diff --git a/.github/workflows/swift.yml b/.github/workflows/swift.yml
index 46a117015..e796bff07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/swift.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/swift.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
+    env:
+      SWIFT_VERSION: 6.1
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -31,9 +34,12 @@ jobs:
       # what swift binary to use?
       - name: Setup Swift for Ubuntu
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        uses: swift-actions/setup-swift@v2
-        with:
-          swift-version: "6.0.3"
+        run: |
+          wget -q https://download.swift.org/swift-${SWIFT_VERSION}-release/ubuntu2204/swift-${SWIFT_VERSION}-RELEASE/swift-${SWIFT_VERSION}-RELEASE-ubuntu22.04.tar.gz
+          tar xzf swift-${SWIFT_VERSION}-RELEASE-ubuntu22.04.tar.gz
+          mv swift-${SWIFT_VERSION}-RELEASE-ubuntu22.04 /opt/swift
+          rm swift-${SWIFT_VERSION}-RELEASE-ubuntu22.04.tar.gz
+          export PATH="/opt/swift/usr/bin:${PATH}"
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Build
         run: swift build -c ${{ matrix.kind }} -v