diff --git a/.circleci/ansible/ansible.ssh.cfg b/.circleci/ansible/ansible.ssh.cfg
index 55970f8c2b..cd058b5427 100644
--- a/.circleci/ansible/ansible.ssh.cfg
+++ b/.circleci/ansible/ansible.ssh.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Remove this once https://github.com/gravitational/teleport/issues/10918 is fixed
-PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms +ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com
+# (use pre 8.5 option name to cope with old ssh in CI)
+PubkeyAcceptedKeyTypes +ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com
 
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