diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0d7545368d7..eecca69316f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ jobs:
         ./configure \
           --with-pydebug \
           --prefix=/opt/python-dev \
-          --with-openssl="$(brew --prefix openssl@3.0)"
+          --with-openssl="$(brew --prefix openssl@3.0)" \
+          --with-dbmliborder=gdbm:ndbm
+      # (--with-dbmliborder needed for homebrew's gdbm 1.24: see gh-89452)
     - name: Build CPython
       run: make -j4
     - name: Display build info