diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0f50b9623..8de900c16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
         # remove pygfx from install_requires, we install using pygfx@main
         sed -i "/pygfx/d" ./setup.py
-        pip install git+https://github.com/pygfx/pygfx.git@main
+        pip install git+https://github.com/pygfx/pygfx.git@7305cdf7e5fff7183a5967825d6f1f2164d999ae
     - name: Install fastplotlib
       run: |
         # create string with one of: tests,imgui,notebook; test,imgui; test,notebook ; tests