diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd-renv.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd-renv.yml
index 362e940..00b2fea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd-renv.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd-renv.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ jobs:
         # requirements, but would have to handle the pak cache explicitly
         # See https://github.com/r-lib/actions/issues/785
         run: |
-          Rscript -e "install.packages(c('pak', 'jsonlite'))"
+          Rscript -e "install.packages('pak', repos = 'https://r-lib.github.io/p/pak/stable/')"
+          Rscript -e "install.packages('jsonlite')"
           Rscript -e "pak::sysreqs_fix_installed(names(jsonlite::read_json('renv.lock')$Packages))"
 
       - name: Activate renv and restore packages with cache