diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index a697700898de..df4e069fd980 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,26 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev libxmlsec1-dev lynx
 
+      # This is needed until the ENABLE_BLAKE2B_HASHING can be removed and we
+      # can stop using MD4 by default.
+      - name: enable md4 hashing in libssl
+        # For some reason this section needs to be tabs instead of spaces.
+        # When converted to spaces, this workflow breaks.
+        run: |
+          cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf
+          [openssl_init]
+					providers = provider_sect
+
+					[provider_sect]
+					default = default_sect
+					legacy = legacy_sect
+
+					[default_sect]
+					activate = 1
+
+					[legacy_sect]
+					activate = 1
+
       - name: install mongo version
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ matrix.mongo-version }}" != "4.4" ]]; then