diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f5c7dba1..934fdb0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ 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))
+          # FIXME: remove once 1.7.0 and above work
+          latest=v1.6.0
           curl -L ${release_url}/download/${latest}/firecracker-${latest}-${ARCH}.tgz \
           | tar -xz