diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59d063f061c..a480337ae04 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ deploy_infrastructure:
     - helm repo update
     - helm -n ${K8S_NAMESPACE} install --wait --set auth.username=dcache --set auth.password=let-me-in --set auth.database=chimera  chimera oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/postgresql
     - helm -n ${K8S_NAMESPACE} install --wait cells oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/zookeeper
-    - helm -n ${K8S_NAMESPACE} install --wait --set externalZookeeper.servers=cells-zookeeper --set kraft.enabled=false billing oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/kafka:23.0.7
+    - helm -n ${K8S_NAMESPACE} install --wait --set externalZookeeper.servers=cells-zookeeper --set kraft.enabled=false billing oci://registry-1.docker.io/bitnamicharts/kafka --version 23.0.7
 
 deploy_dcache_helm:
   stage: test_deploy