diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 60f0dd30a8..a7ffea3ffd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ jobs:
       PYBIND11_VERSION: ${{matrix.pybind11_ver}}
       PYTHON_VERSION: ${{matrix.python_ver}}
       ABI_CHECK: ${{matrix.abi_check}}
+      ACTIONS_RUNNER_FORCE_ACTIONS_NODE_VERSION: node16
+      ACTIONS_ALLOW_USE_UNSECURE_NODE_VERSION: true
     steps:
       # We would like to use harden-runner, but it flags too many false
       # positives, every time we download a dependency. We should use it only