diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml b/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml
index 4bb22066..171aafb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-xapian.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           # Sphinx required to build the xapian python bindings. Use 1.8.5 on
           # older python and newest on newer.
           pip install sphinx
-          XAPIAN_VER="1.4.25"; echo $XAPIAN_VER;
+          XAPIAN_VER="1.4.22"; echo $XAPIAN_VER;
           cd /tmp
           curl -s -O https://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/$XAPIAN_VER/xapian-bindings-$XAPIAN_VER.tar.xz
           tar -Jxvf xapian-bindings-$XAPIAN_VER.tar.xz