diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
index 57729d7f5..81d214efc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ jobs:
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, configs: openssl-1.1.0h }
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, configs: openssl-1.1.1 }
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, configs: openssl-1.1.1k }
-          - { os: ubuntu-latest, configs: openssl-3.0 }
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, configs: openssl-3.0.0 }
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, configs: openssl_1_1_1-stable } # stable branch
+          - { os: ubuntu-latest, configs: openssl-3.0 }          # stable branch
           - { os: ubuntu-18.04, configs: pam }
           - { os: ubuntu-18.04, configs: kerberos5 }
           - { os: ubuntu-18.04, configs: libedit }