diff --git a/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml
index 287974ba12..e67b75a3b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nix-ci.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - name: Nix Linux
             os: ubuntu-latest
-            # latest builds on https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nix/master/all at the time
-            nix_url: https://hydra.nixos.org/build/135773533/download/1/nix-2.4pre20210125_36c4d6f-x86_64-linux.tar.xz
+            nix_url: https://releases.nixos.org/nix/nix-2.8.0/nix-2.8.0-x86_64-linux.tar.xz
           #- name: Nix macOS
           #  os: macos-latest
           #  nix_url: https://hydra.nixos.org/build/135773542/download/1/nix-2.4pre20210125_36c4d6f-x86_64-darwin.tar.xz