diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index f439b5a..bb4fbef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Let's Encrypt Root Certificate
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -y
-          sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates wget
+          sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates wget openssl libssl-dev
           wget -qO - https://letsencrypt.org/certs/isrgrootx1.pem.txt | sudo tee /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/isrgrootx1.crt > /dev/null
           sudo update-ca-certificates
       - name: Verify Lets Encrypt CA Functionality
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
index a60465a..5d8ff9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Let's Encrypt Root Certificate
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -y
-          sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates wget
+          sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates wget openssl libssl-dev
           wget -qO - https://letsencrypt.org/certs/isrgrootx1.pem.txt | sudo tee /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/isrgrootx1.crt > /dev/null
           sudo update-ca-certificates
 
diff --git a/modules/rancher_bootstrap/rancher_externalTLS/main.tf b/modules/rancher_bootstrap/rancher_externalTLS/main.tf
index 90f21a8..5b5933b 100644
--- a/modules/rancher_bootstrap/rancher_externalTLS/main.tf
+++ b/modules/rancher_bootstrap/rancher_externalTLS/main.tf
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ resource "terraform_data" "get_ping" {
   ]
   provisioner "local-exec" {
     command = <<-EOT
-    curl -vvv "https://${local.rancher_domain}/ping"
+    echo | openssl s_client -showcerts -servername ${local.rancher_domain} -connect "https://${local.rancher_domain}/ping" 2>/dev/null | openssl x509 -inform pem -noout -text || true
+    curl --trace-ascii "-" -vvvv "https://${local.rancher_domain}/ping"
     EOT
   }
 }