diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/Windows-CI.yml b/.azure-pipelines/Windows-CI.yml
index cd4db0645b..2c0404576e 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/Windows-CI.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/Windows-CI.yml
@@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ jobs:
 
   - script: |
       call "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64
-      cd onnx-mlir\third_party\onnx
-      python3 -m pip install .
+      # pip installing onnx from thirdparty source fails on vmImage: 'windows-2022'
+      # therefore we install from specified onnx version instead
+      # TODO: fetch the version from thirdparty\onnx\VERSION_NUMBER
+      #cd onnx-mlir\third_party\onnx
+      #python3 -m pip install .
+      python3 -m pip install onnx==1.14.0
     env:
       CMAKE_ARGS: -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$(Agent.BuildDirectory)\protobuf_install" -DONNX_USE_PROTOBUF_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DProtobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DONNX_USE_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME=OFF
     displayName: Install onnx