diff --git a/.changeset/pretty-terms-beam.md b/.changeset/pretty-terms-beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b003714f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pretty-terms-beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/sdk": patch
+---
+
+fix: work around assert-rolling-template issue
diff --git a/packages/sdk/create_machine_snapshot b/packages/sdk/create_machine_snapshot
index 11e3a7d4..eca7b5a4 100755
--- a/packages/sdk/create_machine_snapshot
+++ b/packages/sdk/create_machine_snapshot
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ while true ; do
             exit 1 ;;
     esac
 done
+# XXX hotfix to fix issue with assert-rolling-template
+sed -i "s/cmd == cartesi.machine.HTIF_YIELD_MANUAL/cmd == cartesi.machine.HTIF_YIELD_CMD_MANUAL/g" /usr/share/lua/5.4/cartesi-machine.lua
 
 # Construct the command line for cartesi-machine
 cmd=("cartesi-machine")