diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 661b127..ef0f83e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ jobs:
           echo $(cd ci/bin; pwd) >> $GITHUB_PATH
           echo $(cd ci/vendor/bin; pwd) >> $GITHUB_PATH
           sudo locale-gen en_AU.UTF-8
-          echo "NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # echo "NVM_DIR=$HOME/.nvm" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # Install nvm v0.39.7 (temp workaround for issue #309).
+          curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
 
       - name: Install moodle-plugin-ci
         run: moodle-plugin-ci install --plugin ./plugin --db-host=127.0.0.1