diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 1bc250dfd02..acfd036f89d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ jobs:
           path: libressl
           # versioning=semver-coerced
           repository: libressl/portable
-          ref: v3.8.3
+          ref: v4.0.0
       - name: "libressl: autogen.sh"
         run: ./autogen.sh
         working-directory: libressl