diff --git a/it/runTest.ts b/it/runTest.ts
index 668dd67..ff56767 100644
--- a/it/runTest.ts
+++ b/it/runTest.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ async function main() {
 
     // Download VS Code, unzip it and run the integration test
     await runTests({
-      version: "1.66.0", // force this version to avoid https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/148975
+      // we use 1.53.0 rather than 1.43.0 because it's the first one
+      // available to be downloaded. Latest also has the following issue:
+      //https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/148975
+      version: "1.53.0",
       extensionDevelopmentPath,
       extensionTestsPath,
     });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4cc2481..7a4e934 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "extension.vsix"
   ],
   "engines": {
-    "vscode": "^1.66.0"
+    "vscode": "^1.43.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "follow-redirects": "^1.14.9",
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "@types/follow-redirects": "^1.14.1",
     "@types/jest": "^27.4.0",
     "@types/node": "^17.0.21",
-    "@types/vscode": "^1.66.0",
+    "@types/vscode": "^1.43.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.3.0",
     "@vscode/test-electron": "^2.1.5",
     "eslint": "^8.10.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9bedb9a..fca1475 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/stack-utils/-/stack-utils-2.0.1.tgz#20f18294f797f2209b5f65c8e3b5c8e8261d127c"
   integrity sha512-Hl219/BT5fLAaz6NDkSuhzasy49dwQS/DSdu4MdggFB8zcXv7vflBI3xp7FEmkmdDkBUI2bPUNeMttp2knYdxw==
 
-"@types/vscode@^1.66.0":
+"@types/vscode@^1.43.0":
   version "1.70.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/vscode/-/vscode-1.70.0.tgz#9cb14cdaac9f450a7005ae2db49ecee4a084c983"
   integrity sha512-3/9Fz0F2eBgwciazc94Ien+9u1elnjFg9YAhvAb3qDy/WeFWD9VrOPU7CIytryOVUdbxus8uzL4VZYONA0gDtA==