diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1cca97853..294c1c772 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@getinsomnia/node-libcurl",
-  "version": "2.4.1-5",
+  "version": "2.4.1-8-alpha.2",
   "description": "The fastest http(s) client (and much more) for Node.js - Node.js bindings for libcurl",
   "keywords": [
     "node-curl",
diff --git a/scripts/ci/build-libcurl.sh b/scripts/ci/build-libcurl.sh
index 0b2680839..45b5a6ec7 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build-libcurl.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/build-libcurl.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ mkdir -p $2/source
 FORCE_REBUILD=${FORCE_REBUILD:-}
 FORCE_REBUILD_LIBCURL=${FORCE_REBUILD_LIBCURL:-}
 
+# has a cache issue which will skip the rebuild of libcurl
+if [ "${RUNNER_OS}" == "macOS" ]; then
+  FORCE_REBUILD_LIBCURL="true"
+fi
+
 # @TODO We are explicitly checking the static lib
 if [[ -f $build_folder/lib/libcurl.a ]] && [[ -z $FORCE_REBUILD || $FORCE_REBUILD != "true" ]] && [[ -z $FORCE_REBUILD_LIBCURL || $FORCE_REBUILD_LIBCURL != "true" ]]; then
   echo "Skipping rebuild of libcurl because lib file already exists"
@@ -134,13 +139,15 @@ fi
 #####
 # ssl
 ####
-if [ "${RUNNER_OS}" == "macOS" ]; then
-  libcurl_args+=("--with-secure-transport")
-elif [ ! -z "$OPENSSL_BUILD_FOLDER" ]; then
+if [ ! -z "$OPENSSL_BUILD_FOLDER" ]; then
   CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$OPENSSL_BUILD_FOLDER/include"
   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$OPENSSL_BUILD_FOLDER/lib -Wl,-rpath,$OPENSSL_BUILD_FOLDER/lib"
 
   libcurl_args+=("--with-ssl=$OPENSSL_BUILD_FOLDER")
+  if [ "${RUNNER_OS}" == "macOS" ]; then
+    libcurl_args+=("--with-secure-transport")
+    libcurl_args+=("--with-default-ssl-backend=openssl")
+  fi
 else
   libcurl_args+=("--without-ssl")
 fi