diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkg.yml b/.github/workflows/pkg.yml
index 82f4804..f751cf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkg.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           - "debian:buster"   # debian/10
           - "debian:bullseye" # debian/11
     env:
-      CARGO_DEB_VER: 94ba8f3
+      CARGO_DEB_VER: 1.28.0
       # A Routinator version of the form 'x.y.z-bis' denotes a dev build that is
       # newer than the released x.y.z version but is not yet a new release.
       NEXT_VER_LABEL: bis
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install Cargo Deb
       if: steps.cache-cargo-deb.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
-        cargo install --git https://github.com/mmstick/cargo-deb.git --rev $CARGO_DEB_VER cargo-deb
+        cargo install cargo-deb --version ${CARGO_DEB_VER}
 
     # Instruct cargo-deb to build the Debian package using the config section
     # in Cargo.toml for the specified "variant".