diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-yesno-recipe.yml b/.github/workflows/run-yesno-recipe.yml
index ed343aee5..1187dbf38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-yesno-recipe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-yesno-recipe.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           grep -v '^#' ./requirements-ci.txt  | grep -v kaldifst | xargs -n 1 -L 1 pip install
           pip uninstall -y protobuf
-          pip install --no-binary protobuf protobuf
+          pip install --no-binary protobuf protobuf==3.20.*
 
       - name: Run yesno recipe
         shell: bash