diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8732aaea157d57c12b855def9f5958a538e33979..3639303be88c03b26a9688bdc999db3dca5e21ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ cmake:
     stage: build
     tags:
         - cvmfs
+    before_script:
+        - cd /lib64
+        - ln -s libssl.so.1.1.1k libssl.so
+        - ln -s libcrypto.so.1.1.1k libcrypto.so
+        - cd -
     script:
         - source /cvmfs/cms.cern.ch/cmsset_default.sh
         - yum install -y cmake3 python3 zsh