diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b4f8ee7dad873fc989972880f18b51b1c5f23308..744c2c162dcbcba5a596f3372d7323deaee7ff38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -100,8 +100,11 @@ jobs:
                 . ./ci-support-v0
                 build_py_project_in_conda_env
 
-                curl -L "https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/ispc/ispc/artifacts/build%2Fispc-trunk-linux.tar.gz?job=Environment%3A%20APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%3DUbuntu1604%2C%20LLVM_VERSION%3Dlatest" | tar xfz -
-                export PATH="$(pwd)/ispc-trunk-linux/bin:$PATH"
+                # https://github.com/ispc/ispc/issues/2240
+                # curl -L "https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/ispc/ispc/artifacts/build%2Fispc-trunk-linux.tar.gz?job=Environment%3A%20APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%3DUbuntu1604%2C%20LLVM_VERSION%3Dlatest" | tar xfz -
+                # export PATH="$(pwd)/ispc-trunk-linux/bin:$PATH"
+                curl -L https://github.com/ispc/ispc/releases/download/v1.17.0/ispc-v1.17.0-linux.tar.gz  | tar xfz -
+                export PATH="$(pwd)/ispc-v1.17.0-linux/bin:$PATH"
 
                 export PYOPENCL_TEST=portable:pthread
 
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
             run: |
                 # helps with tmate debugging
                 sudo chmod a+rwX -R $(whoami) /__w/_temp || true
-                
+
         # -   uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
 
 # vim: sw=4