diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.bash b/.github/workflows/linux.bash
index d0f0a16b510..1f15e5f9416 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.bash
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.bash
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ case "$DISTRO" in
     ;;
 
   *suse*)
-    zypper in -y bison ccache cmake flex gcc-c++ ninja rpm-config-SUSE \
+    zypper in -y --allow-downgrade bison ccache cmake flex gcc-c++ ninja rpm-config-SUSE \
       {lib{edit,mariadb,openssl},ncurses,postgresql,systemd}-devel \
       libboost_{context,coroutine,filesystem,iostreams,program_options,regex,system,test,thread}-devel
     ;;