diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
index a65c0e9942..367f81af61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
@@ -81,10 +81,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Read EE repo commit hash
+        run: |
+          echo "ee_repo_ref=$(cat ./backend/ee-repo-ref.txt)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: windmill-labs/windmill-ee-private
           path: ./windmill-ee-private
+          ref: ${{ env.ee_repo_ref }}
           token: ${{ secrets.WINDMILL_EE_PRIVATE_ACCESS }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/backend/ee-repo-ref.txt b/backend/ee-repo-ref.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45cf577e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/ee-repo-ref.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cf93edfa472f71949a27dccc585ccf7c1bd429e6
\ No newline at end of file