diff --git a/.github/scripts/ci-common.sh b/.github/scripts/ci-common.sh
index bd0ed8ea63..b4e4e007c8 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/ci-common.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/ci-common.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ cargo_toml=$project_root/Cargo.toml
 
 dummyvm_toml=$project_root/docs/dummyvm/Cargo.toml
 
+# Pin certain deps for our MSRV
+cargo update -p home@0.5.11 --precise 0.5.5 # This can be removed once we move to Rust 1.81 or newer
+
 # Repeat a command for all the features. Requires the command as one argument (with double quotes)
 for_all_features() {
     # without mutually exclusive features