diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_micropython.yml b/.github/workflows/build_micropython.yml
index bbc33f7b5..2c187075c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_micropython.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_micropython.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update -y -qq
         sudo apt-get install libsdl2-dev
     - name: Clone lv_micropython
-      run: git clone https://github.com/lvgl/lv_micropython.git .
+      run: |
+        git clone https://github.com/lvgl/lv_micropython.git .
+        git checkout dev-8.0
     - name: Update submodules
       run: git submodule update --init --recursive
     - name: Checkout LVGL submodule