diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index 28facd5b59..9cc9ed738f 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ ENJU_LEAF_EXTRACT_FILESIZE_LIMIT=2097152
 
 CANTALOUPE_BASE_URI=http://cantaloupe:8182
 
+NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider
+
 no_proxy=localhost,webpacker,minio,solr,tika
 NO_PROXY=${no_proxy}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml b/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml
index 4d544e9311..6c6acd648c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       POSTGRES_USER: rails
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
       CC_TEST_REPORTER_ID: c193cb8ea058a7d62fd62d6d05adaaf95f6bdf882c1039500b30b54494a36e52
+      NODE_OPTIONS: --openssl-legacy-provider
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3