diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2eddb9dc94..c223583000 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>
       <artifactId>matrix-project</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
+      <!-- pipeline-model-definition plugins fail to start git plugin in PCT for 2.440.x and 2.452.x lines -->
+      <!-- TODO: Remove once this workaround dependency downgrade is no longer required for PCT -->
+      <version>822.824.v14451b_c0fd42</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>