diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 89a63d4d..9b8abf64 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ SPDK_CENTOS_REPO_VER="9.0-21.el9"
 
 # Ceph Cluster
 CEPH_CLUSTER_VERSION="${CEPH_VERSION}"
-CEPH_BRANCH=main
-CEPH_SHA=latest
+CEPH_BRANCH=wip-baum-squid-nvmeof-20250105-00
+CEPH_SHA=8e86ce7b9675cd070aa1f7f675fb688f1f862e13
 
 CEPH_DEVEL_MGR_PATH=../ceph