diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/test-actions.yml
index d214ddb..221ddbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-actions.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ name: Test Actions
 
 on:
   push:
+    tags-ignore:
+      # Ignore release tags, as the install-slsactl will probably
+      # be executed before the release takes place, causing it to
+      # fail as it will try to download the binaries of the current
+      # release, which may or may not be available.      
+      - 'v*'
+
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 807175f..92a9649 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -29,4 +29,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - uses: ./actions/install-slsactl
+      with:
+        version: ${{ github.sha }}
     - run: make e2e
diff --git a/actions/install-slsactl/action.yml b/actions/install-slsactl/action.yml
index e4da0b6..f9ad9bb 100644
--- a/actions/install-slsactl/action.yml
+++ b/actions/install-slsactl/action.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ runs:
         echo "Using last tag ${VERSION} as version"
       fi
 
+      if [[ ! "${VERSION}" =~ ^v ]]; then
+        echo 'Version is not 'latest' nor starts with "v". Fallback to go install with commit ID."
+        go install "github.com/rancherlabs/slsactl@${VERSION}"
+        exit $?
+      fi
+
       echo "Downloading checksum file and signatures for release ${VERSION}"
       curl -LO "https://${REPO}/releases/download/${VERSION}/slsactl_${VERSION#v}_checksums.txt.pem"
       curl -LO "https://${REPO}/releases/download/${VERSION}/slsactl_${VERSION#v}_checksums.txt.sig"