diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index df796a61ab..c22bdbdf6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ jobs:
           cd rocksdb
           mkdir build && cd build
           cmake -DFAIL_ON_WARNINGS=Off \
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
             -DWITH_TESTS=OFF \
             -DWITH_TOOLS=OFF \
             -DWITH_GFLAGS=OFF \
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ jobs:
             -DWITH_CORE_TOOLS=OFF \
             -DROCKSDB_BUILD_SHARED=Off \
             -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=On \
+            -DUSE_RTTI=On \
             ..
           sudo make -j$(nproc) install
 
@@ -119,8 +122,8 @@ jobs:
                -DMPFR_LIBRARY_DIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
                -DHDF5_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include/hdf5/serial \
                -DEIGEN_DIR=/usr/include/eigen3 \
-               -DROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/include \
-               -DROCKSDB_LIBRARY_DIR=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \
+               -DROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/include \
+               -DROCKSDB_LIBRARY_DIR=/usr/local/lib \
                -DWITH_ROCKSDB=On \
              ../cmake
           sudo make -j $(nproc)