diff --git a/.github/workflows/presto-kerberos-integration-test.yml b/.github/workflows/presto-kerberos-integration-test.yml
index 1825428ca4f1e8d30d07a789d70e2a9cdb37fe9d..0a30824953dc02c500a97378763d6cb78f888cca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/presto-kerberos-integration-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/presto-kerberos-integration-test.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           repository: metabase/presto-kerberos-docker
-          ref: add-test_data-catalog
+          # use a custom branch if/until upstream (mik-laj/presto-kerberos-docker) can be fixed with PRs 23 and 24
+          ref: hacked-dec-2021
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           path: presto-kerberos-docker
       - name: Bring up Presto+Kerberos cluster