diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 90f70795be..a7a923210c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ jobs:
         ARCH="$(uname -m)"
         release_url="https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/releases"
         latest=$(basename $(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w  %{url_effective} ${release_url}/latest))
+        # TODO: use the latest release once fixed:
+        # https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/4176
+        latest="v1.4.1"
         curl -L ${release_url}/download/${latest}/firecracker-${latest}-${ARCH}.tgz \
         | tar -xz