diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 133f76184e02c19023e55d9154c3758e206b1c8d..6d662353dd48aaa3f330cac00d9625f0fa09a7ea 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
       # Let us use features marked "experimental".  For example, most/all of
       # the `nix <subcommand>` forms.
       NIX_CONFIG: "experimental-features = nix-command"
-      NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE: "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+      NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE: "/nix/store/dvcalma5h3wd8bbwhj7g9m3yswxm707c-nss-cacert-3.66/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
 
       # Pin a NixOS 21.11 revision.  Most of the software involved in the
       # build process is pinned by nix/sources.json with niv but a few things