diff --git a/.github/workflows/health.yaml b/.github/workflows/health.yaml
index 7a5a1cafb..d25bed393 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/health.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/health.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ jobs:
       flutter_packages: "pkgs/ffigen,pkgs/jni,pkgs/jnigen,pkgs/objective_c"
       ignore_license: "**.g.dart"
       ignore_coverage: "**.mock.dart,**.g.dart"
-      ignore_packages: "pkgs/swiftgen,pkgs/jnigen,pkgs/swift2objc"
+      # TODO(https://github.com/dart-lang/native/issues/1857): Enable ffigen.
+      ignore_packages: "pkgs/swiftgen,pkgs/jnigen,pkgs/swift2objc,pkgs/ffigen"
       sdk: dev
       channel: master
     permissions:
diff --git a/pkgs/ffigen/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/ffigen/CHANGELOG.md
index a586e3e8c..2da8195dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/ffigen/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/ffigen/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 17.0.0-wip
+## 16.1.0-wip
 
 - Ensure that required symbols are available to FFI even when the final binary
   is linked with `-dead_strip`.
diff --git a/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml
index a6cd6c6b4..408f2b621 100644
--- a/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/ffigen/pubspec.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 name: ffigen
-version: 17.0.0-wip
+version: 16.1.0-wip
 description: >
   Generator for FFI bindings, using LibClang to parse C, Objective-C, and Swift
   files.