diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-python-release.reusable.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-python-release.reusable.yaml
index 50575bb81..499950229 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-python-release.reusable.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-python-release.reusable.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
             runs_on: ubuntu-latest
             # Can't go down to 2_17/2014, there are build issues that come up. It's a full day to fix.
-            manylinux: 2_28
+            manylinux: 2_17
             # I'm not sure if this actually works; I can't 'pip install ...' on the built wheel
             # see https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/issues/3439#issuecomment-2110448346
             # env: