diff --git a/devtools/ci/ci_main.sh b/devtools/ci/ci_main.sh
index 33242b3035..16d2e6a5ea 100755
--- a/devtools/ci/ci_main.sh
+++ b/devtools/ci/ci_main.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ case $GITHUB_WORKFLOW in
     ;;
   ci_cargo_deny*)
     echo "ci_security_audit_licenses"
-    cargo deny --version || cargo +stable install cargo-deny --locked
+    cargo deny --version || cargo +stable install cargo-deny --locked --version 0.17.0
     make security-audit
     make check-crates
     make check-licenses