diff --git a/.github/workflows/podman_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/podman_tests.yaml
index 86297c7d08..8d87683f3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/podman_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/podman_tests.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: '1.20'
-      
+ 
+      - name: install netavark
+        run: |
+          apt-get install wget
+          wget "https://github.com/containers/netavark/releases/download/v1.10.3/netavark.gz"
+          gunzip netavark.gz
+          mkdir /usr/lib/podman
+          mv ./netavark /usr/lib/podman/netavark
+     
       # build skopeo
       # These build steps are taken from https://github.com/containers/skopeo/issues/1648#issuecomment-1132161659
       - name: Download skopeo 1.13.1 source # because ubuntu 22.04 does not have latest, and podman tests depend on that
@@ -42,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: containers/podman
-          ref: 46fe7ef3bbbc3d4fbe61c3b96c33f12789b1b19e
       - name: Build podman
         run: make binaries 
       - name: Install tools