diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 35ce681e0b..b66e5c493c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ on:
     branches:
       - '*'
 
+env:
+  NOKOGIRI_USE_CANONICAL_GNOME_SOURCE: t
+
 jobs:
   #
   #  SECTION pre-checks for fast feedback loops, and to gate the rest of the suite
diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream.yml
index a163e703d0..0c51b7898f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ on:
     types: [opened, synchronize]
     branches:
       - '*'
+env:
+  NOKOGIRI_USE_CANONICAL_GNOME_SOURCE: t
 
 jobs:
   downstream: