diff --git a/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml
index 11b0d3ca71..37cf0557c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/moodle-ci.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Initialise moodle-plugin-ci
         run: |
-          composer create-project -n --no-dev --prefer-dist moodlehq/moodle-plugin-ci ci ^3
+          composer create-project -n --no-dev --prefer-dist moodlehq/moodle-plugin-ci ci 4.5.4
           echo $(cd ci/bin; pwd) >> $GITHUB_PATH
           echo $(cd ci/vendor/bin; pwd) >> $GITHUB_PATH
           sudo locale-gen en_AU.UTF-8
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Initialise moodle-plugin-ci
         run: |
-          composer create-project -n --no-dev --prefer-dist moodlehq/moodle-plugin-ci ci ^3
+          composer create-project -n --no-dev --prefer-dist moodlehq/moodle-plugin-ci ci 4.5.4
           echo $(cd ci/bin; pwd) >> $GITHUB_PATH
           echo $(cd ci/vendor/bin; pwd) >> $GITHUB_PATH
           sudo locale-gen en_AU.UTF-8