diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 7f912e05..23e78fb7 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "require": {
         "ext-json": "*",
         "composer/composer": "^1.10.23 || ~2.2.17",
-        "wp-cli/wp-cli": "^2.5"
+        "wp-cli/wp-cli": "dev-main as 2.8.x-dev"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "wp-cli/scaffold-command": "^1 || ^2",
diff --git a/src/Package_Command.php b/src/Package_Command.php
index abf029b2..e50d6662 100644
--- a/src/Package_Command.php
+++ b/src/Package_Command.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 use WP_CLI\Utils;
 use WP_CLI\JsonManipulator;
 use WP_CLI\PackageManagerEventSubscriber;
+use WP_CLI\RequestsLibrary;
 
 /**
  * Lists, installs, and removes WP-CLI packages.
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@
 class Package_Command extends WP_CLI_Command {
 
 	const PACKAGE_INDEX_URL = 'https://wp-cli.org/package-index/';
-	const SSL_CERTIFICATE   = '/rmccue/requests/library/Requests/Transport/cacert.pem';
 
 	const DEFAULT_DEV_BRANCH_CONSTRAINTS = 'dev-main || dev-master || dev-trunk';
 
@@ -1316,8 +1316,8 @@ private function set_composer_auth_env_var() {
 	 */
 	private function avoid_composer_ca_bundle() {
 		if ( Utils\inside_phar() && ! getenv( 'SSL_CERT_FILE' ) && ! getenv( 'SSL_CERT_DIR' ) && ! ini_get( 'openssl.cafile' ) && ! ini_get( 'openssl.capath' ) ) {
-			$certificate = Utils\extract_from_phar( WP_CLI_VENDOR_DIR . self::SSL_CERTIFICATE );
-			putenv( "SSL_CERT_FILE={$certificate}" );
+			$certificate_path = Utils\extract_from_phar( RequestsLibrary::get_bundled_certificate_path() );
+			putenv( "SSL_CERT_FILE={$certificate_path}" );
 		}
 	}