diff --git a/ci/freebsd/prepare.sh b/ci/freebsd/prepare.sh
index 0ec60513cf..00b3965e2f 100755
--- a/ci/freebsd/prepare.sh
+++ b/ci/freebsd/prepare.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set -x
 
 env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=YES pkg bootstrap
 pkg install -y bash git cmake swig bison python3 base64
+pkg upgrade -y curl
 pyver=`python3 -c 'import sys; print(f"py{sys.version_info[0]}{sys.version_info[1]}")'`
 pkg install -y $pyver-sqlite3 $pyver-pip
 pip install junit2html