diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a5ef1a49cc84bd074e15dac1bd4c94fed05fcb4f..e95c537f128b64dc1597c088bba9eb24d6d193cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ variables:
 GoTest:
   stage: test
   image: golang:1.21
+  variables:
+    ACK_GINKGO_DEPRECATIONS: 1.16.4
   script:
     - make test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 165033a164b6e4402227b018280c78eb60858da9..d4cf79a7b3d8f5d8554382ef265cef40c4ebe364 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ENVTEST := $(GOBIN)/setup-envtest
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.21
 # Download setup-envtest locally if necessary
 setup-envtest-bin:
-	go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest
+	go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@release-0.17
 	ls -l $(GOBIN)
 	$(ENVTEST) use ${ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION}