diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index f1c74a3c519..629cb5c8f46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         ruby-version: "${{ matrix.ruby-version }}"
         bundler-cache: true
+        # fix for ovirt-engine-sdk (>4.6.0 should make this not necessary)
+        gem-install-options: '--with-cflags="-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types -Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration"'
       timeout-minutes: 30
     - name: Prepare tests
       run: bin/setup
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 17ea45224fd..5945532b394 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ gem "dalli",                            "~>3.2.3",           :require => false
 gem "default_value_for",                "~>4.0"
 gem "docker-api",                       "~>1.33.6",          :require => false
 gem "elif",                             "=0.1.0",            :require => false
-gem "fast_gettext",                     "~>2.0.1"
+gem "fast_gettext",                     "~>2.1"
 gem "ffi",                              "< 1.17.0",          :require => false
 gem "gettext_i18n_rails",               "~>1.11"
 gem "gettext_i18n_rails_js",            "~>1.3.0"