diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh b/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh
index 013fcf42698a..b646a325a98a 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_openssl.sh
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ elif [[ "${TYPE}" == "libressl" ]]; then
   curl -O "https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/LibreSSL/libressl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
   tar zxf "libressl-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
   pushd "libressl-${VERSION}"
-  ./config -Wl -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIC shared --prefix="${OSSL_PATH}"
+  ./configure --disable-shared --prefix="${OSSL_PATH}"
   shlib_sed
-  make -j"$(nproc)" install
+  make -j"$(nproc)" install CFLAGS="-fPIC"
   # delete binaries, libtls, and docs we don't need. can't skip install/compile sadly
   rm -rf "${OSSL_PATH}/bin"
   rm -rf "${OSSL_PATH}/share"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 08a13a83b4ce..a1fd2a5387dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ jobs:
           - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "tests", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "openssl", VERSION: "3.2.1", CONFIG_FLAGS: "no-legacy", NO_LEGACY: "1"}}
           - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "tests", NOXARGS: "--enable-fips=1", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "openssl", CONFIG_FLAGS: "enable-fips", VERSION: "3.1.5"}}
           - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "tests", NOXARGS: "--enable-fips=1", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "openssl", CONFIG_FLAGS: "enable-fips", VERSION: "3.2.1"}}
-          - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "tests", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "libressl", VERSION: "3.8.2"}}
+          - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "rust,tests", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "libressl", VERSION: "3.8.2"}}
           - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "tests-randomorder"}
           # Latest commit on the BoringSSL master branch, as of Feb 15, 2024.
-          - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "tests", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "boringssl", VERSION: "ba5eb621d7d9bf2872386b4303fd5e9aa64f7230"}}
+          - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "rust,tests", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "boringssl", VERSION: "ba5eb621d7d9bf2872386b4303fd5e9aa64f7230"}}
           # Latest commit on the OpenSSL master branch, as of Feb 15, 2024.
           - {VERSION: "3.12", NOXSESSION: "tests", OPENSSL: {TYPE: "openssl", VERSION: "d597b46f9bdb533761e36fcf1d96ce83f3f6f04d"}}
           # Builds with various Rust versions. Includes MSRV and next
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
           # When altering the openssl build process you may need to increment
           # the value on the end of this cache key so that you can prevent it
           # from fetching the cache and skipping the build step.
-          key: ${{ matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL.TYPE }}-${{ matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL.VERSION }}-${{ env.OPENSSL_HASH }}-9
+          key: ${{ matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL.TYPE }}-${{ matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL.VERSION }}-${{ env.OPENSSL_HASH }}-11
         if: matrix.PYTHON.OPENSSL
       - name: Build custom OpenSSL/LibreSSL
         run: .github/workflows/build_openssl.sh