diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 559ef6eaeb7dd8ad469fe21095dd78a33d369443..bc0efe0996debf0da27ed1da66eaa6f07ae69e32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Install nix
-      uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v17
+      uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v16
       with:
         nix_path: "${{ matrix.nixPath }}"
         # nix 2.6 breaks restrict-eval, when using the NIX_PATH