diff --git a/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh b/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh
index b5051b1312..b11ea46a55 100755
--- a/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci_test_dapp.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 ### Test Dapp integration
 
+# work around having two python versions loading libraries from each other in CI
+OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+alias crytic-compile='LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$OLD_LD_LIBRARY_PATH crytic-compile'
+unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
 mkdir test_dapp
 cd test_dapp || exit 255
 # The dapp init process makes a temporary local git repo and needs certain values to be set