.xz#f0281bf22cc00414361c14fc9197183e7eb2eabb729656b69442224fbb63eecb" standard verify_py313 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+else
+    install_package "Python-3.13.0a1" "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.13.0/Python-3.13.0a1.tgz#fb1674c6317651bc9c1dfeb6339cd706b84c95f8e614f395d2ffb0af19bbe885" standard verify_py313 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+fi