diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b8fcbb4b86..60cd82df8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ matrix.NODE_VERSION }}-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
+      - run: |
+          if [[ "$MONGODB_VERSION" == "4."* || "$MONGODB_VERSION" == "5."* ]]; then
+            wget http://nz2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
+            sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
+          fi
       - run: npm run pretest
       - run: npm run coverage
         env: