diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 90acf19ca65..19c0ff26bfb 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ task:
         yaml-cpp \
         zeromq
 
+    - > # Install downgraded gpgme version #4976
+      curl -L  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/fcc09354286d707de1c3b3a498571cbb978aed69/Formula/gpgme.rb > gpgme.rb && brew install gpgme.rb
+
     - > # Try to install `checkbashisms` (The file server that hosts the package is unfortunately quite unreliable.)
       brew install checkbashisms || >&2 printf 'Warning: Unable to install `checkbashims`\n'
     - | # Start D-Bus session bus
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macOS.yml b/.github/workflows/macOS.yml
index bc45bfd52b9..dedded31117 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macOS.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macOS.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ jobs:
           doxygen \
           flex \
           glib \
-          gpgme \
           gradle \
           graphviz \
           libev \
@@ -139,6 +138,9 @@ jobs:
 
         brew install --cask adoptopenjdk
 
+        # Install downgraded gpgme version #4976
+        curl -L  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/fcc09354286d707de1c3b3a498571cbb978aed69/Formula/gpgme.rb > gpgme.rb && brew install gpgme.rb
+
         # Try to install `checkbashisms` (The file server that hosts the package is unfortunately quite unreliable.)
         brew install checkbashisms || >&2 printf 'Warning: Unable to install `checkbashims`\n'