diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4220a9f..4ede42bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW) # enable new "MSVC runtime library selection" (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY.html)
 
 project(libCZI 
-      VERSION 0.54.1
+      VERSION 0.54.2
       HOMEPAGE_URL "https://github.com/ZEISS/libczi"
       DESCRIPTION "libCZI is an Open Source Cross-Platform C++ library to read and write CZI")
 
diff --git a/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/curlhttpinputstream.cpp b/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/curlhttpinputstream.cpp
index 1be11503..2a402791 100644
--- a/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/curlhttpinputstream.cpp
+++ b/Src/libCZI/StreamsLib/curlhttpinputstream.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ using namespace libCZI;
 
     stringstream string_stream;
     string_stream << "Version:" << version_info->version;
-    string_stream << " SSL:" << version_info->ssl_version;
+    string_stream << " SSL:" << (version_info->ssl_version != nullptr ? version_info->ssl_version : "none");
     if (version_info->age >= CURLVERSION_ELEVENTH)
     {
         for (size_t i = 0;; ++i)