diff --git a/.github/scripts/.build.zsh b/.github/scripts/.build.zsh
index d7189520..e7af3491 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/.build.zsh
+++ b/.github/scripts/.build.zsh
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ ${_usage_host:-}"
 
         cmake_args+=(
           -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${advss_deps_path}"
+          -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR="${advss_deps_path}"
+          -DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR="${advss_deps_path}/include"
+          -DOPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY="${advss_deps_path}/lib/libcrypto.a"
+          -DOPENSSL_SSL_LIBRARY="${advss_deps_path}/lib/libssl.a"
           --preset ${_preset}
         )
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/utils.zsh/check_macos b/.github/scripts/utils.zsh/check_macos
index fc9dd74b..707fbeb9 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/utils.zsh/check_macos
+++ b/.github/scripts/utils.zsh/check_macos
@@ -18,7 +18,4 @@ if (( ! ${+commands[brew]} )) {
 }
 
 brew bundle --file ${SCRIPT_HOME}/.Brewfile
-# Workaround to make sure locally built openssl is picked up by cmake
-brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies openssl@3 || true
-rehash || true
 log_group
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-project.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-project.yaml
index a03b5190..c2969c49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-project.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-project.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
         description: "Project name detected by parsing build spec file"
         value: ${{ jobs.check-event.outputs.pluginName }}
 env:
-  DEP_DIR: .deps/advss-build-dependencies-3
+  DEP_DIR: .deps/advss-build-dependencies-4
 jobs:
   check-event:
     name: Check GitHub Event Data 🔎