diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2fe0010a0b..60b6db913f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ jobs:
                        lua \
                        libmaxminddb \
                        libxml2 \
-                       geoip \
                        ssdeep \
                        pcre \
                        bison \
@@ -111,6 +110,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Build GeoIP
+        run: |
+          git clone --depth 1 --no-checkout https://github.com/maxmind/geoip-api-c.git
+          cd geoip-api-c
+          git fetch --tags
+          # Check out the last release, v1.6.12
+          git checkout 4b526e7331ca1d692b74a0509ddcc725622ed31a
+          autoreconf --install
+          ./configure --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --prefix=/opt/homebrew
+          make install
       - name: build.sh
         run: ./build.sh
       - name: configure