diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0ee7a98fb28e..73a6e6d2c608 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2552,7 +2552,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   github-commenter = callPackage ../development/tools/github-commenter { };
 
-  github-desktop = callPackage ../applications/version-management/github-desktop { };
+  github-desktop = callPackage ../applications/version-management/github-desktop {
+    curl = curl.override { openssl = openssl_1_1; };
+  };
 
   github-to-sqlite = with python3Packages; toPythonApplication github-to-sqlite;