diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d9656ac78..eb48f2e42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install p2pd
         run: |
-          V=1 bash scripts/build_p2pd.sh p2pdCache
+          V=1 bash scripts/build_p2pd.sh p2pdCache 124530a3
 
       - name: Restore deps from cache
         id: deps-cache
diff --git a/scripts/build_p2pd.sh b/scripts/build_p2pd.sh
index f8b1ac59a..d704be8f9 100644
--- a/scripts/build_p2pd.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_p2pd.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 set -e
 
 CACHE_DIR="$1" # optional parameter pointing to a CI cache dir.
-LIBP2P_COMMIT="124530a3" # tags work too, only used in nim-libp2p CI for now
+LIBP2P_COMMIT="v0.2.1" # tags work too, only used in nim-libp2p CI for now
 [[ -n "$2" ]] && LIBP2P_COMMIT="$2" # allow overriding it on the command line
 SUBREPO_DIR="vendor/go/src/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-daemon"
 if [[ ! -e "$SUBREPO_DIR" ]]; then