diff --git a/package/gitlab-runner/Config.in b/package/gitlab-runner/Config.in
index 89e3e87b5c..4289613ab9 100644
--- a/package/gitlab-runner/Config.in
+++ b/package/gitlab-runner/Config.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_GITLAB_RUNNER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GIT # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_CURL # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_OPENSSL # runtime, for ca-certificates.
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_FORCE_TLS # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL_FORCE_LIBOPENSSL # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_BIN # runtime