diff --git a/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml b/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml
index a733cb7cc21..7297f1c3ff5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/FormatCheck.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         # TODO: Change the call below to
         #       format(".")
         run: |
-          julia  -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name = "JuliaFormatter"))'
+          julia  -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name = "JuliaFormatter", version="1.0.45"))'
           julia  -e 'using JuliaFormatter; format(["benchmark", "examples", "ext", "src", "test", "utils"])'
       - name: Format check
         run: |
diff --git a/utils/trixi-format-file.jl b/utils/trixi-format-file.jl
index c4d8e7c9032..9b9a0e4949c 100755
--- a/utils/trixi-format-file.jl
+++ b/utils/trixi-format-file.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 using Pkg
 Pkg.activate(; temp = true, io = devnull)
-Pkg.add("JuliaFormatter"; preserve = PRESERVE_ALL, io = devnull)
+Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name = "JuliaFormatter", version = "1.0.45"); preserve = PRESERVE_ALL,
+        io = devnull)
 
 using JuliaFormatter: format_file
 
diff --git a/utils/trixi-format.jl b/utils/trixi-format.jl
index d1e7efa656a..63f14078807 100755
--- a/utils/trixi-format.jl
+++ b/utils/trixi-format.jl
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 using Pkg
 Pkg.activate(; temp = true, io = devnull)
-Pkg.add("JuliaFormatter"; preserve = PRESERVE_ALL, io = devnull)
+Pkg.add(PackageSpec(name = "JuliaFormatter", version = "1.0.45"); preserve = PRESERVE_ALL,
+        io = devnull)
 
 using JuliaFormatter: format