diff --git a/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/osx.sh b/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/osx.sh
index a20fc2765..bf09d9784 100644
--- a/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/osx.sh
+++ b/apps/installer/includes/os_configs/osx.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ fi
 ##########################################
 
 brew install openssl@1.1 readline boost bash-completion curl unzip mysql ccache
+
+##########################################
+## workaround to fix openssl in ci until https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/pull/4206 is merged
+ln -sf $(brew --cellar openssl@1.1)/1.1.1* /usr/local/opt/openssl
+##########################################