diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d2eb90bb2e..346dc2cb0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
   downstream-ci:
     name: downstream-ci
     if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.event.action != 'labeled' || github.event.label.name == 'approved-for-ci' }}
-    uses: ecmwf-actions/downstream-ci/.github/workflows/downstream-ci.yml@main
+    uses: ecmwf-actions/downstream-ci/.github/workflows/downstream-ci.yml@ci-groups
     with:
       eccodes: ecmwf/eccodes@${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
       codecov_upload: true
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
   downstream-ci-hpc:
     name: downstream-ci-hpc
     if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.event.action != 'labeled' || github.event.label.name == 'approved-for-ci' }}
-    uses: ecmwf-actions/downstream-ci/.github/workflows/downstream-ci-hpc.yml@main
+    uses: ecmwf-actions/downstream-ci/.github/workflows/downstream-ci-hpc.yml@ci-groups
     with:
       eccodes: ecmwf/eccodes@${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.sha }}
     secrets: inherit