diff --git a/.changeset/olive-buckets-lay.md b/.changeset/olive-buckets-lay.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac6c5a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-buckets-lay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/devnet": major
+---
+
+lock anvil version in CI to the same anvil used by cartesi/rollups-contracts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/devnet.yaml b/.github/workflows/devnet.yaml
index 67a1e49b..34a75ee4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devnet.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/devnet.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,29 @@ jobs:
                   node-version: 20
                   cache: "pnpm"
 
+            - name: Capture anvil version from @cartesi/rollups-contracts release
+              id: anvil-version
+              working-directory: packages/devnet
+              env:
+                  GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+              run: |
+                  CARTESI_ROLLUPS_CONTRACTS_VERSION="$(jq -r '.devDependencies."@cartesi/rollups"' package.json)"
+                  ANVIL_NIGHTLY_VERSION="$(
+                    gh release view v${CARTESI_ROLLUPS_CONTRACTS_VERSION} \
+                      --repo cartesi/rollups-contracts                    \
+                      --json assets                                       \
+                      --jq '.assets[] | select(.name | contains("anvil")) | .name | capture(".*-anvil-(?<version>nightly-[a-f0-9]{40})\\.tar\\.gz").version'
+                  )"
+
+                  printf "Detected @cartesi/rollups-contracts version: %s\n" "${CARTESI_ROLLUPS_CONTRACTS_VERSION}"
+                  printf "Detected anvil nightly version: %s\n" "${ANVIL_NIGHTLY_VERSION}"
+
+                  echo "ANVIL_VERSION=${ANVIL_NIGHTLY_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
             - name: Install Foundry
               uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
+              with:
+                  version: ${{ steps.anvil-version.outputs.ANVIL_VERSION }}
 
             - name: Install dependencies
               run: pnpm install