diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-book-pullrequest.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-book-pullrequest.yaml
index 2119eb7b..6c5f83d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-book-pullrequest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-book-pullrequest.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ jobs:
           PUBLIC_REGISTRY_CHECK: true
           APPENDIX_FILE: "binder/appendix.txt"
           REPO2DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS: --Repo2Docker.base_image=docker.io/library/buildpack-deps:bionic
+          FORCE_REPO2DOCKER_VERSION: 2022.02.0
+
       - name: list docker images
         run: |
           docker image ls -a
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml
index f3d36cac..241a0ff3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-book.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
           PUBLIC_REGISTRY_CHECK: true
           APPENDIX_FILE: "binder/appendix.txt"
           REPO2DOCKER_EXTRA_ARGS: --Repo2Docker.base_image=docker.io/library/buildpack-deps:bionic
+          FORCE_REPO2DOCKER_VERSION: 2022.02.0
 
   build-book:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest