diff --git a/.github/verilator_docker b/.github/verilator_docker
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8f052edb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/verilator_docker
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+docker run -t verilator/verilator:v5.018 $@
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8cd74a5f..9bcd5701 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Tools
-        run: sudo apt-get install ghdl verilator
+        run: sudo apt-get install ghdl
 
       - name: Setup Python venv
         run: |
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test Generation
         run: |
+          export VERILATOR=.github/verilator_docker
           cd proto
           python3 tests.py
 
diff --git a/proto/tests.py b/proto/tests.py
index 5ffd5b78..90b99ebc 100755
--- a/proto/tests.py
+++ b/proto/tests.py
@@ -413,8 +413,13 @@ def test_hdl_ref():
         if res.returncode != 0:
             error('VHDL elaboration failed for {}'.format(f))
 
+
+        if 'VERILATOR' in os.environ:
+            verilator_cmd = os.environ['VERILATOR']
+        else:
+            verilator_cmd = 'verilator'
         sv_pkgs = [srcdir + 'tb/dpssram.sv', srcdir + 'tb/wishbone_pkg.sv']
-        res = subprocess.run(['verilator', '--lint-only', '--top-module', top_entity] + sv_pkgs + [sv_file])
+        res = subprocess.run([verilator_cmd, '--lint-only', '--top-module', top_entity] + sv_pkgs + [sv_file])
         if res.returncode != 0:
             error('SV elaboration failed for {}'.format(f))