diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
index a234165..351a2cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ jobs:
           ## This pass does not use AnVIL and will thus update any packages
           ## that have seen been updated in Bioconductor
           message(paste('****', Sys.time(), 'pass number 2 at installing dependencies: any remaining dependencies ****'))
-          devtools::install_version("knitr", "1.45.0")
-          remotes::install_local(dependencies = TRUE, repos = BiocManager::repositories(), build_vignettes = TRUE, upgrade = TRUE, force = TRUE)
+          remotes::install_version("knitr", "1.45.0")
+          remotes::install_local(dependencies = TRUE, repos = BiocManager::repositories(), build_vignettes = TRUE, upgrade = FALSE, force = TRUE)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Install BiocGenerics