diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
index 80ab9bfe1..62541814b 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/common.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ install_liburing() {
 			mkdir -p $liburing_dir
 			git clone "${GIT_REPO_LIBURING}" "$liburing_dir"
 		fi
+		# Use commit we know we can compile against. See #1673 as a reference.
+		# FIXME: Switch to liburing-2.0 when it's finally released
+		git -C "$liburing_dir" checkout 5d027b315d78415a31dcc9111f6bd8924ba5b4e6
 		(cd "$liburing_dir" && ./configure --libdir=/usr/lib64 && make install)
 	fi
 }