diff --git a/apps/ci/mac/ci-install.sh b/apps/ci/mac/ci-install.sh
index 8b1d20aa8..f1c59203d 100755
--- a/apps/ci/mac/ci-install.sh
+++ b/apps/ci/mac/ci-install.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+##########################################
+## workaround to fix macos-10.15 configure os from failing
+time brew uninstall openssl@1.0.2t
+time brew uninstall python@2.7.17
+time brew untap local/openssl
+time brew untap local/python2
+time brew reinstall openssl@1.1
+##########################################
+
 time brew update
 time brew install openssl readline ace coreutils bash bash-completion mysql ccache
+