diff --git a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
index 7339b29f4a2..b0733674ad0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deployment.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
           CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64: ${{ secrets.CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64 }}
         run: |
           source /usr/share/miniconda3/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
-          conda create -n CVMFS_deploy ca-policy-lcg openssl=3.0.0 gct
+          conda create -n CVMFS_deploy ca-policy-lcg openssl=3.0.7 gct
           conda activate CVMFS_deploy
           echo "$CVMFS_PROXY_BASE64" | base64 --decode > cvmfs.proxy
           chmod 600 cvmfs.proxy